Cycle Ride Leader

This is a one day course aimed at those who will be leading groups through a variety of rides on pre-planned risk assessed routes within their local area, usually as part of a larger project.

Such programmes are likely to be aimed at adult groups and the emphasis may be on those returning to cycling, those wanting to be more active, a health focus or merely to highlight the range of rides available locally.

Rides will be easy to moderate in terms of both physical and technical difficulty, with a range of rides suited to your client group available through your local project. Existing projects include `Try Cycling Tayside`.

Many adults can already cycle, the aim of this programme is to encourage more use of their bikes and is not designed to be an instructional programme.

Those who want instruction in cycling or to become instructors should consider the cycle training programmes (cycle proficiency programmes for road and cycle-path networks) or the cycle-coaching programmes for the development of technical riding skills or improved performance.

If you are interested in more challenging environments then the trail cycle-leader and mountain bike leadership programmes would be excellent progression from this introductory programme. These programmes are available from Scottish Cycling.