Bristol City Council Bikeability Feedback
“Thank you ever so much for a fabulous session today. I feel I am learning so much with you, you're a great teacher, all the encouragement, patience and smiles have really helped me progress. I was steering, balancing, using my brakes, pedalling. I just need to bring it all together a little more controlled and with more consistency... Wow!!
I had so much fun and personal satisfaction, a real sense of achievement with your wonderful support.”
NimKaur - Adult one to one cycle training participant, a complete beginner who had never cycled before and is now riding on her own.
“Was fantastic for Sarah to meet Lewis and practise on the roads which he will be using regularly at a time convenient to Lewis.Thanks very much for Lewis's lesson today, and for his bike tool. He's a very happy boy. Thank you for the confidence you've given him and in turn the peace of mind that's given me.”
Nikki – Mother of 13 year old one to one cycle training participant.
“Very good.Very useful to have the content personalised to my needs.”
Ms Angie Karavechi – adult one to one cycle training participant.
“Liz was a very good teacher, I recommend her! :0) It was very informative with useful information for me, thankyou. This was really good.”
Ms Beth Richards – disabled adult one to one cycle training participant riding her trike.
“Fantastic service - especially the fact that you met us at our house at the start & end of the lesson.Perfectly tailored to meet our needs - my son was taken on a route to his friends houses as part of the lesson. Great goodie bags with stickers & maps etc. Exceeded our expectations. Thank you very much.”
Mother of Master Alfie Drew – age 12, one to one cycle training participant.
“I learned to be more confident on my bike and on the route and paying more attention to the traffic.I'm really happy and satisfied by that service. It's complete and the instructor is really awesome.”
Miss CyrilliaMalacarnet – adult one to one cycle training participant
“A fantastic service to support you to develop road confidence whilst cycling particularly for someone such as myself who hadn't really ridden consistently on roads for 30 years ! I have already recommended the service.”
Mrs Jayne Saul-Paterson - adult one to one cycle training participant
“This was a great opportunity to get some support on teaching our children to cycle safely.Really fun and practical for us all. Thank you Sarah.”
Mrs Linda Sumpter & her children – family cycle training participants who received tailored advice and practical on road training for their home to school route.
“Brilliant, Sarah was very patient.The training was tailored to my level”
Mrs Sally Eyers – adult one to one cycle training participant who was a very nervous and reluctant cyclist before the training.
“Tutor had good understanding of my needs, excellent instruction through showing, leading and practising. Felt more confident since - as I wasn’t aware before of not looking behind me or knowing where to be in lanes/road when in heavy traffic. I thought the lesson was excellent and would highly recommend”
Miss Sue Beale - adult one to one cycle training participant
“It was extremely good to cycle the route to school both for Kwasi as he said he had learnt from it, and for me as a mother as I do feel more at ease now, allowing Kwasi to cycle to school.Both boys said it was very worthwhile and rated the experience highly. We all learnt from it and are now more aware of issues that might arise when cycling and are all more confident as a result.”
Ms IlsaCachandt & her sons – family cycle training participants who had tailored route specific advice and training for their home to St Mary Redcliffesecondary school route to enable the sons to cycle independently to school.
“Excellent .Sarah knew what I needed to do and helped me to practise until i was perfect. She was good at giving instructions. She listened to me and gave good advice.”
Master Lewis Ross – Age 12, one to one training participant.
“Excellent - It was easy to book the lesson on-line, and the trainer telephoned me the same day to book. The trainer was also flexible to our needs, and rescheduled our lesson due to the poor weather. It all felt very customer-focussed. The content was spot on, and the feedback afterwards is very useful - definitely something tangible to build on for each of us.”
“It's been amazingly useful for me - cycling much more with the kids and also on my own, and using the car far less. Thank you!”
Mrs Teresa Taubman & her 2 children, family cycle training participants who received advice and practical training for their home to Henleaze Junior school route to enable them to cycle to school together.
“I feel that I am much more aware of which position to take in the road and when. I have also learnt that it is not always best to cycle around as quickly as possible but to stay at a speed which will give me enough time to react to any potential hazards.”
“I feel much more certain about taking the correct position in the road and have learnt to appreciate the fact that I have as much right to the road as a car.”
“It has been really useful understanding how people are taught to cycle in an urban area. This new level of understanding will make it easier to design cycling schemes in the future.”
“Really enjoyable course! (despite the hail). had a great day whilst increasing my awareness of the issues involved with cycling in an urban area”.
“It was useful to cycle in a busy city environment with complex cycle networks.”
“I will be able to appreciate and consider cyclists needs in a city environment in greater depth within scheme design.”
“A great day! Interesting, informative and fun!!”
BCC Highway staff members – adult group training participants