Commuting 101: Bike Tips Video
by Warren TTip of the helmet to FatBoy.
The U.S. Department of Transportation – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration produced this Bicycle Safety Tips for Adults video.
It’s a fairly common sense video – but if you’re just getting started commuting, it might be worth 7 minutes of your time. Included is a quick run through the ABC Quick Check
A = Air
B = Brakes
C = Cranks, Chain & Cassettes
Quick = Quick Releases
Check to make sure there is nothing else loose on your bike.
I have a better mnemonic. A = air, b = brakes, c = drivetrain, and Q = ensure your pants are rolled up tight.
“Quick” and “Check” are mnemonics too? Does that make this the “ABC Quick Check” quick check?
“Quick Check” are indeed part of the mnemonic. Realize, though, that mnemonics are just memory aids, not necessarily initial letters or acronyms. DOC is a picture of the phases of the moon, for example, and the raised knuckles of both human hands are a mnemomic to remember the number of days in each month.
The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!
But they broke the chalice from the palace and replaced it with a flagon from a dragon.
This is a good concise overview of bicycle safety tips.
But If you want more I have put together an online bicycling course (www.learntobicycle.com) consisting of over two and a half hours of video and a 48 page course text. The video covers 17 topics and the topics vary in length from five to twenty minutes in length.