Bicycle Training this Saturday

Bicycles (Tour De France)
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This Saturday, the DC Department of Transportation, along with the Arlington County Dept. of Transportation, will be sponsoring the 2nd of 3 free, three-hour Saturday classes to teach cyclists the skills they need to ride on city streets as part of their daily routines, whether for errands, commuting or just plain fun.

The Confident City Cycling Classes will be offered on the following dates:

Saturday, August 27, 9:30 am–12:30 pm at the Mount Pleasant Library's large basement meeting room, 1600 Lamont Street, Washington, DC; 12:30–1:30 pm, optional on-road session. The library is three blocks from Columbia Heights Metro and on the 16th Street bus lines; bikes allowed indoors via ramp to meeting room.

Saturday, September 10, 9 am–12 noon at Arlington Fire Department's Station #9, 1900 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, Virginia; 12 noon–1 pm, optional on-road session. The fire station is four uphill blocks north of the Four Mile Run and W&OD trails via Walter Reed Drive.