Have you passed your Cycling Proficiency?

[fimm]

IIRC I did the training and then forgot to turn up for the test the following week!

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Passed c1974 on the wild roads of Coventry.

 

[Kookas]

I'm a 90s baby, so nope.

 

[biggs682]

Many moons ago but yes

 

[byegad]

'Tis a long time ago, some &*+ years ago, but I did indeed passeth mye Bicyclinge Proficiencee.
As it was called back then.

 

[young Ed]

i passed one, not sure which though
learnt nothing, pissed off the instructors and got bored (i had been riding on the road since a toddler so i was obviously to cool for that lot!
Cheers Ed

 

[Arjimlad]

I too have the triangular badge. Perhaps I should carry it with me to brandish in the face of the ignorant..

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I too have the triangular badge. Perhaps I should carry it with me to brandish in the face of the ignorant..

Along with an empty tax disc holder, just to confuse them...

 

[Profpointy]

I passed it 40+ years ago. One worry though: I seem to recall being told to ride 18" from the kerb. Does anyone else recall anything daft like that? Obviously I know better now

 

[SpaCyclist]

Passed the test in the school playground in about 1969 - the year before going to secondary school. I suspect the badge is around the house somewhere, but I have no clue where!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Nah, never.

 

[Schneil]

I didn't do cycling proficiency as a child, but then I didn't really cycle as a child - cycling was mostly done in the park or such like.

I didn't start riding regularly until after I'd passed my driving test and had been driving for a few years.

A couple of years ago I had to do Bikeability to level 2 as part of a package to get a new bike cheap through a local authority schem (Bike Boost). TBH I was shocked how basic it was. In no waydoes it prepare one for cycling on our complex road system.

Bikeability level 3 what you need for main roads or complex junctions.

 

[CopperCyclist]

I passed it in the 1990's.

All I remember is being taught to cycle at the minimum amount required from the kerb to make sure you didn't run over the drains, and to be exactly to the left side of the middle white line when turning right!

 

[PeteXXX]

I passed mine about 50 years ago, I think!
Still have the enamel badge to prove it

 

[Andy_R]

I didn't do cycling proficiency as a child, but then I didn't really cycle as a child - cycling was mostly done in the park or such like.

I didn't start riding regularly until after I'd passed my driving test and had been driving for a few years.

A couple of years ago I had to do Bikeability to level 2 as part of a package to get a new bike cheap through a local authority schem (Bike Boost). TBH I was shocked how basic it was. In no waydoes it prepare one for cycling on our complex road system.

Bikeability Level 2 is designed as an introduction to on road riding, in quiet residential areas, making short journeys. It is deliberately basic, as it is the starting point that we would expect 9-11 year olds to be able to acheive after approximately 6 hours. What should have been offered to you was a level 2 evaluation, followed by level 3 training, based around your individual needs.