Market at the Square Bike Rodeo

Champaign-Urbana Safe Routes to School (C-U SRTS) Project, the City of Urbana, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and Champaign County Bikes are sponsoring a bike rodeo from 9-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7th at the Urbana Market at the Square. The C-U SRTS Project Bicycle Rodeo is an opportunity for parents and children to learn how to be safe when bicycling and to practice some basic bicycling skills. The Bicycle Rodeo scheduled for October 7th at the Market at the Square will include: 

• A Welcome Station for parents to sign-in and get a “report card” for each child as well as safety information and a Champaign-Urbana Area Bicycle Map to take home 
• A Helmet Station for helmet fitting and sales ($10/helmet) 
• A Bike Inspection Station for bicycle safety checks and information on bicycle sizing 
• Skills Stations that will include activities such as starting and stopping, turning and yielding, scanning and signaling

Every child who participates in the Bicycle Rodeo is a winner! Each rider will get a completed “Report Card” that indicates what skills they practiced and if they need to practice any skills further. In addition, a token reward is provided to every child. For parents it is an opportunity to learn about the ways they can help their children to be safe while bicycling.

Most importantly, the Bike Rodeo is fun! Riding a bike provides children with a sense of freedom and accomplishment and C-U SRTS Project want to help kids have fun and be safe.

For more information, please contact Cynthia Hoyle. The C-U SRTS Project is active in a large number of events, trainings, education and awareness campaigns sponsored through the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District.