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Yes. Extremely dodgy. I've had several of these from time time over the last couple of years. HMRC will never contact you by e-mail. Ignore.

In the organisation I work in we wouldn't award L2 unless a candidate could show consistent competence when riding at the front of the group during the final assessment ride. By awarding L2 we consider that a rider is competent to ride solo on quiet roads (with no L3 hazards). Any doubt about their safety to do this means a fail. Actually it means we award L1 so they still get a certificate.

As stated above, we are sending a message to the parents regarding their childs competence and safety and we shouldn't be fudging anything.

Pass rates in my area are very roughly 80% for Y6 and 60% for Y5.

@Wiganwill
Surely the requirement to wear a helmet during training is no more a barrier to participation than the requirement to wear hi-vis or signal at junctions. Once training is over, everything comes down to personal choice.

Personally I use a helmet and I'm happy that the training company I work for also insists on them for training under 18's. I'm happy to talk to students about the pros and cons and let them make up their own minds what to do once I'm not responsible for their safety. I do let people know that my view is probably coloured by the amount of other sports I do where helmet use is the norm. I'm also happy to let them know that I don't use one on my "around town" bike used for short utility trips in traffic but do use one for all forms of recreational cycling. Choice isn't choice unless it's informed after all.

@Skydancer
Ah, that's what "close proximity collision" means. I couldn't get past the fact that a non-close proximity collision wouldn't be a collision at all.

Yes and one argument against the usefulness of hi visibility gear is that though driver may see you earlier and in the distance it the 'close proximity collisions' that hurt:)

Sorry if I'm being dim but what do you mean?

I notice a huge difference in the space drivers give me when I'm riding a loaded touring bike as opposed to a more "normal" road bike or brief road sections on the mountain bike. I'm pretty sure this is due to their perception of how wide I am with my bright orange panniers.

The only exception to this seems to be the North Wales bus and coach driving community who seem to have decided that a tourer can be passed even closer than any other vehicle. I guess they may also be assuming that if I ride long distances I can take it??

Amused me for a while.

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Diolch yn fawr skydancer.

Two very close passes on the road today may have coloured my thinking and confirmed not everyone was sharing the (Dewi Sant) love.

The CTC already has a reasonable one. OAN the road - Observation, Anticipation, Negotiation.
Better just as Observe, Anticipate, Negotiate I think.

I can never remember the three C's without prompting - Confident, Competent , Consistent

Is there going to be a pithy phrase for drivers too? Something to encourage crossing of the white line when passing perhaps.

With running / cycling, I can get into a state where I want to die quite easily, but safe in the knowledge that my lungs might burst and my chest explode, but I can't do that in the pool without significant drowning risk - My stroke rate can't keep up with my need to breathe faster and deeper.

What intervals are you trying to do? Try starting from a low base; say one fast length every six or eight and increase the frequency of the fast lengths as you get more comfortable.

Why, when I hit a bump, did my brake tighten against the rim?
My hand was not on the lever, I had to push the quick release button to let go of the tension.
I'll rejig them, but any ideas? Mine include paranoid thoughts that the bike is about to break.

Front or back brake? If it was back (and you have horizontal drop outs) it may have moved the wheel. Have you checked your spokes / wheel for true?

Oh well, thanks anyway. I really like the 'Gears' books and hoped for something similar. I'll have to bend someones ear in Coaching & Education to see if I can get them.

have now got all 4 B.C Bikeability instructors books,
gonna be plundering them for fresh exercises to try out.

I just tried to find them on the BC website - with the usual result when I try to find anything on there. Can you give me a hint please?

I started to get agitated when he was talking about cycle lanes too. But then he pointed out that the reason they were empty was that they went to the wrong places and were inconvenient to use. Unfortunately people generally form their opinions on the first thing they hear and fill in the rest with the prejudice of their choice.

I have the SMBLA TCL too - it was my first cycling qualification.

I did the British Cycling Level 2 certificate last year and have just done the MTB discipline specific level 2 unit. Next weekend I'll be doing the BMX discipline specific level 2 and hopefully before the end of the year I'll add the road and time trial unit.

I run Go-Ride sessions at a local MTB venue so I wanted the specific training to allow me to give the best coaching. I'm involved with a local co-operative that's opening a closed-road circuit and BMX track in the spring - hence the other stuff.

Every course I've been on has been a useful forum for exchanging ideas and I always pick up something I can transfer to other disciplines.

Looks like the cable may be slipping. Do you have a front brake to compare it to?

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@m.f Yes, I meant commercial providers but probably shouldn't have assumed that everywhere is being run the same way as Wales - where I am.
I agree that cycle training is an excellent activity. That's why I'm involved in Go-Ride and as a club volunteer. It sounds like you get more opportunity to provide progression than I do with the national standard though. Here the emphasis is on getting to L2 in the minimum time.

I've done both National Standard training and L2 with BC. I find it easier to engage kids i work with in Go Ride type drills as an alternative to L1. Reason being if i turn the field into an MTB trail for the kids they love it so it's easier to keep them on task.
It's just cones on field instead of cones on tarmac but makes a huge difference!

That said, there's so a fair bit of crossover between the 2 and i think both are really good for developing bike handling skills for kids and adults. Slow Race anyone? :)

I'm involved in both too. The difference I find is that the kids who come to Go-Ride are already developing into cyclists and want to improve their riding - quite often to race. It's always going to be easier to engage these kids anyway. Many of the kids who come on the Bikeability training are on a brand new (poorly assembled) bike bought for the occasion and there isn't the time available in the training to properly engage them in the sport. A lot of money is being spent training kids who will never realistically ride on the road and a lot of money is being made by organisations managing to sell this training to LA's and councils as essential for every child. Maybe it will give them an awareness that they will carry through into their adult car driving life and be worth the money?