{"id":173,"date":"2016-12-26T22:02:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T03:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikesmarteaston.wordpress.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2018-12-26T23:08:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T04:08:41","slug":"getting-bike-smart-starts-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/getting-bike-smart-starts-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Bike Smart starts with&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Getting Bike Smart starts with&#8230;<\/h1>\n<h2>1. Wearing a helmet<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"Parental Bike Basics\" href=\"http:\/\/bikesmarteaston.wordpress.com\/learn\/for-parents\/parental-bike-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(watch video for helmet fitting)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. A-B-C Checking your bike before every ride<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>(Air-Brakes-Chain\/Cranks\/Handlebars\/Stem\/Quick Releases)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>3. Learning and practicing bike handling skills<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>starting\/stopping off the saddle, slalom, quick stop<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4. Optimizing bike fit and seat height<\/h2>\n<h2>5. Understanding and following the BIG4 rules of the road<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>Ride the same direction as other traffic<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Stop at stop signs and red lights<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Riding on the sidewalk is illegal for anyone over 6 years old.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For young children who are learning balance and control, riding on the sidewalk is allowed (PA law permits sidewalk riding for children age 6 and younger) at walking speed. Dismount at crosswalks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Use lights and reflectors when riding at night<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a title=\"For Parents &amp; Children\" href=\"http:\/\/bikesmarteaston.wordpress.com\/learn\/for-parents\/\">More for Parents and Children<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a title=\"For Instructors &amp; Event Organizers\" href=\"http:\/\/bikesmarteaston.wordpress.com\/learn\/for-event-organizers\/\">More for Instructors and Event Organizers<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Bike Smart starts with&#8230; 1. Wearing a helmet (watch video for helmet fitting) 2. A-B-C Checking your bike before every ride (Air-Brakes-Chain\/Cranks\/Handlebars\/Stem\/Quick Releases) 3. Learning and practicing bike handling&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,51,12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bike","category-children","category-education","category-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}