Cycling Savvy Pittsburgh

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We've got a class today and tomorrow in Edgeworth with a few spots still available.

Classes for Western PA CyclingSavvy explores simple strategies to ride with confidence in places you never thought possible.

Teaching kids how to ride safely, increases the amount of riding kids do (as well as keeps them safer!)

Bikeability-trained kids cycle more, finds study School kids who have undertaken Bikeability training use their bicycles more frequently than untrained children of the same age.

The last page of comments, dated September 27, 2013, are an interesting read. Apparently this rider conducted a significant senior-year project on bike safety in Cranberry citing an incident revolving around the essential "as far right as is practicable" rule. He's already thinking savvy! http://bikepgh.org/mb/topic/ticketed-for-taking-the-lane/page/3/

Bike Pittsburgh | Topic: Ticketed for taking the lane Ticketed for taking the laneThis topic contains 105 replies, has 38 voices, and was last updated by RustyRed7 mins. Viewing 40 posts - 1 through 40 (of 106 total) ← Forums Home123→ Author Posts Author Posts jonawebbPrivate Message May 16 2013 at 7:41am the way to the Ride of Silence yesterday I...

The "right hook" is the most common type of car/bike crash, but it can easily be prevented. Keri and Waco have produced a new video which very clearly explains how - check it out.

Right Hook Prevention in Bike Lanes In this video, we examine the two common types of right hook: 1) when a motorist passes a bicyclist and turns right; 2) when a bicyclist rides into the blind spot…

Photos from our September 2013 3-part course held in Pittsburgh, Pa.