Skills are very useful! I can still ride a bike. I haven’t actually got on a bike saddle for a couple of years and yes, I guess I would be rather shaky and wobble until I reclaimed my balance, however I would soon get contol back. (and no that is not me above…)
Riding a bike is a fantastic experience. Like most others I learned as a small child and I still get an element of excitement about being on a bike. Of course I learned the hard way- none of this stabiliser nonsense- and my Dad pushed me and let go and I promptly fell off after a few yards. Grazed knees and hands were a visible sign of “progress”!
Why is learning to ride a bike so difficult? It requires a whole set of skills most of which the brain has no previous pattern to help with. You need to be able to balance, steer, pedal and brake ( amongst others) and chances are the brain cannot find any pattern of anything similar to help. So it needs to create a new pattern. That takes a bit of time and many repeats until the new pattern is embedded. Gradually their are less grazes and bruises until of course you start to take risks in riding which stretch your abilities….I still have a chipped front tooth!
Knowledge about bikes might help if say you wanted to find out about the bike mechanics, propulsion or say mending a puncture. I have never met anyone who learnt to ride by studying even if that was studying how other people did it. I do still have my badge for the “Cycling Proficiency Test.” I remember how pleased I was to have achieved it. There was a Highway Code test and I had the knowledge to pass that.
Attitude is important too. Wanting to ride a bike- whether that is peer pressure or your own drive and determination. Some people never learn to do it. Some do it and never take the stabilisers off. Some learn the joy of wooshing long Summer Lanes and down to the pub. Off now to get my bike out of the shed!
Philko.
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Phil has over thirty years working in key management roles with particular expertise in Finance, Sales, Service, Teamworking, Culture Change and Performance Management. For more than twenty years he was involved in the very demanding Corporate Banking world. He has hosted and facilitated conferences for large organisations on a Europe wide basis. He is a qualified psychometric assessor for staff recruitment and MBTi qualified. He is an NLP Practitioner. In addition Phil is an accredited deliverer of “Celemi” Business Simulations. He has a real skill in taking complex concepts and models and bringing these to life. He has designed and implemented Learning and Development programmes into major organisations and now works in design and delivery of “Attitudinal Based Learning” and “Accelerated Learning”. Loves: Time with family and friends, Real Beer, Music, Walking - particularly along the coast.