Experiences of Cycle Training

I've accidentally become an untrained cycle instructor! Jenny J and I have been working on a colleague (read: steamrolling) to get her to commute via cycling; we got her to ride home from work yesterday and to ride to work this morning. I picked her up from her flat and let her pick the route - she'd bought her own A-Z! So proud. We discovered quickly that some routes are better than others. It was really fun, stopping to show her how to negotiate a roundabout, reminding her to look, signal, maneuver, etc. etc. She told me, before we'd even set off, that she wanted her own bike now (she's borrowing JJ's) and arrived at work super pumped and shocked that she'd made it before 0900! I must confess to hoping to have a commute partner.

Good stuff. The world needs more of this.