Editing Cycling (section)

==Skills==
Many schools and police departments run educational programs to instruct children in bicycle handling skills, especially to introduce them to the [[Traffic#Rules of the road|rules of the road]] as they apply to cyclists. In some countries these may be known as [[bicycle rodeo]]s, or operated as schemes such as [[Bikeability]] in the UK. Education for adult cyclists is available from organizations such as the [[League of American Bicyclists]].
[[File:Children_competition_on_side_wheels_in_the_eighties_in_Czechoslovakia.jpg|thumb|Children competition on side wheels in the eighties in Czechoslovakia]]
Beyond simply riding, another skill is riding efficiently and safely in traffic. One popular approach to riding in [[motor vehicle]] traffic is [[vehicular cycling]], occupying road space as car does. Alternately, in countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands, where cycling is popular, cyclists are often segregated into bike lanes at the side of, or more often separate from, main highways and roads. Many primary schools participate in the national road test in which children individually complete a circuit on roads near the school while being observed by testers.