Cycle Safe - learn to ride on the road safely

Children learn to ride their bike with confidence and learn to be road-wise with the Cycle Safe programme. The Cycle Safe programme is for year six pupils and most Christchurch schools offer it as part of the school programme.

Working through five modules, children learn everything from properly fitting their helmet to navigating intersections safely, to learning the road code and maintaining their bike. The final module being the road riding test, if they pass, children are given the go ahead to ride on the road.

Christchurch’s Cycle Safe programme is considered one of the best in the country and is used as a leading delivery model.

Here are some great places to practise riding skills off the road:

1. Hagley Park
2. Bottle Lake
3. McLeans Forest
4. Westburn Park – a simulated road setting with, stop and give-way intersections, a round-about and even a one lane bridge.

Biking is fun – ride with your friends on the way to school

To contact the Cycle Safe Coordinator
Tel 941 8067
Email cyclesafe@ccc.govt.nz