Youth Bicycle Education Network

Moving Beyond Icebreakers: An Innovative Approach to Group Facilitation, Learning, and Action

This book is packed with exercises for building a strong group, engaging students in learning, and making meetings and trainings work for effective. Also this book helps group memebers, create new ideas, solve problems, resolve conflicts, and understand new concepts. Includes detailed agendas, lesson plans, scenarios and really life situtation that explain how to approach the real world of work. Click here to get your copy!

Author: Stanley Pollack, with Mary Fusoni

Added September 20, 2006 by Anthoney

Bikes not Bombs in Boston, MA created this manual for instructors in their earn-a-bike program. The lesson plans in their manual are designed to guide the teaching of adults and older teens who are being trained to become volunteer Earn-A-Bike instructors. The lesson plans cover subjects from riding a bike safely in the city to how to true wheels. Each lesson also demonstrates the teaching methodology that Bikes not Bombs uses with young people in Earn-A-Bike.Click here to view Manual

Added August 18, 2006 by Anthoney

One Revolution at a Time: a guide to starting and running youth bike ride clubs

This colorfully illustrated 48 page manual explains how to organize youth cycling trips, especially in urban environments. It includes information on how leaders should prepare for rides, train youth participants, handle group dynamics & situations that may arise during a bike trip.

Availability: Free (not yet available on web)
Shipping and Handling: $5 check or money order
Mail to: 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn New York 11201

Contact: amanda@recycleabicycle.org
Author: Karen Overton and Audrey Warren
Design and Layout: Caren Cohen
Funded & Published by: Bike New York in 2002
Illustration by: Terence Rabaza.

If you would like to make a bulk order contact us for more infomation

Added August 18, 2006 by Anthoney

New York: Transportation Alternatives, 1996, 72 pp, illustrated, forms, tablesThe best start-up guide for community bike schools. Guide is based on New York Recycle-a-Bicycle program model, which operates earn-a-bike on-site in public schools, but the plans are widely applicable to most locations and situations. Includes sample budget, tool order lists, and inventory forms. Excellent final exam for assessing student learning.

Available Online: click here to view
Author: George Babiak & Karen Overton

Added August 18, 2006 by Anthoney

Green Map Systems has a great section devoted to Youth Mapping Projects which includes a directory of youth made maps around the world, along with activity guides, educator resources and a great CD of resources that you can order.

Added August 17, 2006 by amanda

Maya Pedal  builds bicycle driven machines in Guatamala. They have plans for bicycle based generators, washing machines, pumps and more. If you are thinking about doing a re-use project, their plans are a great starting point.
http://www.mayapedal.org

Added August 17, 2006 by amanda