Bicycle Safety Classes

Safety 101

"Bill is a patient, thoughtful teacher and bike professional.  He helped me level up- get more knowledgeable and comfortable with my bike.  The investment was completely worth it, you invested in your bike- now invest in you and your abilities to use this bike safely, skillfully and more often." Andrea
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Duration 2 hours

Location TBD

Objective: This course is to teach 

children and/or adults 

how to travel by bicycle safely. 

Bike and E-Bike Safety Course

with Bill Poindexter, Bikepacking School Founder       

Duration 2 hours

Location TBD

Objective: This course is to teach children 

and/or adults how to travel by bicycle safely. Regular Bike and E-Bikes.

Structure:

Part 1:

Bike check

Proper fit

Suggestions to make your ride better

Care and maintenance of bicycle-basic maintenance

Proper riding technique

Riding at night

How to be visible even though you should 

assume no one sees you

Part 2:

I will take you out on a short bike ride and

 teach you how to stay safe in an urban environment

Common mistakes

Best routes

Riding through congested areas

Riding with others

Bad weather riding

Commuting strategies to: work, school, store, etc.

Safety investment for 2-hour course is $150.00pp, also one hour course also offered

Open to group rates but note time frame may be different. 

About Bill Poindexter

I have been commuting full time and traveling by bicycle for over 24 years and have never had an accident. I have not owned a car for 15 years. I travel by bike as well. I have ridden my bike all over MO and KS, across MO, IL, KY, VA on the Trans America Trail, also from Sante, NM over to the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route and then north to Banff, Alberta, Canada. I have ridden from Missoula to Banff as well and back. I have also gone from LA south through Baja, Mexico as well and many trips in CO as well. I commute 4000-6000 miles per year as well for work and play. All of my travel trips are “self-contained” meaning I bring my camping gear, tools, and food and water and camp out majority of the time. It is called Bikepacking. I wrote the book, Bikepacking School (What They Don’t Tell You in the Guidebooks) which you can see on Amazon. I also teach bikepacking workshops and guide too.

Contact Bill at: poindexterrecruiting@gmail.com or call/txt (913)220-1213

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School update

Hi all, forgive my absence over the last 6 months! Trying to start a school is not easy when you are doing it alone, and hopefully, that will change.

Teaching, as most of you know, is a passion of mine. But have not had alot of time lately.

Over the last six months I have been working on some writing projects, teaching yoga, teaching adults career transition, coaching/ advising some fellow adventurers, traveling, researching, training for expeditions and ultra endurance bikepacking racing, and trying to keep a balanced life while playing with my cat, Coyote.

Currently I am working on developing some relationships for training sites for the school, more news later on this development.

I will most likely change the name of the school to something with "Outdoor Leadership" in the title, but still have not come up with a good name, here are a few examples:

Outdoor Leadership School of KC
Whole Earth Outdoor Leadership School
The Outdoor Leaders School
Outdoor Leadership and Wilderness Education School (or Academy)


Classes taught so far:

Yin Yoga Outdoor classes
Bikepacking 101 and 102
Overnight bikepacking trips-S24O's

More future classes:

Outdoor Leadership
Outdoor living-campcraft
navigation
no-trace camping principles
outdoor cooking
risk management
gear selection
backpacking
bikepacking
wilderness medicine
wilderness ethics
foraging

and more...


I would love input, donations (time, money, teaching, land, professional services, and practical advice).

I will be scheduling some classes and bikepacking overnights soon.

If you want to be involved please reach out and lets go for a ride or walk, and have a cup of coffee or tea.

A few of the classes, talks and trips...