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Just behave like a motor vehicle, hold your line, all the usual stuff
Sound advice. Unless of course you are Copenhagenize, in which case vehicular cyclists are "testosterone-driven", cultlike and probably "hit their children"
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/07/vehicular-cyclists-secret-sect.html
Ahem. Anyway, I would say that if she's on the OKR there are a number of LCN routes passing through the area. These are pretty quiet and usable by even timid cyclists.
Back to the original post - I think structured cycle training with an experienced instructor would still be hugely reassuring - as has been said it's about a lot more than the lingo.
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London just scares some people.
I don't enjoy cycling in London anymore...
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My Polish friend is working on High Holborn, she got a bike under bike to work, a sedate upright Pashley, but she says there's no way shed ride in London. She saw a horrible road rage near her house on the Old Kent Road, a cyclist calmly remonstrated and the driver went crazy ape bonkers at him. She says its just too frightening. The thing is, I've cycled with her in Kraków. It's not that bad, about the same as London. Just behave like a motor vehicle, hold your line, all the usual stuff. I think it's to do with perception. London just scares some people.