Cycle Experience

There seems to be a fashion for interactive road safety web games at the moment – see also Tales of the Road on the DfT site – and the main theme appears to be that small vulnerable cyclist or pedestrian gets smashed or dismembered by passing traffic.

This makes them great fun to play, if a touch ghoulish, but doesn’t convey any sensible message – or am I missing something?

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Advanced Cycling – How to be a Better Cyclist, John Franklin, 2010. A Review.

I think that this is a very useful book for cyclists who want to feel more confident cycling on the road and will be a useful recommendation in our training work. John Franklin offers all the good sense, tips and advice distilled from his years cycling and working as a professional cycle consultant and also from the experience of all the other expert cyclists that he has observed and talked to.

When I saw the book mentioned on the net, I was intrigued. I had recently visited the Institute of Advanced Motorists’ site and was struck by their honesty and breadth of interest. Try this to check. I can’t vouch for the membership but the website at least does not promote a Clarkson petrol head ethos; of course, there is always something a little sad about these mutual admiration societies, celebrating their self declared expertise, something of a Mensa with walnut trim, in this case. How expert is this: “Effective steering is an essential skill for the advanced rider” (from Advanced Motorcycling).

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We are delighted to learn that Level 3 funding for secondary schools has been announced. This is something we have been campaigning for - see our thoughts on the subject below.

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