Free Get Back on Your Bike lecture

From SVBC:

The City of San José is offering a free noon-time “Get Back on Your Bike” lecture on August 18, 2011.

The classroom seminar is designed for adults who’d like to start riding a bike again. If you learned to bicycle as a child but haven’t ridden for a while, this class is for you!

Advanced Registration Required! To request a space, emailjohn.brazil@sanjoseca.gov no later than Tuesday, August 16, 2011.

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