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City of Athens, Ohio / Parks and Recreation / 17 May 2016
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From YouTube: Athens Bike Rodeo--May 14

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Athens Bicycle and Ohio Health O'Bleness Hospital came together to present the annual Athens Bike Rodeo. Kids spent the morning riding a course, learning safety tips, and receiving free helmets to keep them safe this summer. The event highlighted the importance of always wearing a helmet when riding a bike.

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Even the dreary weather couldn't stop residents from coming out and supporting Athens bicycles, annual bike rodeo at the Ohio health of Lana's hospital on May, fourteenth kids gathered to practice. Safety tips ride the course and pick up a free helmet to keep them safe. This summer, city, council, member and Athens bicycle shop, owner Peter Kostis helped coordinate the event and explain to us why the bike rodeo is so important. The.

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Big idea here is to teach some skills, and so we have some have some skills course set set up for kids to to write around and kind of, enjoy the set themselves get together in groups and just kind of tool around, and then the big thing for us to is to get helmets. So then OhioHealth is generously pursued grants and been able to find funding to get. You know somewhere in the neighborhood I, think this time, probably about 40 or 50 helmets and get them out there and get them on the kids. The.

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Bike rodeo is put on in partnership with OhioHealth Oh blood as hospital and president mark second juror explains why they come out to help every year, but.

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You know Athens is such a friendly bike community. That part of that is the promoting safety and promoting bicycling, and so we want to start everyone, young and we're all happy that that that's happening helmets.

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Can be a life-saving gift, as many children end up in the ER after falling from their bike every summer, Lois broker explained why it is so important for everyone to wear a helmet while riding their bikes, and it.

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Protects my head like um if I um got ejected from the bike on me and my head hits the ground it like Oh or on something sharp like a piece of glass. It will hit the helmet and go through the helmet, but not through my head. Despite.

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The rain the bike rodeo, saw great success and was able to get many helmets out to kids. Mr. Costas hopes at the rodeo will promote health and safety and reminds residents to always put a helmet on their kids when they ride a bike. Eighty.

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Percent of all traumatic head injuries can be avoided by wearing a helmet. So it's it's just you know. When you get into a car you put on the seat belt, when you get on a bike, it's a good idea to put on a helmet. You know, especially at a younger age, when you're just learning those skills and how to operate the machine. The best way to see your child into adulthood is to wear seat belt in your car and to have a helmet when you're riding a bicycle.