Improovin skillz innit

[McClure]

In an attempt to do this biking thing properly and develop the various skills needed for safe road riding and hopefully eventually decent track riding, I've booked in for this year an advanced road course, some track tuition and an off-road course.

Does anyone have any other recommendations or good tips for how to develop? Eg does anyone know of a good basic maintenance/mechanical witchcraft course? (preferably lincs/east midlands but will travel if it's worthwhile).

Thanks.

[McClure]

Wonderful, lots of good tips, thanks. The road course is with Bikesafe.

RizzoTheRat said:

Another option is to buy a cheap bike that needs some work and get stuck in with the aid of a manual, I went from never having done anything more complicated than an oil change, to changing piston rings and valve stem guides that way.

That's a cracking idea. I will definitely look at an evening class (per BN) but as I intend to get a track bike for next year I might bring that forward and then spend this year stripping and re-building. Before paying some other poor crash test dummy to give it a shake down for me

[McClure]

bogie said:

If you are in NE Midlands/Lincs then the RoSPA group is good, Ive been a member for a few years, the instructors are all good blokes and its virtually free unlimited training once you have joined

Thanks, I'll look into that.