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We humans have our eyes in the front of our heads. Stereoscopic vision worked great for our ancestors who hunted and gathered for food. It also works great to keep […]
Hi -- I am CyclingSavvy instructor John Allen.
I teach so that other people can experience the freedom which I know as a cyclist. I can show you how to do this in safety and with confidence, through the Bicycling Street Smarts booklet or in a CyclingSavvy course.
We humans have our eyes in the front of our heads. Stereoscopic vision worked great for our ancestors who hunted and gathered for food. It also works great to keep […]
Charlotte CyclingSavvy Instructor Pamela Murray never stops surprising me. The latest? A five-minute segment on North Carolina Public Television.
A stop sign just means “stop,”. Or does it?
It’s that time of year again — it’s dark out there! Tremendous advances in bicycle lights have occurred over the past few years. Now you can light your way without lightening your wallet. John Allen shares a few things you should aim for in buying bicycle lights — and how to aim them for best effect.
I am riding on a two-lane road, leaving room for motorists to pass — releasing. This is a semi-rural road with a residential driveway here and there. Almost all traffic […]
Bicycle Portland, Maine and the surrounding area, August 25-28 (Thurs.-Sun.). Pick and choose among any or all of these events: 6-lighthouse coastal tour, lobster dinner on the beach, overnight camping […]
This article introduces the topic of circular intersections, also called traffic circles, rotaries, and roundabouts. Wikipedia has a detailed description of them. I hail from Massachusetts, which is notorious for […]
Ride Awesome members -- here are resources that Laurie and Marshall Cohen provided in connection with the Zoom session about bicycle touring they led on March 23. Thanks to Laurie and Marshall!
There is a video recording of the March meeting.
Here are the links to the documents which Marshal...
This post is for Ride Awesome Members.
For years, the American Bicycling Education Association has used words and pictures to show how bicyclists can avoid truck-bicycle crashes. Sometime in 2019, CyclingSavvy Instructor John Schubert suggested that we […]
A previous Savvy Cyclist post describes bicycle gearing, and how to accelerate. This post gets to how your legs can produce power for a day’s ride without getting sore – […]
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.