Jena, April 11, 2026 – The ADFC Jena-Saaletal is reopening its bicycle school specifically for women this Saturday. This free offer provides beginners and those returning to cycling the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike in a protected environment or to systematically reduce existing insecurities in the saddle.
- What: Women’s bicycle school of the ADFC Jena-Saaletal
- When: From April 11, 2026 (six dates, every Saturday 15:00 – 17:00)
- Where: Schoolyard of the Gemeinschaftsschule Wenigenjena
- Equipment: Bicycles are provided for the course
- Costs: Participation is free of charge, donations are welcome
- Further courses: Planned for May/June and August/September 2026
Safe in the Saddle: From the Basics to City Traffic
The training program of the women’s bicycle school is methodically structured to provide participants with the necessary confidence on two wheels step by step. The first practice sessions take place deliberately away from road traffic on the schoolyard of the Gemeinschaftsschule in Wenigenjena. Here, the women can familiarize themselves with the bicycle undisturbed, perform balance exercises, and train important braking and steering maneuvers.
Once basic riding practice is established, the level of difficulty increases: later in the course, accompanied rides into the actual urban area are on the agenda. The practical training is supplemented by sound theoretical units in which important traffic rules and correct, forward-looking behavior in road traffic are discussed.
Offers such as the women’s bicycle school of the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club) make a decisive contribution to traffic safety and social participation. Not everyone learned to ride a bike in childhood, and the urban traffic environment with sometimes complex intersections or busy routes like the B88 can seem intimidating to beginners. Through professional guidance among peers, a threshold is lowered, which promotes safe and environmentally friendly mobility in the university city in the long term.
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Start of the Women’s Bicycle School
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