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Cycling Savvy Course in Gainesville

Friday & Saturday, November 30 & December 1, 2018

Cycling Savvy is a cycling safety curriculum for all levels of riders from beginner to advanced. The three part course involves:

• Truth & Techniques – November 30, 2018 – 6:00-9:00 pm
  • Students will learn about safe cycling in a classroom setting.
• Train Your Bike – December 1, 2018 – 8:00-11:30 am
  • Students will participate in handling drills to build confidence and improve real world riding skills on their bike in a protected area.
• Tour of Gainesville – December 1, 2018 – 11:45am-4:00pm (including lunch break)

  • The Tour of Gainesville is an experiential tour of our city’s roads. The course includes some of the most intimidating road features (intersections, interchanges, merges, etc.) a cyclist might find in his or her travels. Students will discuss the best strategies for each road feature and then ride them while executing these strategies.

Sign-Up

To encourage safe cycling on campus and in Gainesville, the Office of Sustainability will cover the registration expense for current and active UF students, faculty and staff. Please email jacobadams@ufl.edu before registering for your discount code or to request additional information.

Please sign up for the course at the Cycling Savvy website here.