Intro Lesson: rules of the road and safety, riding skills, basic geography
Each week, Cyclopedia expands its reach to the younger children of the club so they can be introduced to bicycling, team building, and Rochester geography and history.
Below is a map of our Junior (8 to 12 year-old) Genesee Valley Park ride, and links to albums from many of the rides.
Other points of interest: Genesee Valley Waterways Center; the “big tree” now split in two after a Spring 2011 lightning strike
These trips were on: July 11, 2012,
Trip distance: 3.5 miles
Programming Time: 2 hours
July 11 2012
Participants: Shamirr Brooks, Deon Edwards, Charles Finley, DeKovas Finley, Keon Gaskin, Jalen Griffin, Joshua Johnson, Malikk Johnson, Shayla Moore, Reginald Smith, Jr., Zaire St. Pierre
Leaders: Shawn Brown, Marcus Cooper, Duke Keiner, Marc Lavender
Teen Leader: Tianna Brown
8/9/12
Actual Riding Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Participants: Heaven Conway, Nyles Goodwin, Jaediin Jones, Mylan Maxwell, Shayla Moore, Xavier Williams, Jayln Daugherty, Jakye McMahan, Keon Gaskin
Leaders: Shawn Brown, Marcus Cooper
Teen Leader: Momoh Kamara
8/14 Actual Riding Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Participants: Navier Stewart, Isaiah Malcolm, Jerome Pulley, Keon Gaskin, William Taylor, Romel Brown, Joshua Johnson, Jalen Hannah, Jalen Griffin, Joseph Williams
Leaders: Shawn Brown, Marcus Cooper
Teen Leader: Momoh Kamara
The best thing about today ride is that it was a long ride.It was fun.
The worst thing about the ride is that my feet were hurting.I was so mad.
I hope I can ride again SOON.
The best thing about today was when we over both bof the bridges and on the boardwalk.
The worst thing is when people fell off the bike and got hurt.
It was really fun, and I hope to ride again SOON!!!
my favorite thing was when we was stopping and they were telling us all sorts of things about back in the old days.my worst part was when we were about to fall over the hill. i have some things to say thank you for our helpers that heped us with our work
The best things were that I got to live the life of cyclopedia.
The worst was that people were about to bump me. I want to ride againnnnnnnnnnnnn
The best thing was the steep hill .It was a blast. The worst thing was the bridge. I was scared. And that i was falling alot. I was worried i might fall. I want to go again.
The best part of the trip was when we all rode down the hill that a couple of people fell on. The worst part of the trip for me, was when we had to climb the bridge that is closest to the hotel. I really enjoyed the bike ride. It was a workout for me, as well as having FUN!!
The best thing about my ride was that Iot to explore the city I grew up in and to be a leader to the younger kids. the worst oart of the trip was when i fell face first on the concrete. Overall it was a great ridefull of exercise.
The best thing was when we went down the hill. The worst thing was being on the bridge.
The best thing that happen was when i went down the hill. the worst thing was when we were on the bridge.
My favorite part of the is going up and down hills. There isn’t a worst part of the ride..
When I went to the Genesee Valley ride the best thing was when I saw one my friends.The worst thing about the Genesee Valley ride is when one of our riders fell, it was not a good sight.
The best thing on the ride was when we went near the water and we took a picture of the ducks.The worst part was when we had that long talk after going down the hill.
The best thing was going down the hills because you could get alot of air on your face. The worst thin was when we had to stop most of the time
The best thing was going down the hills because you could get alot of air on your face. The worst thing was when we had to stop most of the time.
My favorite part about the bike ride today was when I got to ride with my friends. My least favorite was when I got yelled at.
The best thing about the ride was that we went down hills. The worst thing was that we had to go down the hills slow.
My favorite thing about the ride was that we can stop and talk about the stuff on the river. The bad thing about was that I fell.
i like when i went across both bridges.
i did not like when i went near the water.
My favorite part on the bike ride was going down the hill. The worst part of the bike ride was when I went over the curb.
Today i went bike riding and had so much fun. The best thing about the ride was the hills we went down.
My favorite part about the bike ride was when we went down the hill. I liked everything about the bike ride.
I really like riding bikes.
I did not like going down the hills.
What I liked about the ride was when we climbed the tree. What I disliked about the ride was when we went down the bridge, there was a hard turn at the end of it.
I liked everything about bike riding. I liked going down the hill.
The best part of bike riding was going down the hill. I did not have a least favorite part of the bike ride.