Introduction to ride marshaling for bike buses: North West Pedal Express and Camden Bike Bus
This course is an introduction to the role of Ride Marshal with London Cycling Campaign, this session has a particular emphasis on bike buses.
The course is being run by London Cycling Campaign instructors and hosted by North West Pedal Express bike bus and Camden Bike Bus.
This course will apply the skills and techniques for running or supporting bike buses in the context of an existing Bike Bus in North West London. On the first session we will learn and practice the skills and discuss elements of the route, challenges that have been experienced and ones that can be anticipated. On the second session the group will lead the real bike bus on the way to school on Friday morning. Although the session is being applied to a specific bike bus, the learning is applicable to other areas and routes and we would encourage people from outside the area to take part.
Local LCC groups run a number of different types of led-rides such as:
– family rides/community rides aimed at new and returning cyclists, these are mostly in the local neighbourhood and link up green spaces, quiet ways and popular places and activate new cycling infrastructure
– protest and campaigning rides aimed at drawing attention to a particular campaign or infrastructure need
– health and leisure rides mostly for social, leisure and site seeing, often for more confident cyclists and popular with regular attendees
– feeder rides which can be quite big and complex and travel in from the local borough to events in the centre of London such as the LCC Women’s Freedom Ride and FreeCycle.
This course is an introduction for people who would like to get more involved with rides in their local group or with other groups around London. It is also a refresher course for people who are already helping on rides regularly. It is open to anyone who is considering volunteering as a Ride Marshal with LCC and is suitable for cyclists who are confident riding on the road. The role of ride marshal is sometimes called ride assistant.
SESSION ONE:
Tuesday 16th September
Time: 5pm-8pm
Meeting point: Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road NW5 2BX
SESSION TWO:
Friday 19th September
Time: 7am-9am
Meeting point: St Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood, Walm Ln, NW2 4RX
Session two will finish near Regents Park.
You need:
- Your own bike (in working order) and lock
- Some snacks
- To take all your belongings with you – once the ‘classroom’ session is finished, the group will leave the classroom and won’t return
- Weather appropriate clothes
- To arrive on time
The instructors will provide tabards for the practical session.
NB: Please arrive on time!
What does a bike bus look like?