Well done, Pat.
May I ask, what are you hoping to do with your skills? Do you have a plan? I rather fancied the idea of running some cycling courses for adolescent girls. I work with vulnerable adolescents quite a lot and it often strikes me that life might feel different for them if they expereienced the joy of the wind in their hair and the satisfaction of transporting themselves independently.
Well Sara, I wanted to be able to help riders in my ladies group, the
Belles on Bikes, to acquire road skills and basic repair skills.
The ones in the group with a bit more knowledge run classes on a voluntary basis, there are over 300 Belles to date in Glasgow and surroundings, some on CC as well, a good percentage of them do not ride the roads because they are scared.
I'm ok with the mechanics, thought I was not bad with the road skills too, have learned I need to improve.
As I stand now, I'm not supposed to teach anybody without a proper trainer present, but I guess I could prepare some basic lessons from the materials given to me, while working on my own skills.
One thing I wanted to do was to teach riding a bike to my friend, she is 60, has never learned.
I will give this a bash with my newly acquired knowledge
Strangely enough, I am qualified to lead a beginner's ride - this was a one day course I've done a few months ago: it does not say I'm meant to use off road cycle paths only