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"Cyclecraft" is the definitive guide to safe and enjoyable cycling for both adults and children. Whether you are new to cycling, looking to extend your skills, or wanting to know how best to teach your children to cycle, "Cyclecraft" offers practical advice on how to ride a bike confidently and safely in modern traffic conditions. This North American edition of "Cyclecraft" has been specifically adapted to reflect conditions, laws and best practice in the United States and Canada. "Cyclecraft" features: how to get started, with special advice for parents; choosing a bike and setting it up; basic skills such as balancing, steering and gear shifting; how to share the roads and integrate with traffic; advanced techniques for cycling safely on busier roads with faster traffic; and, advice on carrying children and baggage and riding with others.
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John Franklin is a consultant and registered Expert Witness on cycling skills and safety and was a member of the government working group that set up the UK National Standard.
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91 of 95 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After many years of not cycling (at least 10) I recently decided to start commuting the few miles to and from work. Many posters to the uk cycling group highly recommended this book for all cyclists but I thought that as a born-again beginner it might be of particular use to me. How right I was!
Franklin is a recognised authority on cycle safety issues and in this book he presents some very sensible advice on how to ride your bike as safely as possible. Such things as road positioning in different traffic scenarios and the safe use of "cycle-friendly" facilities are all covered. He also discusses various safety measures such as reflective clothing and helmets in some detail.
Some of the conclusions reached by Franklin are controversial and even counter-intuitive (for instance, he's no great fan of cycle lanes). His opinions are clearly explained, with plenty of diagrams, and he certainly justified the conclusions he has reached to my satisfaction.
I'm positive that I am a much safer cyclist (and driver, and pedestrian) as a result of having read this book. Every cyclist should gain something from it. Anyone thinking of getting themselves (or their kids) a bicycle _must_ read it.
At less than a tenner it's the best insurance you'll ever buy!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As in previous editions, Cyclecraft provides very useful advice on road-sharing in general, and detailed advice on how to recognise and negotiate hazardous situations, cyclist-hostile road designs and pretty much all pitfalls and obstacles. Its scope is comprehensive and its style is admirably clear.
The advice to keep your bicycle well maintained is spot on, though you'll need a different book if you want to do such maintenance yourself; this book focuses almost exclusively on how to travel safely and enjoyably.
Since it's published in the UK, the text assumes you will be travelling on the left side of the road. The text is certainly broadly applicable to the Republic of Ireland as well, though, as another reviewer says, the law in the Republic of Ireland currently compels cyclists to use cycle tracks. Given that, the advice in this book on how to negotiate the poorer designs might actually be even more useful there.
The advice to keep your bicycle well maintained is spot on, though you'll need a different book if you want to do such maintenance yourself; this book focuses almost exclusively on how to travel safely and enjoyably.
Since it's published in the UK, the text assumes you will be travelling on the left side of the road. The text is certainly broadly applicable to the Republic of Ireland as well, though, as another reviewer says, the law in the Republic of Ireland currently compels cyclists to use cycle tracks. Given that, the advice in this book on how to negotiate the poorer designs might actually be even more useful there.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book. It explains in simple terms how to ride more safely in traffic. It's the source book for the National Standard for Cycle Training (and Bikeability).
If there's only one thing you take from it, it should be how to answer the question "Where do you position yourself when you ride on the road?". Most people start talking about kerbs & white lines. Franklin says these are often irrelevant. What we should be thinking about is where the other traffic is and then riding either in front of it or to the side of it.
Brilliant!
If there's only one thing you take from it, it should be how to answer the question "Where do you position yourself when you ride on the road?". Most people start talking about kerbs & white lines. Franklin says these are often irrelevant. What we should be thinking about is where the other traffic is and then riding either in front of it or to the side of it.
Brilliant!
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The definitive guide
I have now bought 4 copies of this book. This is the must have book if you want to cycle on the road.
Published 24 days ago by finbat
First Rate Book
This book really is helpful if you are new to cycling like me)it gives very sound practical advice about holding your position on the raod in a way that protects you. Read more
Published 7 months ago by twentymillimetrecanon
on your bike
Very good book ,should be read by all who venture on the U K's roads ,is an older book but very relevent
Published 14 months ago by papert
Just a really excellent book.
It seems that many people are happy to give five stars for products that don't really warrant such high regard, but in this instance it really is fully justified. Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. Singh-Hulass
Newbie
Well worth the money. Layout and typeface made easy reading.
Covers many things that you took for granted as basic, but made you think. Read more
Covers many things that you took for granted as basic, but made you think. Read more
Published 18 months ago by peter_rat
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Highway code for cycling.
This book is very informative and well illusrated. It is easy to read and provides good advice on how to ride defensively. Read more
This book is very informative and well illusrated. It is easy to read and provides good advice on how to ride defensively. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Russell
invaluable
Excellent advice for riding on todays roads, put me right on what position on the road I should be in. Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by PamK
a comprehensive cycling manual
Having heard so much about this book I finally decided I should see what the fuss was about.
It is a thorough system of cycling on roads in the UK as you will find. Read more
It is a thorough system of cycling on roads in the UK as you will find. Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by R. Duesbury
A must read for all motorists as well as cyclists
In the past couple of years I have not desperately needed a car so have taken to commuting by bike. It has been interesting to observe the learning curve and attitudinal changes... Read more
Published on 19 May 2010 by W. Milne
good overall
While his roadcraft advice is excellent and he has done great service to the cause of cycling, he is completely wrong about cycle lanes. They need to be made better, not abolished. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2009 by Richard Budd
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