Bicycle Solutions

PRIVATE BICYCLE LESSONS - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

We empower new, returning, intermediate, and advanced bicycle riders of all skill levels and ages, offering 1-, 2- and 3-student lessons by appointment at many Bay Area locations including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Los Altos, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, Fremont, Alameda, Hayward, Marin County, and everywhere in between and nearby. You don't even need a bike to learn as we usually provide one for you.

Since 2001 our nationally-certified bicycle instructors have taught over 7,000 bicyclists, ages 2 to 82.

We offer four general levels of bicycle coaching and can tailor classes for a variety of needs:

1 - Learn To Ride At Any Age (off-street): Balancing,  safe and confident starting, stopping, turning and shifting. We can provide a bicycle or you can bring your own . We have carefully researched the best and safest places to learn in the Bay Area and have taught as young as 2 and as old as 82 (although 4-6 is typically the sweet spot to learn to ride a two-wheeler).

2 - Bicycle Handling Skills (off-street): After you have learned to ride (or as a "skills refresher") in a paved area with few or no motor vehicles, we make sure you can properly start and stop, scan, signal with your hands, and change lanes before you go on the road to negotiate with other traffic.

3 - Ride-Along Coaching (on-street): "Bicycle driving" for safe and confident riding anywhere you need to go. We can meet you at your home, work, school, or elsewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area and show you how to safely navigate wherever you want to go on your bicycle.

4 - E-Bike Coaching (off-street & on-street): "Bicycle driving" for e-Bikers. We teach levels 2 & 3 together with a focus on what e-bikers need to know including not burning their house down when charging, the different types of e-bikes, the laws that apply to e-bikes, and best e-bike practices so you stay safe and your bike is not stolen.

Bicycling for transportation solves most of the worlds problems while getting you where you need to go! You'll save money, save lives, reduce climate change, reduce pollution, improve your physical health, improve your mental health, meet your neighbors, enjoy nature, and have fun! Book a lesson to get rolling!

We also deliver online and in person group classes and organized rides for businesses, organizations, and governments on many bicycling subjects including Biking Basics, Bicycle Commuting, Hauling Anything by Bike, Long Distance Bicycle Touring, Smart Cycling, Riding at Night, Riding in all Weather conditions, Family Biking, E-Biking, and more. For group classes, rides, bike rodeos, and other special projects, contact Tim at lessons@bicyclesolutions.com.

If you are an indoor cyclist doing spin cycling classes, consider using that muscle power and energy to also get you where you need to go and save lives at the same time! 😀