Cycle training
We offer a variety of free, bespoke cycle skills and activities for people who live, work or study in Hackney including Hackney Care leavers. Cycle Confident offers cycle skills sessions 7 days a week for all abilities, and you can arrange them at a time and place that suits you. Their team of fully qualified instructors delivers the training.
Cycling is a healthy, low-cost, environmentally friendly way to travel. It will keep you fit and it’s also fun. Read our options to find out which course works best for you.
If you would like to find out about cycle training for people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), email cycletraining@hackney.gov.uk.
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Learn to cycle
Learn to cycle with one-to-one sessions tailored to your needs. You’ll practice in a safe, off-road environment with a fully qualified instructor. In a session you’ll learn the basics, build skills and gain confidence to navigate your local area.
Urban cycle skills
Improve your cycling skills and confidence with one-to-one sessions tailored to your needs. You’ll start in a safe, off-road environment to refresh your cycling technique and develop new skills before moving on to practice on quiet roads. Your qualified instructor will support you throughout to help you cycle more confidently.
Advanced cycle skills
Perfect your cycling techniques with one-to-one sessions from a fully qualified trainer. Improve your performance when dealing with complex junctions, heavy traffic or cycling at night and receive assurance that you are cycling efficiently and effectively. Sessions are tailored to your needs.
Adult cycle training
Lime is London’s largest bike-sharing operator and the only dockless e-bike scheme in Hackney. The council has secured free training for up to 750 adults to reach level 3 Bikeability. These sessions help riders of all skill levels, including families, to build confidence, promote safe cycling, and encourage more people to choose cycling as a regular mode of transport.
Sessions are free to attend and will last up to 2 hours. They will be run by Cycle Confident trained cycle instructors. Sessions will be one-to-one, or in small groups.
Family cycling essentials
Gain confidence and learn skills to cycle as a family with a free family cycling session. In the session a qualified instructor will teach you how to cycle with children aged 7 or over, using quiet routes and parks. These sessions offer the opportunity to build on, or prepare for Bikeability skills taught in schools.
Younger cyclists
Cycling is a fun way for youngsters to keep fit while getting around their local area. Cycle training will teach them the skills they need to ride more safely. The Bikeability scheme rewards youngsters for taking part in cycle training. They can work their way through the following three levels as they move from primary to secondary school.
- learn to control your bike in a safe, off-road environment
- cycle safely on the road with other traffic on quieter roads
- cycle on busier roads and manage complex junctions in London
If your child’s school doesn’t already offer cycle training, the school can email cycletraining@hackney.gov.uk for more information.
Hackney Council Cycle Training
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- Office hours: Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm