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Brixton Rd, through Oval, Kennignton Park Rd, E&C, then up via Borough, L&B. Only decided to say something to her when she tried to squeeze through two buses at Brixton. One of the things I notice most with 'newer' cyclist is that they all use the hardest gear and never seem to change out of it. She was really struggling to get away from the lights due to her gear choice, suggested that she anticipates the road traffic and lights more, as if she was driving her car and use the range of gears she has. She had picked it up by the time we got to E&C and was moving much quicker both off the lights and between them.
She hadn't quite mastered the shoulder checking, but then again not a lot of people even bother.