Registration

*Summer session registration will be managed through City of Folsom’s Activity Guide and includes a discounted price for Folsom residents.

What’s Included

Your registration includes one class session. Some class sessions are an accelerated week-long session with class every day, with other sessions lasting one month long with classes twice a week. Class duration is around 45-minutes to one hour. See above table for specific dates and class times for each session.

Equipment

Kids Age 7+:
Kids in this age range will need to bring their own bike and helmet (our demo bikes are too small to provide a good learning experience). We start all kids learning in “balance mode,” so please remove any training wheels and pedals from your child’s bike before class. We are able to help with pedal removal on the first day of class.

Ages 4-6:
Kids age 4-6 enrolled in the Get Rollin’ program have the option to use our demo fleet of Strider balance bikes and helmets. The Strider bikes we use are specially designed to teach kids the basics of two wheeled operation in “balance mode” using their legs for propulsion and when they’re ready, quickly convert to a pedal bike with coaster brake.

Your child may bring their own balance and helmet, and our coaches will assess if they may benefit from borrowing one of our demo bikes. Please leave bikes with pedals and/or training wheels at home and use a bike from our fleet.

Curriculum

Kids in our Get Rollin’ camps will learn the following skills.

In balance mode, how to:

• Properly fit his/her own helmet
• Get on and off the bike without assistance
• Understand basic bike safety guidelines
• Look forward and far ahead while on the bike
• Walk, sit, stride and glide on a strider bike
• Stop with control, and on designated points
• Turn and navigate obstacles

In pedal mode, how to:

• Stride and put feet down around the pedals
• Keep feet on the pedals while in motion
• Rotate and control the pedals to propel forward
• Switch between striding and pedaling with control
• Properly brake using the coaster brake

Other goals:

• Ride comfortably around others
• Change and control speeds
• Basic traffic safety
• Emergency stop
• Begin to ride on dirt trails