Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Course

Cycling News

2025 Community Grant Cycle is closed

The 2025 Community Grant program is closed to applications for the current funding cycle. The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation thanks all who submitted grants by the March 25 deadline and anticipates announcing the recipients of the 2025 Community Challenge Grant Awards soon.

Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate

Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.

2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar

Save the Date: The JRCF 2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 26-28, 2025

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Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2025)

The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2025.

May 31, 2025

Register now for the May 2025 course

Sept 27, 2025

Register now for the September 2025 course

Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Course

September 21, 2024 (9am to 12pm)

Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Course

September 21, 2024 (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville, TN 37804

Free Course, Pre-registration Required

Register online:

Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Course

Contact instructor Jay Snyder 865-803-4412 for course information and registration or e-mail Jay@jeffrothcyclingfoundation.org

Whether you are a new bike rider or experienced this class can help with your confidence on your bike and with riding more safely. The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation covers the registration cost, which includes a League of American Cyclist Quick Guide Booklet that outlines all of the information you need to ride safely and confidently. The class has 3 parts, a short classroom, followed by on the bike handling skills in the parking lot, and ending with a short ride in downtown Maryville.

All participants must have a bike in good working order. Proper fitting bike helmets are required. A full water bottle is recommended.

This class covers:

-basic bike & helmet fitting

-the most common types of bicycle crashes and how to avoid them

-basic traffic laws and rules of the road

-proper hand signals

-how to position yourself on the road

-how to handle intersections

-basic bike-handling drills

-short road ride in Maryville, TN

This class will improve bicycle handling skills and knowledge of how to ride safely.

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