• "I don't need training I know how to ride a bike"
    Says bloke

    This is a common reaction from people, (mainly men) when it is
    suggested that they get some cycle training. It has always been a
    struggle to explain to people how they would benefit (and I suspect
    were it not for wishing to become an instructor many cycle trainers would have
    said the same thing)

    This response may be explained by the Dunning Kruger effect (
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect )

    "a cognitive bias wherein unskilled individuals suffer from illusory
    superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than
    is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of
    the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude"

    Which links to the 4 (actually 5) stages of competence:
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence)

    1. Unconscious incompetence
      The individual does not understand or know how to do
      something and does not necessarily recognize the deficit. They may
      deny the usefulness of the skill. The individual must recognize their
      own incompetence, and the value of the new skill, before moving on to
      the next stage.[2] The length of time an individual spends in this
      stage depends on the strength of the stimulus to learn.[3]

    2. Conscious incompetence
      Though the individual does not understand or know how to do
      something, he or she does recognize the deficit, as well as the value
      of a new skill in addressing the deficit. The making of mistakes can
      be integral to the learning process at this stage.[4]

    3. Conscious competence
      The individual understands or knows how to do something.
      However, demonstrating the skill or knowledge requires concentration.
      It may be broken down into steps, and there is heavy conscious
      involvement in executing the new skill.[3]

    4. Unconscious competence
      The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it
      has become "second nature" and can be performed easily. As a result,
      the skill can be performed while executing another task. The
      individual may be able to teach it to others, depending upon how and
      when it was learned.

    5. (Enlightened competence -Teacher)
      The person has not only mastered the physical skill to a highly
      efficient and accurate level which does not anymore require of him
      conscious, deliberate and careful execution of the skill but instead
      done instinctively and reflexively, requiring minimum efforts with
      maximum quality output, and is able to understand the very dynamics
      and explanation of his own physical skills. In other words, he
      comprehends fully and accurately the what, when, how and why of his
      own skill and possibly those of others on the same skill he has. In
      addition to this, he is able to transcend and reflect on the physical
      skill itself and be able to improve on how it is acquired and learned
      at even greater efficiency with lower energy investment. Having fully
      understood all necessary steps and components of the skill to be
      learned and the manner how they are dynamically integrated to produce
      the desired level of overall competence, he is thereby able to teach
      the skill to others in a manner that is effective and expedient."

    So have you considered cycle training?
    If not, why not?

  • So have you considered cycle training?
    If not, why not?

    I have, but there are no instructors local to me.

    I did ask in one of the cycle training threads, but no-one got back to me...

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