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Learn new skills

Become a better rider: from learning to climb hills to crossing tram tracks

Bunch riding

How to work it in a team

Car door crashes

Anticipating is the key to avoiding the dangerous swerve

Crossing tram tracks

Unique to Melbourne but a hazard for cyclists

Hill climbing

Tips for getting to the top

Hill descending

Getting back down can be just as tricky, so here are a few quick tips that will make going down hills the breeze it's supposed to be.

Locking your bike

Thousands of cyclists have bikes stolen in Victoria each year - don't be one of them

Swooping birds including magpies and plovers

Springtime is swooping bird season

Video clips

Learn new skills or brush up on some old ones with these videos.

Winter riding

Tips for surviving those cold, wet and miserable winter months.