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Quiz: In the Empty Lot

Ten questions on the drills you practiced.

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1Why does this part happen in an empty lot?

A wide empty asphalt parking lot early on a Sunday morning: two chalk lines drawn down one end, a few half tennis balls in a row, one machine on its stand and one adult sitting on a low wall.

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. Ask who else does it in this order, and why.

Classroom, then a safe space, then real roads. Always that order.

Every program uses one order: classroom, safe space, then roads.

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2Which of these spoil a practice space?

One wide photograph of a parking lot with four things circled: a gravel strip along one edge, a drain grate whose slots run the way you would ride, a service entrance with no gate on it, and a slope falling away towards the exit.

Tap every one that is right.

All four spoil it. Tick every one.

All four. Walk the space once before you ride it.

All four spoil it. Walk it once and you will find them.

3Where should the pedal be to start?

A close side photograph of a crank at two o'clock with a foot poised on it, next to the same crank at six o'clock with the foot flat and the leg straight.

Remember:
“A pedal at six is a footrest, not a start.”

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. The pedal has to be somewhere you can push down on it.

Two o'clock. The whole downstroke is still ahead of it.

Up at two o'clock. A pedal at six is only a footrest.

4Which of these belong in a start?

Tap every one that is right.

Four of these are in the start.

Brakes, straddle, pedal to two, look. Then stand on it.

Brakes on, straddle it, pedal up to two, look ahead and behind.

5Where should your eyes be on a line?

A girl in a buckled helmet on her bike in a covered lot, looking along a chalk line drawn on the ground ahead of her.

Remember:
“You go where you look.”

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. You go where you are looking.

You go where you look. Look at the far end.

Look at the far end. Watching the wheel is what makes you wander.

6Which of these help you hold a line?

A girl in a buckled helmet riding across a wide empty parking lot, looking well ahead of her front wheel.

Tap every one that is right.

Find all 3. One is where you look, two are what your hands and feet do.

Eyes far ahead, fingers ready, keep pedaling.

Eyes at the far end, fingers on the levers, keep some drive on.

7Which brake do you use for slow turns?

A line of six half tennis balls spaced evenly down a parking lot with a chalk rectangle drawn on the ground at the far end, and a machine waiting at the start.

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. The front brake is the one that tucks the wheel under you.

Slow, tight and turning is the one place you use the rear.

The rear brake. It is the only time you do not use both.

8Where do you look in a weave?

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. Look where you are going, not where you are.

Look through to the next one. Your head leads the wheel.

Look through to the next marker, not at the one you are passing.

9Which of these belong to a good stop?

Two riders in buckled helmets side by side: one sits up straight, the other leans forward over the bars.

Tap every one that is right.

Find all 3. One is the brakes, one is the feet, one is what you do after.

Squeeze it down, one foot down, reset the pedal to two.

Squeeze it down, one foot down, then put a pedal back to two.

10What is the rule about braking in a corner?

A close view of a girl whose helmet sits level and low with the strap buckled, looking ahead across a marked lot.

Remember:
“Straighten first. Then brake.”

Tap the one that is right.

One answer. Grip has one job at a time.

Straighten, then brake. Never brake in the middle of a lean.

Straighten up first, then brake. Braking in a lean slides the back.