games on bikes

Skunk said:

Happy new year all.
Anyone know of any good games - links - books for kids on bikes, team
games preferably for kids on bikes for an afterschool club, primary
school age.

A game for playing when not on the bike is Um Reifenbreite (see
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/442). Getting increasingly hard to
find new now, but places like http://www.spielenet.de still have it
available.

Pete.
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Skunk said:

Anyone know of any good games - links - books for kids on bikes,
team games preferably for kids on bikes for an afterschool club,
primary school age.

How about bicycle polo? Should really be played on low geared fixed
gear bikes but MTBs would do as long as everyone had similar equipment.
For safety reasons it's essential that the kids understand the rules
before playing.

See <http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/sport/findasport/bicycle_polo.shtml>

or <http://www.bikepolo.com/>

Quoted message said:

Also, I don't know the 2nd hand market but pretty much get the
impression there isn't much of one. I have a dawes giro 500 in
good nick. I bought in late 2003 and think it was a 2002 model.
I am thinking of asking 250 pounds, is this way over the top or
about right.

Sounds a tad high to me. A new one would be around £550 if you shop
around.

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Dave...

dkahn400 said:

How about bicycle polo? Should really be played on low geared fixed
gear bikes but MTBs would do as long as everyone had similar equipment.
For safety reasons it's essential that the kids understand the rules
before playing.

Would never survive the risk assessment ;-)

Tony

On 6/1/05 6:42 am, in article [email hidden],

Skunk said:

Happy new year all.
Anyone know of any good games - links - books for kids on bikes, team
games preferably for kids on bikes for an afterschool club, primary
school age.
Also, I don't know the 2nd hand market but pretty much get the
impression there isn't much of one. I have a dawes giro 500 in good
nick. I bought in late 2003 and think it was a 2002 model. I am
thinking of asking 250 pounds, is this way over the top or about right.

Scottish Cycling (or is it cycling scotland?) has a good set of exercises
available for download from their web site.

...d

Tony Raven said:

dkahn400 said:

How about bicycle polo? Should really be played on low geared
fixed gear bikes but MTBs would do as long as everyone had
similar equipment.
For safety reasons it's essential that the kids understand the
rules before playing.

Would never survive the risk assessment ;-)

Nonsense! They would be wearing h*lm*ts.

--
Dave...

David Martin said:

On 6/1/05 6:42 am, in article [email hidden],

Skunk said:

Happy new year all.
Anyone know of any good games - links - books for kids on bikes, team
games preferably for kids on bikes for an afterschool club, primary
school age.

Scottish Cycling (or is it cycling scotland?) has a good set of exercises
available for download from their web site.

Its at:
http://www.cyclingscotland.org

One exercise I often use is to set up an area using cones of about 8
metres square.
One child starts slowly cycling in a circle within it.
Child two is introduced to follow the first.
Eventually around 5/6 children are slowly riding around, closely
following each other.
Once they are happy with this the game starts.

Progressively move the boundaries in, starting at the corners.
As the space is reduced they need to concentrate more on balance and
observation of each other.
Anyone who puts their foot down is "out".
As the numbers remaining upright reduce so does the area until there is
just one left - the winner.

It is always very popular as has the benefits of improving bike control skills.

I don't think anyone's mentioned the standard slow bike race yet or
riding along a straight line and losing points for wobbles.
They are always good standbys.

John
http://www.hampshirecycletraining.org.uk/

Skunk said:

Happy new year all.
Anyone know of any good games - links - books for kids on bikes, team games preferably for kids on bikes for an afterschool club, primary school age.
Also, I don't know the 2nd hand market but pretty much get the impression there isn't much of one. I have a dawes giro 500 in good nick. I bought in late 2003 and think it was a 2002 model. I am thinking of asking 250 pounds, is this way over the top or about right.

How about a high cadence crit race? Our junior team often does this in a small school parking lot on the weekends and the kids enjoy them. The stronger kids must use a very low gear and the weaker kids can pick a slightly higher gear if needed to make it fair. This promotes spinning and is a lot of fun.

Dan.

[quote="BanditManDan"]How about a high cadence crit race?

Not sure exactly what you mean by a crit race but i get the general idea.
Thanks everyone for the ideas.
I'll check out that link as well.
For the person who mentioned board games, i came across this one when googling for on-bike games which looked fun.
sportsgameshop.comoth.htmlOpen ↗
Cheers

JohnB said:

One exercise I often use is to set up an area using cones of about 8
metres square.

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Quoted message said:

Progressively move the boundaries in, starting at the corners.
As the space is reduced they need to concentrate more on balance and
observation of each other.
Anyone who puts their foot down is "out".
As the numbers remaining upright reduce so does the area until there is
just one left - the winner.

It is always very popular as has the benefits of improving bike control skills.

We call that game Dodge.

A non-competitive game is to arrange them, stopped, in three-quarters
of a large circle, with bike-length gaps between. The back cyclist
starts off and weaves through the others to the front. As they get
used to it, start them at closer intervals.

You can also put two markers on the ground (flat spanners are good)
and get them to ride between them. Progressively move them closer and
eliminate everyone who touches one.

Both these games help with control skills too.

A game I recently saw to practice looking behind is to pass a smile,
grimace or other facial expression backwards along a line of moving
cyclists - sort of like a visual chinese whispers.

Quoted message said:

I don't think anyone's mentioned the standard slow bike race yet or
riding along a straight line and losing points for wobbles.

Surprisingly hard to explain, though.

Colin McKenzie