Bike Commuting Workshops – Available for Your Workplace
OCBC Director, Pete van Nuys, makes a point during a recent Bike to Work presnetation in Huntington Beach.
Lunch and Learn, Brownbag Seminars, call ‘em what you will, OCBC has been busy since last spring presenting the basics on biking to work for employees around OC.
Tailored to the interests and skills of your employees, the focus is on separating fact from fiction about bicycle safety. People are always surprised to learn what they feared most– being hit by a passing car– is actually the least likely thing to happen, even for untrained bicyclists. Awareness and legal behavior on the roadway reduces this likelihood to near zero.
Also discussed are issues of bicycle parking, physical conditioning, and the big bugaboo, “Won’t I get all sweaty?” Because we encourage current bike commuters to attend, answers to these questions often come from attendees themselves.
BTW, how sweaty you get is entirely up to you. But driving or riding transit partway and/or taking it easy are a couple ways to stay cool on the way to work. You can always hammer on the way home. And even without showers and lockers, if you start your ride fresh from the shower at home, a few minutes with a washcloth in the restroom– and even a bottle of rubbing alcohol– will make you fresh as a daisy for your day on the job.
50 to 90-minute presentations available. Call or email if you’d like to schedule at your workplace.
Hello OC Bicycle Coalition,
I had the pleasure of seeing your company name in the LA Green Festival program and thought what a wonderful organization to join our Green Fair. I would like to invite OC Bicycle Coalition to join our family of sponsors for the 2012 Orange County Green Fair coming up on May 17, 2012 at the Santa Ana Civic Center Plaza here in California. This year the Grand Marshall is Wyland and we are looking forward to another dynamic and successful event focusing on our goal of reducing our impact on the earth.
Among the events at the fair are classes sponsored by various organizations and we would like to invite OC Bicycle Coalition to host one. You may go to http://www.ocgreenfair.com to get an experience of last year’s fair.
I would love the chance to meet you in person or simply to speak with you on the phone to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact me when you have a few minutes. I look forward to hearing from you and partnering together to save our earth!
Thank you for your time,
Jan Eickholt (714) 567-7348