Cycling

Cycling is important to everyone. Whether you’re learning to ride, or want to broaden your cycling experience I can offer a session to build your skills and confidence in the saddle.
Cycling can help to maintain a healthy lifestyle through providing a means of active transport and regular exercise that will lead to improved health and fitness.
Leisure cycling can be a healthy family activity to be enjoyed together.
Travelling to school by cycling can help encourage healthy growth and development, maintain a healthy weight, reduce anxiety and stress, and improve muscular strength, endurance and flexibility in children.
As a fully qualified National Standard Cycling Instructor, my coaching sessions can help you, your child or your family to gain practical skills and understanding how to cycle on today’s roads. We aim to give everyone the skills and confidence for all kinds of cycling.
I can offer 1-2-1 or group sessions to help teach you, your child or your family how to ride a bike in a more focussed environment tailored to the rider’s specific needs.
Sessions may include:
• Getting on a bike
• Learning to ride using the “scoot, glide, ride” technique
• Preparing and planning for a journey
• Check the cycle is ready for a journey
• Set off, pedal, slow down and stop
• Pedal (including looking behind, cycling one handed, turning and controlling speed)
• Cycle safely and responsibly
• Identify and respond to hazards
• Start and stop on-road journeys
• Share the road with others and communicate with other road users
• Comply with signals, signs and road markings
• Manage risk when cycling
• Negotiate junctions (pass side roads, turn at T junctions, and crossroads and roundabouts if present).
• Plan to and ride assertively everywhere cycling is permitted
• Maintain suitable riding positions
• Cooperate with and respect other road users
• Pass queuing traffic and use junctions controlled by traffic lights
• Use cycle infrastructure and multi lane roads
Prices from £50/rider/hour depending on venue.