Safer Cycling

Benefits of Cycling

Cycle Security

Need More Information?

• It’s a financially efficient mode of transport

• Insure it, Security mark it & register it! – www.bikeregister.com

www.tfl.gov.uk/safetytips • General cycle & safety advice • Barclays Cycle Superhighways – help promote cycling within your workplace with up to £10k of funding credits

www.met.police.uk Search: Crime Prevention / Travel Safety and Security Advice • Cycle marking & security advice • HGV exchanging places programme

www.westminster.gov.uk/cycling • Cycle strategy, advice, training, parking and cycle hire scheme

www.gov.uk Search: “Bikeability” for cycling proficiency

www.cycleconfident.com Search: Subsidised Training / City of Westminster • Free & subsidised cycle skills and bike maintenance offers

www.westminstercyclists.org.uk • London Cycling Campaign • General Information

• It’s environmentally friendly and improves air quality • Low noise pollution • Greater manoeuvrability and easier parking • Regular cycling helps with weight loss and reduces stress – min 150 mins per week • Cycling can boost your health equivalent to that of a person 10 yrs younger

• Lock both wheels and the frame to a bike stand or strong immovable object • Lock ‘tight’ so your bike is hard to manoeuvre when parked • Use at least two different types of lock & make sure they don’t touch the ground • Never park it in the same place everyday & park it where it can be seen

Cycle In Victoria

www.betterbybike.info

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CYCLE SAFETY TIPS

Large Vehicles

Highway Code

Cycle Maintenance The M check, working from front to back

• Make eye contact with other road users ensuring they have seen you

• Hang back, large vehicles have blind spots all around them

• Give clear signals to show other road users what you intend to do

• If the road narrows, consider riding in the centre of the lane to prevent dangerous overtaking

• Never cycle up the left side of a lorry stopped at a junction

• Use cycle routes, cycle boxes, advanced stop lines and toucan crossings

• If a lorry comes up behind you, move forward to be in the driver’s field of vision

• Overtake on the offside unless using a cycle lane

• Check that tyres are inflated correctly & that your wheels don’t wobble

• Take up a visible position at lights or advanced stop lines

• No cycling on pavements

• Ride a full door width away from parked vehicles to clear opening doors & emerging pedestrians • Wait ahead of vehicles at traffic lights by using the advanced stop box for cyclists • Don’t be distracted, avoid using mobile phones or listening to music whilst riding • Use Lights & Wear reflective clothing to make you visible day and night • Think about wearing a helmet and replace it every 5 years – BS EN 1078:1997 • Affix a bell and use it to let traffic & pedestrians know of your presence • Take advantage of free training to develop your skills

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• Observe red lights & Obey all traffic rules • Don’t cycle the wrong way up a one-way street • No riding across pedestrian crossings, unless it’s a toucan crossing

• Check brake pad depths • Check steering alignment & gears

• Check lighting – batteries & bulbs • Lubricate moving metal parts and joints avoiding the handlebars & seat column • Adjust your saddle – your legs should be almost straight on the downwards revolution • Keep it clean • Get a professional service once a year

• Give priority to pedestrians • Lights & Reflectors (white front, red rear, amber on pedals) – BS 6102-2 & BS 6102-3

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