Riding a road bike comes with some risks, but cyclists can help minimise these by communicating well with each other and other road users. In this video we go through a few hand signals that can help keep you and your friends safe on the roads!
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What do you think about using hand signals on a ride? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Thanks guys very informative. As first timer biker this will help me alot, regarding when i travel to work. Here in ph we have a very busy street highway. Most of the driver here not driving carefully 😅
3:46 looks like Manon's wafting a particularly smelly emission.
Tried this at my dirt jumping session and got beaten up
This is useful and pointless at the same time… i mean whats the point of learning and using this if most of the drivers in the country where i live doesnt know what they mean?
You can’t hear a hand signal. My club members point out potholes but never with voice assist.
I often need to overtake walking or slow cyclists on a small bike path, I then ring and shout "cyclist, stay right!" or "cyclist, stay left!".
Afterwards say "thank you" is just polite
Now we just need find some way to teach these to car drivers.
Some of my faves.. 🖕✊🏻
Well produced and useful video. I found a few of the gestures different than what I'm used to seeing in group rides here in California, but the reasons and needs for the signals are probably universal. I've seen different regions here in Cali use all kinds of gestures for upcoming obstacles, and I personally do a little flutter, similar to the slowing gesture, only sideways like a small dust broom. I prefer to yell out obstacles, too when with many riders, because an echelon can often hide the hand signals when not repeated down the line. I can't say that I've ever seen the behind-the-back pointing for moving over being used here, but I rather like the look from behind and think I'm going to try it out sometime. Keep making the great content GCN team.
I often loose my girlfriend while riding because someone decided to take a break and not tell anyone, or we get frustrated because we try to talk to each other but can't understand what the other one is saying. Because of that we thought about buying some walkie-talkies with an external earpiece so communication would be easier. Any experience with things like that? I though people in the tour also were using communication devices at some point, right?
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I am 15, and my Dad just bought me a new bike, I'm learning how to be safe on roads, this video is extremely helpful, because i don't quite know how to indicate, but i do now, thank you for sharing this!!❤
me signaling to drivers: .|.. 🤬..|.
I use mountain bikes, always have, it was either that or a BMX. I haven't had a bike for a while because I had mine stolen before, but now I have a "new" bike, not to insult it, I am grateful and it is cool, I don't have to worry about breaking tires as much, unlike with others and it's universal so I can use it on or off road.
Riding tips from the worst kind of asshole on a bike: the roadway parallel rider.
Thanks for these type of videos, they are helpful as I train my kids in cycling.
I know this is o dumb, I have cycled for 4 years very frequently as an adult and I am scared to take my hands off the bars- watching this to try and learn how to do it!!
it's confusing because they're riding on the wrong side of the road
Just found that the YouTube Channel Global Cycling Network (GCN) has several videos on How to use Cycling Hand Signals.
Thank you for this helpful info!🙏🏾🫶🏾
Thank you so much!!