http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A guide for new cyclists en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:55:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119735 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:36:07 +0000 ruggtomcat 119735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats a great link Roibeard, thanks :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119688 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:57:13 +0000 fimm 119688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's this: (from "another place")<br /> <a href="http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-essential-guide-for-new-commuters.56622/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-essential-guide-for-new-commuters.56622/</a><br /> done by one person and improved with comments from others. I have not read it (or if I did, it was a while ago). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119646 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:01:42 +0000 Roibeard 119646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I mentioned this one recently - not checked it out fully, but it is probably along the same lines:</p> <p><a href="http://bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/lhd/index.htm">Cycling Street Smarts</a></p> <p>Although I'll second the Cyclecraft advice. I read it after starting commuting regularly, and it would have saved me several years of personal "experiences"...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119631 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:01:09 +0000 sallyhinch 119631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's some stuff about bikeability here <a href="http://www.dft.gov.uk/bikeability/the-three-levels/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dft.gov.uk/bikeability/the-three-levels/</a></p> <p>Not sure if there's an online version of the teaching notes? AFAIR it's based on CycleCraft.</p> <p>UPDATE - teaching guide here <a href="http://www.dft.gov.uk/bikeability/wp-content/uploads/Bikeability_Delivery_Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dft.gov.uk/bikeability/wp-content/uploads/Bikeability_Delivery_Guide.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119630 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:43:03 +0000 ruggtomcat 119630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I ask partly because I cant think of one bar Sheldon, and maybe it would be helpful to make one if not. I have a friend who is unlikely to order a book but would gobble up a website in no time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119629 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:41:25 +0000 ruggtomcat 119629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yes, so maybe using hivemind might be better? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119620 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:42:42 +0000 crowriver 119620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the Internet is good that way if someone else has trawled through the adverts and less helpful stuff first</em></p> <p>Come on, everyone knows how to use a search engine. Even ruggtomcat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119618 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:33:18 +0000 ruggtomcat 119618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yah! It appears Gembo does have a point, albeit at the end of a very looooong stick ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119615 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:36:57 +0000 wee folding bike 119615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of Inuit wisdom here. My auntie sent me all of Due South. Just got to the first episode where Fraser's dead dad comes back. I thought they had that from the start but it was a quite a few episodes in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119608 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:36:27 +0000 gembo 119608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should be lord franklin given the sensible advice but then of course the original lord franklin met a sticky end trying to find the north west passage and as Bert jansch sang with pentangle only the Eskimo in his skin canoe was the only one to ever get through (too many onlys for that to be the exact lyric but good song and comes just before the even better<br /> When I get home, with Bert singing again and the equally great Danny Thomson on bass on my best of pentangle CD</p> <p>I bet ruggtomcat would like a link to a website that does everything cyclcraft covers but does not link you to a product you have to buy, rather gives the immediate knowledge as the Internet is good that way if someone else has trawled through the adverts and less helpful stuff first </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119606 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:37:46 +0000 crowriver 119606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle Craft:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10797#post-119604 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:40:53 +0000 ruggtomcat 119604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey folks,</p> <p>Can anyone point me at a good concise beginners guide to vehicular or otherwise safe cycling for a newcomer to the road? Not the mechanics of riding a bike but the essentials of not going up the inside of lorries, road position and so on? Preferably on the web.</p> <p>Thanks sweets. </p>