{"id":1114,"date":"2008-08-12T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2008-08-12T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T14:51:27","slug":"free-confident-city-cycling-classes-in-arlington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/12\/free-confident-city-cycling-classes-in-arlington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Confident City Cycling Classes in Arlington &#038; DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed how many more cyclists we have out on the streets these days?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m thrilled to see that, personally, but sometimes I wish that these new cyclists had gotten a little help on the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts of riding in traffic.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I was just reminded that there are a number of free Confident City Cycling classes scheduled to take place in Arlington and DC.\u00c2\u00a0 These classes are aimed at teaching you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ride your bike safely and skillfully through city traffic;<\/li>\n<li>Expand your comfort zone; and<\/li>\n<li>Be a confident urban rider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They do this by covering the rules of the road, avoiding the common causes of crashes, lane positioning, improving pedaling efficiency, useful accessory equipment, basic bike maintenance and repair.\u00c2\u00a0 Optional one hour on-road bike session follows in most classes.<\/p>\n<p>These courses are sponsored by DC and Arlington, and run by WABA.\u00c2\u00a0 Registration is required.\u00c2\u00a0 You can sign up <a href=\"www.waba.org\/events\/education.php#ccc\">here<\/a> or call 202-213-1459.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule:<\/p>\n<p>Sat, August 23, 10 am-1 pm Madison CC,<br \/>\n3829 N. Stafford St.<br \/>\n1 hr on-bike session follows<\/p>\n<p>Sat, Sept 6, 1pm-4pm<br \/>\nTurkey Thicket Recreation Center<br \/>\n1100 Michigan Ave., NE<br \/>\nWashington,  DC 20017<\/p>\n<p>Sat, Oct 11, 1pm-4pm<br \/>\nTakoma Community Center<br \/>\n300 Van Buren St. NW<br \/>\nWashington,  DC 20012<\/p>\n<p>Mon, Oct 20, 6-8:30 pm<br \/>\nPhoenix Bikes<br \/>\n4100 S Four Mile Run Rd<\/p>\n<p>Mon, Sept 22, 4-6:30 pm<br \/>\nRm 913, Arlington County Offices<br \/>\n2100 Clarendon Blvd<br \/>\n1 hr on-bike session follows<\/p>\n<p>Sat, Nov 8, 10 am-1 pm<br \/>\nLee CC, 5722 Lee Hwy<br \/>\n1 hr on-bike session follows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed how many more cyclists we have out on the streets these days?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m thrilled to see that, personally, but sometimes I wish that these new cyclists had gotten a little help on the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts of riding in traffic.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I was just reminded that there are a number of free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-dc","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}