https://bozemandailybee.com/tags/bike-rodeo/Recent content in Bike Rodeo on The Bozeman Daily BeeHugoen-usFri, 29 May 2026 07:45:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/opinion/teach-the-children-bike-safety-before-they-meet-us/Fri, 29 May 2026 07:45:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/opinion/teach-the-children-bike-safety-before-they-meet-us/<p>I support teaching children to ride bicycles safely. I want to be clear about that at the outset, because modern public discourse requires a person to declare support for childhood before making a practical concern. My concern is that if we teach these children too well, they will enter adulthood with expectations about traffic behavior that this region is not presently equipped to honor.</p> <p>The third annual Bike Rodeo in Big Sky will teach hand signals, helmet use, stopping technique and general roadway awareness. These are admirable skills. They are also, in a profound sense, aspirational. We are describing to children a transportation culture that exists mainly in pamphlets and on the side of municipal vans.</p>