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Silver Bike Skills Course

June 14, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Free

If you’ve mastered basic bike skills, take your riding to the next level by embarking on shared paths and quiet roads. This course goes through how to choose safe routes, on-road bike handling skills and how to communicate with other path/road users.

This free bike skills course takes place Sunday 14th June, 10am – 1pm.

To take part, register here by Friday 12th June at 12pm.

Find out more about this and other Auckland Transport bike skills courses here.

Course Overview

3 hours of skills training, beginning in an off-road environment before moving to shared paths and quiet local roads.

The course will start with practising some basic bike skills and a summary of the Bronze bike skills course, before heading out to explore the local area by bike. By the end of the session you can expect to have learned skills which you can utilise to ride anywhere in urban Auckland.

Course Outcome

You’ll gain an understanding of road signs and road rules and their relation to bike riders., and learn about riding on a shared path and quiet roads, including:

  • positioning
  • passing side roads and parked cars
  • turning left into and out of intersections
  • turning right into and out of intersections
  • travelling straight through an intersection and route planning.

Details

Date:
June 14, 2020
Time:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://at.govt.nz/cycling-walking/courses-events/adult-bike-skills

Venue

Mt Roskill / Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa Maunga
1109 Dominion Road, Mt Roskill
Auckland, 1041 New Zealand
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Organiser

Auckland Transport
Email
CyclingEvents@at.govt.nz
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