Thursday 25 October 2018

bike safety course

Today we did a bike safety course the people from Bigfoot. It was really fun. We did some 3 hand signals: for turning left, turning right and stop. And there were 4 safety checks. 
1. Checking if your bikes wheel levers were in place and weren't going to undo themselves while riding. We check with our 2 fingers, the index finger an our middle finger flicking the levers to make sure they weren't going to come out. 
2. Always check that your reflector is facing backwards and make sure you have one you go on a bike ride at night. 
3. Check if your brakes are working using the fingers that you used for your levers and and when you roll your bike forwards pull you left brake to stop your front wheel and roll your bike backwards and pull your right brake to stop the back wheel. 
4. Check your tyres if they are pumped with your palms. 
And all that takes up to 13 seconds before you go to school or a bike ride. And don't forget to wear your helmet cause it is the law.