The only real exception to this is for children under 5 years old accompanied by an adult riding alongside on the road.
If you’re still not convinced riding on the road is actually safer, have a look at this and then get in touch…
We use the National Standards for Cycling framework to assess where you are and help you focus on where you want to get to:
- LEVEL 1: Basic Bike Control & Safety
Includes: general bike safety checks, using brakes and gears effectively and where appropriate, ability to ride with one hand (in order to signal effectively) whilst in control, understanding of the best and most safe way to start and stop, slow speed manoeuvering, ability to look behind whilst riding in a straight line. - LEVEL 2: Basic Road Riding
Including: assertive road positioning, visual and auditory checks, effective signalling, left and right turns into and out of a variety of junctions, hazard perception, passing parked cars and other obstacles. The training is usually carried out on quieter roads in residential areas. - LEVEL 3: Advanced Road Riding
Includes: route-planning, negotiating complex road layouts and junctions, advanced road positioning & hazard perception, risk management. This training is carried out on more heavily trafficed roads and main routes, though under risk-assessed conditions.
When you contact us we’ll find out what you want from your sessions and, perhaps more importantly, why you want it, so we can focus our efforts where they’ll be most useful and effective.
We can also arrange training for those with learning difficulties or other problems as we believe everyone has a right to ride as well as they’re able.
Every one of our instructors has passed a criminal records check and has a Enhanced Disclosure Certificate.