Lower Pottsgrove police officers and young bicyclists rode side-by-side Saturday during the township department's annual Bike Rodeo.
LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – Young Kyle Walters couldn’t wait.
OK, so hers is not quite a "bicycle." Allyson Mooney had fun at Saturday's rodeo anyway.
He had a flashy bicycle, a Murray model trimmed in red and blue that gleamed in the spring sun. With sleek black tires (none of that white-walled stuff for him) and a padded handlebar, it looked as if it could outrun anything else on the sidewalk. He had a good helmet too – safety first, you know – and he had the energy, the smile, and the enthusiasm that yelled “Let me at ‘em!” without saying a word.
But Kyle, son of Tim and Amy Walters of Schwenksville PA, was dutifully patient Saturday (May 16, 2009) as Mom completed his registration form during the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School on Buchert Road. He’d get his chance, he knew, to show the world just what he could do on two wheels. Well, four, counting those trainers at the rear.
Dozens of kids like Kyle trooped to the school’s front parking lot during the day, most of them leading their slower-moving parents, to participate in the free program that teaches and reinforces bicycling safety and maneuvering. Lower Pottsgrove officers, and Chief Michael Shade, were on hand with several other volunteers during the day to personally instruct and ride with the youngsters.
Not all brought what might be bicycles, in the strictest sense of the word. Petit Allyson Mooney, the daughter of Stacey and Joseph Mooney of Upper Pottsgrove PA, rolled into the rodeo on a four-wheeled, blue-and-white polka dot padded horse. Like Kyle, though, she looked ready for action, wearing pink and purple with sunglasses to matched. When she streaked by, it would be a colorful blur.
Matt and Connor Fellin, left, fill tires with air, as Kyle Williams shows his mother, Amy, that he's raring to go.
The rodeo was supported by local vendors, among them Bike Line of Pottstown, 1386 N. State St. Shop manager Matt Fellin and his son Connor labored over a line of bikes that stretched down the front of the school building, checking to ensure tires were properly inflated, bolts were tight, and brakes worked.
- See a Post gallery of 30 photos from Saturday’s bike rodeo.
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