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Personnel with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) participated in a four-day Mountain Bike Skills Course in late August at Fort McCoy.
The course taught the skills necessary to function as a police bike unit, said Training Coordinator Alex Rivera-Torres with the DES Police Department.
The course focused on bike safety, bike-handling skills, and more.
Some of the instruction included the following topics:
• choosing a bike.
• basic bicycle maintenance.
• what to wear.
• equipment.
• helmet fit.
• rules of the road.
• shifting gears.
• riding with a group.
• sharing paths and trails.
• riding in inclement weather.
• night riding.
• traffic laws.
• navigating intersections.
• rural road riding.
• crashes and how to avoid them.
• how to teach safe riding skills to children and adults.
The instruction was divided into classroom lessons, bike-handling skills, city riding, and teaching, Rivera-Torres said.
Attendees also shared ideas on bike skills and continued education on biking in communities.
They also discussed connecting communities to bicycling for transportation and recreation.
Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”
The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.13.2018 12:27 |
| Story ID: | 292633 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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