In-person courses and workshops are available in select cities around the country, offering one-on-one attention. Two instructors typically lead each workshop, which is limited to no more than 10 participants.
CyclingSavvy Online can be accessed anywhere anytime. Your purchase gives you lifetime access to hours of on-bike video and animations with descriptive and incisive commentary.
| In-Person Classroom | In-Person Bike Handling Skills | In-Person Three-Session Workshop | Online Basic Course | Online Mastery Course | Ride Awesome! Membership | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $45 | $45 | $95 | $35 | $75 | $100 | |
| Rules of the Road & Bicycle Specific Laws | ||||||
| Crash Causes & Countermeasures | ||||||
| CyclingSavvy Strategies | ||||||
| Comprehensive: Roadway Features | ||||||
| Comprehensive: Bicycle Infrastructure | ||||||
| Comprehensive: Route Planning | ||||||
| Experiential | ||||||
| Social | ||||||
| Personal Attention | ||||||
| Bike Handling Training | ||||||
| On-Road Training | ||||||
| Anywhere Anytime | ||||||
| Self-paced | ||||||
| Unlimited Access | ||||||
| Access to Future Online Courses |
| Truth & Techniques (Classroom) | Train Your Bike (Bike Handling) | Tour of Your City (Experiential Ride) | Online Basic Course | Online Mastery Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origins of Traffic Law | Pre-Ride Safety Check | Social group ride | Elegant Simplicity: Our North American Traffic System, and Why It Works So Well | Success in the Real World: 7 Behaviors of Successful Cyclists |
| Rules of Movement | Starting, Stopping & Balance | Instruction and observation of road features and traffic patterns | A Brief History Before Cars: How Our Traffic System Came to Be | Influencing Behavior: Learn how you can influence motorists to respect your space and pass you safely. |
| Laws Pertaining to Bicyclists | Understanding Gearing | Opportunity to practice CyclingSavvy strategies in real world conditions with instructor support and social encourgement | The Rules of Movement: Nine Simple Rules for Predictability and Priority | Influencing Behavior: become a Jedi cyclist by learning how your communication improves motorist behavior. |
| Perception of Safety/ Safety Advantages of Cycling | Slow Balance “Snail Race” | See your city streets in a whole new way! | Bicyclists Are Drivers: Same Rights, Same Roads, Same Rules | Hacking Traffic Flow: learn to observe traffic patterns to finesse your way through complex road features. |
| Crash Types, Fall Causes | Acceleration Drills | Traffic Law: Bicyclist Position on the Roadway | Understanding the Roadway: comprehensive understanding of pavement markings, lane configurations and features like roundabouts and complex interchanges. | |
| Reducing Your Risk | Straight Line Riding | Mandatory Facility Use: Not For Our Benefit | Bicycle-Specific Infrastructure: covers shared use paths, side paths, bike lanes, bike boxes, cycletracks and shared lane markings. | |
| High-Risk Areas | Shoulder Check | When Bicyclists Are Not Drivers: Rules and Risks for Cycling on Sidewalks | Stress-Free Cycling: ways to avoid heavy-traffic problem areas. Sometimes the solution is so surprising, few people would imagine it. | |
| Night & Weather | Cone Weave | The Perception of Danger: What If Bicycling Is Actually Safe? | Route Planning: tools for route planning and what to look for to plan a better route or prepare a strategy for an unavoidable tricky spot. | |
| Habits of Successful Cyclists | Follow-the-Leader: Slow, Tight Turns | Common Crash Types: How We Get Into Trouble | Reality Check: objective reality of what causes delay in the traffic system. We’ll also talk about dealing with trouble-makers and managing our own perspective. | |
| Influencing Motorists & Taking Advantage of the System | Hazard Avoidance: “Rock Dodge” | Crashes With Cars: Reducing Your Risk | ||
| Understanding Roadway Features (overview) | High-Speed Cornering | Sidewalk & Sidepath Operation | ||
| Strategies for Stress-Free Cycling | Snap-Turn (Emergency Crash Avoidance) | Defensive Driving on the Road: Discouraging Motorist Mistakes | ||
| Quick Stop (Emergency Crash Avoidance) | High Risk Situations: High Risk Is Not Inevitable | |||
| Dusk, Darkness & Weather: Seeing and Being Seen |
CyclingSavvy is a program of the American Bicycling Education Association. Our mission is to provide programs and resources for the education of bicyclists as drivers of vehicles, and bicycling-related education for traffic engineers, transportation planners, law enforcement professionals, educators, and the general public.