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  • I had some cycle training yesterday around clapham.

    Nearly missed it completely as I was still asleep 15 mins before we were due to start after the cambridge ride, but thankfully the instructor called (going to be late!) which woke me up!

    I found it useful even though I think I had most of the basics down - she asked me lots of questions about positioning/what you should do etc which I mostly got right. But it was still useful to know best practice and to have someone watching you and letting you know what you could do better. Some of the stuff about emergency stops I haven't thought about since primary school...

    Most useful were the bits about turning/cornering, and having someone confirm what I though I should be doing re: looking over my shoulder frequently and taking the lane wherever possible.

    My instructor was thorough, which was great, although we didn't have time to tackle a huge junction like E&C which I was hoping for. We did go down Brixton high street but not quite the same. In any case I don't see this as a great loss as I go through E&C fairly regularly without any probs but would have been nice to have. The main constraint was time...

    my only complaints would be about that:time. My instructor was late and rescheduled which didn't happen to be a problem, but it could have been. And also some lame TFL monitoring form to fill in at the end (did you cycle on a superhighway? etc) meant that we didn't have time to tackle anything else, and stopped 10mins prior to the scheduled end of the session, despite starting 10mins later. So I feel I lost 20mins :(

    Still a bargain at £8 though. And will certainly take up the maintenance course at the same price. Perhaps 10mins for the TFL form ain't so bad if they subsidise like this.

    Otherwise - heartily recommended!

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