Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic
Personal coaching (Level 2): Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic.
If you know how to balance and pedal but would like to improve your bicycle handling skills and confidence, this coaching is for you. Lessons are held on a paved off-street practice area, and are offered 1-on-1 and for groups of up to four students.
Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic students learn how to:
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Personal coaching (Level 2): Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic.
If you know how to balance and pedal but would like to improve your bicycle handling skills and confidence, this coaching is for you. Lessons are held on a paved off-street practice area, and are offered 1-on-1 and for groups of up to four students.
Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic students learn how to:
* Begin pedaling quickly -- without hesitation
* Stop smoothly and precisely -- without fear of falling
* Prepare for a quick re-start -- ready to go when it's your turn at a stop sign or traffic signal
* Turn confidently without wobbling -- both while pedaling and coasting
* Scan behind to check for a gap in traffic, without veering
* Steer confidently with one hand -- to safely give a hand signal or use a water bottle
* Scan, signal, and move to a new line of travel -- essential for changing lanes or getting in line with other drivers
* Shift gears smoothly and understand when to shift -- to make riding up or down hills easier
Locations and Details
I offer lessons by appointment in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Palo Alto. Lessons are held on a playground or parking lot with no cars or other bicyclists to worry about. You can bring your own bicycle, or rent one at a nearby bike shop that I can recommend. Please bring your own bike helmet -- buy a new one if you don't have one.
Most Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic students learn what they need in one lesson of 1 to 2 hours. The fee is $60/hour for 1-on-1 lessons, and $50/hour per student for up to four students.
Great preparation for a street cycling class
The Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic is a great way to make sure you're ready for the on-bike part of the bicycle driver education (street cycling) classes held regularly in San Francisco and around the Bay Area. We can refer you to street cycling classes in your area.
A great gift...
Do you wish that a friend or family member could ride their bike more confidently so you could enjoy cycling together? Give a gift that unlocks a world of fun... better bicycle handling skills!
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- Escondido Elementary School
890 Escondido Rd
Stanford, CA 94305 | Haight-Ashbury
Price: $60.00
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$60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 minutes)
$50/hour per person for group lessons of up to 4 students
10% discount for payment by cash or check for members and referrals of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC), and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC)
Cash, check, or PayPal (johnc at bicyclesolutions dot com). PayPal accepts credit cards.
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- Sunnybrae Elementary School
1031 S Delaware St
San Mateo, CA 94402 | Haywood ParkWilling to travel up to 50 miles
Price: $60.00
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Notes: $60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 m... see more
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$60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 minutes)
$50/hour per person for group lessons of up to 4 students
10% discount for payment by cash or check for members and referrals of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC), and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC)
Cash, check, or PayPal (johnc at bicyclesolutions dot com). PayPal accepts credit cards.
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- Near Stonestown Galleria Shopping Center
Buckingham Way
San Francisco, CA 94132 | Lakeshore
Price: $60.00
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Notes: $60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 m... see more
Notes:
$60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 minutes)
$50/hour per person for group lessons of up to 4 students
10% discount for payment by cash or check for members and referrals of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC), and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC)
Cash, check, or PayPal (johnc at bicyclesolutions dot com). PayPal accepts credit cards.
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- Bicycle Learning Area - Waller St. at Stanyan St.
Stanyan St & Waller St
San Francisco, CA | Haight-Ashbury
Price: $60.00
Offers discounts or promotional pricing!
Notes: $60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 m... see more
Notes:
$60/hour (private 1-on-1 lesson), charged by the quarter-hour (15 minutes)
$50/hour per person for group lessons of up to 4 students
10% discount for payment by cash or check for members and referrals of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC), and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC)
Cash, check, or PayPal (johnc at bicyclesolutions dot com). PayPal accepts credit cards.
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"Excellent teachers and methods!"
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- Cassandra
Review of Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic, October 09, 2009
I gave up all hopes of learning to bike after taking many hours of classes from teachers in the East Caost. However, free lessons at the SF bike coalition sounded like a great deal so I signed up. I learned how to balance, paddle and turn within three hours. Then, I supplemented that with 1.5 hour of lessons from John. Now, I can bike. John and his co-teachers at the SF bike coalition work wonders. They are great teacher who love bicycling and have the patience and commitment to help others learn. I cannot be more grateful for their lessons and their proven methods.
I gave up all hopes of learning to bike after taking many hours of classes from teachers in the East Caost. However, free lessons at the SF bike coalition sounded like a great deal so I signed up. I learned how to balance, paddle and turn within three hours. Then, I supplemented that with 1.5 hour of lessons from John. Now, I can bike. John and his co-teachers at the SF bike coalition work won...
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"Very Helpful and Encouraging"
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- missmogg
- San Francisco, CA
Review of Bicycle Handling Skills Clinic, September 05, 2009
Last January I crashed my bike trying to avoid an altercation with a taxi pulling away from the curb into a busy intersection, hit the pavement and broke my shoulder. Two surgeries and seven months of physical therapy later, I wanted to ride again but was scared and lacked confidence in my technique. I decided to get an assessment from John Ciccarelli, to see what I might be doing wrong and to learn how to correct those things. He was able to see how my braking habits might have contributed to my crash and offer specific, simple steps to improve them, and he made a few small adjustments to the position of my bike's saddle that made the bike feel much more stable and controllable. That one hour made a big difference!
Last January I crashed my bike trying to avoid an altercation with a taxi pulling away from the curb into a busy intersection, hit the pavement and broke my shoulder. Two surgeries and seven months of physical therapy later, I wanted to ride again but was scared and lacked confidence in my technique. I decided to get an assessment from John Ciccarelli, to see what I might be doing wrong and to ...
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Fun, Good communicator
- How was this location?:
- Awesome
- How was the price?:
- Great value
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