Bicycle Driver’s Manual:

The “user’s manual” for your bike:

A free, on-line, self-paced course of reading and videos, covering everything from your first pedal stroke, to the last thing you should do after getting off your bike.

This course cover the mechanical things every cyclist should know; so it’s the first education everyone should take at OCBC; especially, for experienced cyclists, to learn how we present them in the simplest terms, so you can help others volunteering at OCBC (or anywhere you may be seen as “the bike expert” by less-experienced cyclists).

1. Bike fit: bike sizing and style choices, and fit adjustments

2. Wheels and tires: simple wheel maintenance, and how to fix and avoid flats

3. Brakes: important safety checks, simple adjustments and maintenance

4. Chain and gears: how they work, and simple adjustments and maintenance

Plus, the safe-riding topics you’ll learn here will (optionally) qualify you for a Smart Cycling Certificate after completing an in-person review, ride, and test session held at OCBC each month from March through November. Whether you want that certificate or not, this casual, 3-hour group ride and knowledge-sharing will prepare you for riding in all kinds of environments:

1. Pre-ride maintenance/safety check: avoiding mechanical failures; and what parts to oil, and when

2. Trail etiquette and traffic laws for cyclists: riding alert, legally, predictably and visibly

3. Bike-handling and hazard-avoidance: how to not fall off your bike, or get hit by cars!

How much: Free for the online instruction; $35 (as a suggested donation) per person for the riding and safety-check session for a Smart Cycling Certificate (which is a prerequisite for our Tune up and Overhaul classes).