Experiences of Cycle Training

Oh I wasn't racing her. And god knows I'm not quick. But she made a point of saying she was slow. I rode at a very relaxed pace but we really didn't do that much road stuff at all tbh. And if it sounded like I didn't appreciate her feedback regarding brakes and positoning - quite the opposite.

The end of the session where she sort of announced that there was nothing more to do was the disappointment. I'm not an amazing cyclist by any stretch, but I think about what I'm doing and can get around town. As I said above, I was pretty clear why I wanted training when I approached Bikeworks at the beginning and also at the beginning of our session. We just weren't compatible that's all. I'm getting Will on the case. It will be just what the doctor ordered no doubt. (Jealous of the Lambeth maintenance lessons too, but I work in Kennington sometimes so I might look into that).

I had exactly the same experience as you at the end of 2009 and with a CTUK instructor. When I booked my lesson I told them that I had been riding daily for the past 18 months.I contacted them afterwards to say that it would have been good to match my level with an instructor I received a message back from them to say thank you but that's it. Apart from Skydancer who contacted me following my post on here (a few pages back on this thread) to nicely offer me a free lesson. During my lesson in 2009 we spent a lot of the time in the park and quiet roads and covered a lot of the very basics. At the end we rode on the busy stretch Kennington/Oval where I lost the instructor and when we finally met again she got quite impatient with me.

Sorry to have to post this again but I think it is important for anyone who wants to go on cycle training to check that they really are going to benefit from it.