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3.8. Activity checklist

The following activities are described in the Ride Guide in more detail.
You will also find them in the Activity Template (with accompanying videos where indicated).

Activities to teach during your cycle training sessions

Preparing for cycling (including checking you are fit and ready to cycle, checking clothing and fitting a helmet, and checking the cycle and making sure your cycle fits you)

How to fasten a helmet correctly

How to check a cycle

Pushing your cycle and balancing

Getting on and off your cycle

Starting, stopping and controlling your cycle

Set off, slow down, pedal and stop

Pedal (general)

Stopping quickly and managing hazards

Using gears

Looking behind, riding with one hand and signalling

Sharing space off road with pedestrians and other riders

Preparing for and planning a journey

Starting and finishing an on-road journey (including doing a U-turn)

Start on-road journey

Stop on-road journey

U-turn

Cycling in suitable riding positions and passing parked vehicles

Pass stationary vehicle

Passing minor roads and crossroads

Pass minor roads

Turning left into a minor road and right into a major road

Left turn major to minor

Right turn minor to major

Turning right into a minor road and left into a major road

Right turn major to minor

Left turn minor to major

Using roundabouts

Single-lane roundabout

Riding with other riders

Riding in more complex environments

Using traffic lights and passing queuing traffic

Pass queuing traffic

Using cycling infrastructure

Using multi-lane roads

Using multi-lane roundabouts

Being aware of driver blind spots and sharing bus lanes

Riding on roads with a speed limit above 30mph