Thursday the 16th of May 2013

Today Room 10 at Glen brae school learnt some bike skills.

Before you hop onto a bike you have to have the right gear to ride a bike .  Brightly colored  clothes , reflective tape and also  reflective gear is necessary to ride your bike safely.  You also need  to wear shoes that cover your whole feet. Your not allowed to wear sandals, high heels and ,slippers. You need to wear shoes so your feet don’t get caught in the bike or the chain.

Before you go on to your bike, you need to remember to check your brakes because if you don’t then there could be a really big accident. So you need to be really careful. After you check your brakes you have to check your bolts on your wheels so your wheels doesn't fly off and you end up falling backwards .If you don’t have reflectors then the police can stop you and you’ll get a fine or ticket . If you don’t have a reflector and you ride on your bike you can’t be seen by other drivers.

When you wear your helmet   you need to first  put the helmet onto your head then get two fingers to touch your eye brows.  The second step is you have to check if the helmet can fit you then after that in the other side of the helmet you have to check have a letter y and a letter v . Check your helmets for cracks.

When your chain can’t work then that also means you have to get oil and oil your chain so if its old and rusty than you oil it so it can work and if its still rusty then rub it and try and make it work . I had some much fun learning stuff about bikes maybe when can learn more next time.I can't wait in till our next bike lesson.

By: Katalina