Education Courses

Commuter Connection offers free bicycle education courses

Our one-hour courses include:

Basics of Bicycling for Transportation
Minneapolis is the #1 cycling city in the U.S. according to Bicycling Magazine – come see what it’s all about!  This presentation will help you to develop the skills you need to use your bicycle for more of your trips – including your trip to work.  Participants will learn about riding a bicycle as a vehicle, safety, riding comfort, and good tips for getting into and around downtown.  Join fellow employees and learn about how to become part of the cycling wave in Minneapolis.

Basic Maintenance Course
One of the fun things about bicycles is that with a little know-how, most people can keep them running with their own hands.  This course covers basic maintenance techniques, including keeping a bicycle clean and lubricated and fixing a flat tire.  If time permits, we’ll also cover basic brake and derailleur adjustment.

Bicycle Skills
Haven’t been on a bicycle in a while?  We offer a parking lot course where you can hone your skills and learn to be a confident and safe bicycle commuter.  We cover the basic skills of starting and stopping, scanning, signaling & maintaining a straight line, dodging small objects on the road, and stopping quickly.  If you don’t have a bicycle, the Bike Walk Ambassadors have a fleet of bicycles available to borrow for this course.

Riding With Traffic
Put into practice what you learned in the Basics of Bicycling for Transportation!  Take a ride through downtown Minneapolis with two certified instructors as your guides.  We’ll practice roadway positioning, scanning, signaling and turning and changing lanes.  We’ll also show you how to get to and from the major trailheads that surround downtown Minneapolis using recommended bicycling routes.