Bike Rodeo Planning Guide: Equipment Needed

• Yardstick or tape measure
• Chalk, tape, or string for lines
• Stopwatch or watch with a second hand
• Traffic cones, weighted cans or milk cartons
• Score sheets and pencils
• Clipboard for volunteers who will be scoring participants
• 12" x 12" cards with letter or objects - for scanning exercise
• Stop sign
• Cardboard box cutouts (trees, shrubs, other cars, etc.)
• Sponge or flattened can for "rock dodge"
• Bicycles (participants should be encouraged to bring the one they ride most often)
• Helmets (participants must wear approved bicycle helmets while participating)

The day of the event
Organize the event so there is as little waiting as possible. Before beginning, review the course with participants and volunteers; go over rules of the road; inspect bikes and answer questions. Divide the participants into groups and rotate them through the stations.

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Sample Bike Rodeo Course PDF You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this page.
• Bicycle Inspection Checklist
• Bicycle Skills Test PDF You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this page.
• Station 1: Introduction/Inspection
• Station 2: Moving in Space
• Station 3: Security, Parking and Licenses
• Station 4: Driveway Ride-Out and Roadway Entry
• Station 5: Controlled Intersection
• Station 6: Scanning to the Rear
• Station 7: Object in Roadway
• Station 8: Blind Driveway Approach/Yield Signs and Hand Signals
• Station 9: Balance/Quick Stop
• Bike Rodeo Home
• How to Promote Helmet Use

Related Sites

• Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
• League of American Bicyclists