 Cycling,
like all pastimes, or life in general, has an element of danger,
I'm sure we've all fallen off at some stage or other. However,
you're actually safer on a bike than in a car. Hour for hour,
your chances of an accident are much less. However any mishap is
likely to leave you worse off than whoever else may be involved.
Your safety is more likely if you are aware of some simple
'rules', ensure you know how to ride your bike and have a bike that
is well maintained and reliable in use.
This section of our website serves to highlight some of those 'rules',
provides guidelines for easier and safer cycling and recommends
services and products that whilst they won't actually prevent accidents
(or theft) will certainly ease the situation afterwards.
As we say elsewhere in the site, s**t happens and unfortunately
when you are about to be hit by a motor car, or are heading horizontally
over your brand new riser handlebars, very little in this section
is actually going to help you. One piece of advice however that
I have learned from personal experience; you know the next bit is
going to hurt, so do all you can to relax, it won't stop it from
hurting but I am certain it has saved me from more serious injuries.
Because we know that no matter how careful you are things can go
wrong, our organisation has formed a professional affiliation with
a highly respected Insurance provider called Cycleguard and with
this organisation have devised a specific insurance scheme that
covers most eventualities and is extremely cost effective. |
