I have been giving a great deal of thought to the riding instruction given to new urban riders by cycling experts. I’m not entirely certain what makes these people experts other than the fact that they have had some training which resulted in certification from other experts. The whole thing seems like the chicken and the egg argument, namely, which came first, the experts or the expertise.
In the beginning, statistics about bicycle accidents must have precipitated the creation of rules for avoiding accidents. The idea, I believe, was that by teaching cyclists how accidents happen and what a cyclist can do to avoid getting into those situations, cyclists would be safer. Continue reading ….
