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Cycling Organization Giving Away Kids Bike Helmets at Farmers Market

The St. Louis Regional Bike Federation will be holding an interesting event on the east side of the river Saturday morning:

Bike Smart – Edwardsville on Saturday, July 7
Join us on July 7 from 8:00 a.m. – noon at the Land of Goshen Farmers’ Market in downtown Edwardsville, IL for helmet fitting, bike education, and mechanical safety checks for your bike! Helmets First will be there offering 50 free helmets for kids. When the free helmets run out you can buy one for just $7! In addition St. Louis Recumbent Bicycles will provide a bicycle mechanic to check your bike and make minor repairs or adjustments and help you learn how to check your bike before you ride. We’ll have experienced riders on hand to answer your questions about bike commuting, riding safely in traffic, and your rights and responsibilities on the roads.

Bike helmets are very important for safety — having them properly fitted it critical.  I see way too many kids wearing helmets that are angled way back exposing their foreheads (some adults wear helmets this way too).  Please folks, check your helmet for proper fit — go to an event like this or go into nearly any bike shop and talk to them about how to properly adjust your helmet.

It looks like the Bike Fed already made an appearance at the Tower Grove market but I have suggested they do a fitting at the Old North St. Louis Farmers’ Market.

Happy eating and riding!

 

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. Mary Homan says:

    Joseph “Joe” Cangas, MD of IlliniPediatrics is the guy who started the Helmet’s First Program. He received the AMA Young Physician Section Community Service Award 2 weeks ago in Chicago for Helmets First. The “Helmet Doctor” has given away over 800 helmets just this spring.

    http://www.illinipediatrics.com

    http://www.helmetsfirst.com

     
  2. hey, thats me! Anyone needing someone to talk to a group of kids, help with setting up
    a ‘bike rodeo’ or looking for free or inexpensive helmets, visit the website and send me an
    email!

    http://www.helmetsfirst.com

    [SLP — Great job, thank you for your efforts!!!]

     

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