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Cycling Savvy is a traffic cycling course developed for the Florida Bicycle Association. The course teaches the principles of Mindful Bicycling:

• empowerment to act as confident, equal road users;
• strategies for safe, stress-free integrated cycling;
• tools to read and problem-solve any traffic situation or road configuration.

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Smart Moves:

An ongoing series of tips and tricks for confident cycling

Preventing the Left Cross

The left cross is not your fault, but it is in your interest to prevent it more + animation>

Left Turns on Big Roads

One of the things that makes people think vehicular cycling requires speed and athletic prowess is the idea of making a left turn on a multi-lane road. It seems like it would be a really difficult thing to do. But most of the time it’s actually really easy, and you have options. more + animation>

Mindful Bicycling

Situation awareness is the perception of environmental elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future.

That sounds pretty complicated, but it actually becomes second nature once you understand where the dangers are and where they are not. more>

Passing a Freeway On-ramp

A freeway entrance can create an intimidating road configuration for cyclists. Safe and easy technique is demonstrated with video. more>

You Lead the Dance

The epiphany which transforms us into confident cyclists is grasping the simple (albeit counter-intuitive) fact that we have control of our environment. That control comes from predictability, communication and (believe it or not) self-image. more>

Queue-Jumping

While safety should always be your first concern, whether or not to queue-jump, courtesy carries at least as much weight. If my queue-jumping is going to cause a motorist to pass me a second time and in a narrow lane I won’t do it. more>

Getting the Road to Yourself

The key to confident cycling lies in your powers of observation. The safest and most competent traffic cyclists are not necessarily bold or fast. They are observant. They identify patterns in the chaos and they take advantage of them. more>