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The Importance of Cycling Safety
A practical overview of safe cycling: helmets, visibility, bike checks, predictable riding and sensible habits for everyday, freestyle and long-distance riders.
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Upkeep and Safety
Safety habits and bike upkeep for tricks and long rides.
The Importance of Bike Maintenance for Freestyle Riding
How to keep a freestyle bike in good shape when it takes hard knocks: routine cleaning, fastener and part checks, and when to take it to a bike shop.
The Importance of Bike Maintenance for Smooth Tricks
See how a clean chain, true wheels and well-adjusted brakes make a bike respond predictably, which helps when practising tricks in a safe, controlled way.
The Importance of Bike Maintenance for Tricks
Learn which bike parts wear fastest when you practise tricks, including tyres, grips, chain and brakes, and how to spot the early signs of a problem.
The Importance of Bike Maintenance for Tricks and Skills
A simple tune-up checklist to run before a skills practice session, covering tyres, brakes, bars, wheels and chain, with advice to follow your manual.
The Importance of Bike Safety for Freestyle Riding
A pre-session checklist for freestyle riders covering brakes, bars, pegs, wheels and fasteners, so the bike itself is less likely to fail during a session.
The Importance of Bike Safety for Tricks
How to choose and prepare a bike that suits trick riding, and why a worn, damaged or poorly matched bike adds risk when you practise skills.
The Importance of Cycling Safety for Freestyle Riders
Safety habits for freestyle riders: knowing your limits, riding sessions with others, choosing a suitable park and respecting protective gear and etiquette.
The Importance of Cycling Safety for Long-Distance Riders
Safety on long rides: managing fatigue, food and water, planning a route, using lights and telling someone your plans before you set off.
The Importance of Cycling Safety in Freestyle Tricks
What to think about at the moment of a freestyle trick: falling technique, bailing out and progressing in small steps, with no promise of avoiding injury.
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Weather Riding Handling rain, wind, snow, darkness and extreme weather. Riding in the Dark Seeing and being seen when the light fades. Lights and Visibility Lights, flags and being seen. Bike Accessories Locks, pumps, stands, cameras and helmets. Cycling Physics Forces, drag, momentum and speed explained. Balance and Braking Science Why bikes stay up and how they stop. Bike and Body Science Gears, tyres, comfort, visibility and fitness explained. Skills Science The plain-language science behind core bike skills. Trick Safety and Preparation Gear, bike fit, upkeep and warm-ups that come before any trick. Endurance and Speed Riding further and faster with pacing, efficiency and recovery. Strength and Endurance Drills Off-bike and on-bike work that builds leg strength, power and staying power. Safety and Skill Guides Road safety, etiquette, stopping and level-by-level skill roadmaps. Pre-Ride Checks Quick checks that catch problems before they become crashes.