Bicycle rodeo teaches safety, skills
Published 9:00 am Monday, July 24, 2017
- Colton Mooney rides over the teeter-totter as Michael Hale of Mike's Hike and Bike watches. The teeter-totter was part of an obstacle course for bicyclists at Lyking Park. (Photo by Fred Petke)
More than 100 children descended on Lykins Park Saturday morning, many with their bicycles and helmets in hand, for a morning of fun and education about bicycle safety. This year’s bicycle rodeo, presented by Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation, started with a lesson about using proper hand signals while riding, followed by safety checkpoints for bicycles and helmets. Once they were approved, bicyclists headed out to a couple courses, one market with traffic signs to learn the rules of the road. The other featured obstacles, such as a slalom, a teeter-totter to ride across, a balance beam and sections to ride fast and slow.