Cycling - Skills

Skills

Learning to ride efficiently and safely in traffic is important. In countries such as the Netherlands, where cycling is popular, cyclists sometimes ride in bike lanes at the side of, or separate from, main highways and roads. Many primary schools participate in the national road test in which children individually complete a circuit on roads near the school while being observed by testers.

Many schools and police departments hold bicycle rodeos, which instruct children in bicycle handling skills and introduce them to the rules of the road as they apply to cyclists. Education for adult cyclists is available from organizations such as the League of American Bicyclists.

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