Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

I find it strange that people can be quite so shitty about taking 'cycle training'.... after having done buckets of advanced driver training.... I know it made me a better driver as a result..... so why shouldn't take 'cycle training' make me a better cyclist? Maybe if it was sold as 'advanced' cycle training then those near-perfect cyclists on the forum might feel more comfortable taking it....

As for falling off, I fell off again today, at zero speed, on a path... I'm just not getting the hang of these SPD's... but that's 'cos I'm a muppet, not necessarily a rubbish cyclist.

p.s. scab's on the knees FTW

You'll get the hang of them soon bagheera. it's compulsary to forget the spds in the beginning and fall off s l o w l y while clipped in. Wear ther knee scabs with pride;p)

You're right about cycle training though. People who learn anything from an expert will do the thing better and self teaching through reading is good to a point but lacks the feedback angle. Our cooperative cycle training uk has marketed training as advanced skills cycle training and we put together a package called 'faster commuter' including the cycle skills training with bike maintenance training. It wasn't succesfull 5 years ago but may work now