Bicycle Riding School

The New York Times and Laura Motley really got it right with their recent piece on how to teach kids to ride. It also applies to adults, of course. By the way, I really need another teacher here at the Bicycle Riding School.

Move Over, Training Wheels: There’s a Better Way to Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike The six bike experts we talked to all agree: The balance bike method is the best way to teach a kid to ride a bike.

I am looking for a new teacher for my Bicycle Riding School (.org). If you or anyone you know might enjoy teaching people of all ages, 5 and up, how to ride bikes, get in touch with me. I'll train. A couple of my main teachers are leaving or reducing their hours in the fall. People are already having to wait for openings in our schedule. I'm looking for people who are really patient and supportive, fun-loving, punctual, strong, good with details and ideally have a car. I need to retire soon; I can't be running around, pushing people on bikes, on big parking lots for my whole life, as much as I love it. [email protected], 617-501-9125

𝑨𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒊 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌!

Before the Lockdown era, BRS used to organize small group rides on the bike path for former students.

We're starting that program up again, with our first ride at 9am, Saturday August 2. This is specifically for people who have already done path riding with us in the past, and are interested in a low-key, social ride to maintain their skills and enjoy the summer scenery.

This first ride will be led by Sebastian, and is limited to six slots, so sign up quick! Let us know in your signup whether you'll want a bike from our fleet or intend to BYOBike.

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/fd504f05/category/%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520Adult%2520Offerings/appointment/79781553/calendar/10197821

If you have NOT done path rides with us in the past, or are concerned that your skills are too rusty to keep up with a group, you can sign up for a path lesson instead, either a group lesson, or a private or semi-private (you and a friend) one.

Group path lessons:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/fd504f05/category/%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520Adult%2520Offerings/appointment/38128960/calendar/3740907
Private lessons (mention in the notes that you're looking for a path lesson):
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/fd504f05/category/%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520Adult%2520Offerings/appointment/13489132
Semiprivate:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/fd504f05/category/%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520Adult%2520Offerings/appointment/15811644

I'm so happy to have a new teacher for my bike school, Gracie Berman-Reinhardt. She's a senior at Tufts and a fellow activist. I think she'll make a great addition to our faculty. She's part of my gradual retirement plan. Here's what she wrote on our website.

Gracie Berman-Reinhardt grew up navigating the streets of Boston by bike and is passionate about teaching others to get around the city on two wheels.

Part of what she loves about the bike school is the approach to easing people of all ages into bicycle riding and building people’s confidence, no matter how daunting it may feel at first for the new rider.

She hopes that with more bikers on greater Boston’s streets, the city can become more accessible for people of all walks of life, and can be built to connect people, rather than force them into cars.

When not at the Bicycle Riding School, Gracie spends time advocating for social justice at home and abroad, including for the end of the U.S.-led genocide in Palestine.

I am very happy to announce that we have a new teacher here: Anushka Chadha. She's just started teaching here and she's great. The only problem is that I won't have her help teaching my lessons now that she's all trained up. But I'm really happy thinking about the future of the Bicycle Riding School. Here's what she wrote for our website:

Anushka Chadha enjoys biking around Boston and neighboring cities, and is eager to share the experience with all who want to learn through the Bicycle Riding School. She loves working with students of all ages and supporting them in reaching their goals.

She recently graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering and is currently working in the field in addition to being a bike school teacher. Outside of work, she spends her time discovering new music, cooking, drawing on the train, and learning to take care of different plants.

We have a new teacher at the Bicycle Riding School, Ellery Klein. After decades of teaching and performing music, she's thrilled to use her education experience to share her love of biking with our students. Besides being a great teacher, she is a leader in the bicycle and safe streets community, leading bicycle buses to school and advocating for traffic calming around her home of Medford. She is helping us to keep up with the demand from all the people who want to learn to ride.

I've just hired a new teacher for the Bicycle Riding School, Sebastian Banker. I think he'll be really good and he'll make it so that people won't have to wait so long for appointments here. He's liking the work, being sensitive to the different needs of our students and people like him.

I really need another bike riding teacher! People are having to book way out in the future, especially if they need weekends. It's a really fun job and pays decent money. I will happily train the right person in our method that virtually guarantees success. If you are interested or can think of someone who might be, reach out to me at [email protected] or 617-776-6524.

I hope I can find one more bicycle riding teacher to train up to help me here in the Bicycle Riding School. Either during this upcoming season, or the next, I will be retiring. I am 75 after all. I want to be sure that this place can go on helping people ride, enjoy the experience, feel empowered and get out of cars. If you or someone you know might enjoy the job, and doesn't mind that it goes away during the winter, have them get in touch with me at [email protected] or 617-501-9125.

The Somerville Bike Kitchen is a wonderful place where people can learn about their bikes and fix them. Check out their winter plans.

I will give a talk for the Somerville Bicycle Committee's monthly series at Aeronaut Brewery, this Wednesday, Dec 20 at 6pm. Aeronaut is at 14 Tyler St, tucked away behind Somerville Ave, not too far from Union Sq. I will show slides and talk about "Teaching People to Ride at the Bicycle Riding School - young, old, athletic and fearful." It should be fun.

I need a new bicycle riding teacher. If anyone is interested or can think of anyone who might be, please be in touch. They need to be physically fit, organized, patient and love bicycling and teaching. In the busy season, the job can make some medium serious money. It won't be too many years before I retire and I hope to have the school in good hands. Knowing bicycle mechanics and loving ET are a plus. [email protected], 617-776-6524.