That would be wise advice as well for all the ~60 years+ people in The Netherlands getting on to their new e-bikes after having no cycling experience for the past 25 years. An average couple takes up space of about 75 % of a two-way bike lane. Starting riding again after a stop does not involve ANY looking left or right. Signalling direction does not exist. In fact, in NL the only people still signalling direction are the teenagers that still have to or just passed their cycling traffic exams and cyclists on anything but e-bikes or city bikes. Road etiquette is down to a low 😞
I've always found that confidence is the key thing that needs to be built, so skills over speed is really where it needs to be with learning. They can work on the speed later on if they like. Shaking off the persona that cycling is just for men is also something that needs to be addressed. This club looks like it's doing great, and good luck to them. Running a cycling club is very hard and time consuming, but the rewards of seeing people happy and cycling is something that money can't buy.
Very fine. It seems that "kids mucking around on bikes" is a lot less a thing these days... so good to see the skills getting taught, and in a manner that isn't learn-by-consequence.
Great work giving a platform and highlighting the work of what seems like a great group. I'd never heard of them before and live nearby in south east London - will definitely be recommending to friends.
Such a great idea and club! Agreed with the "skills over speed" - if you can't ride a bike slowly, you'll struggle! Also really liking these videos Francis!
Francis, where are the captions? It's slightly taking the micky to do a video about inclusion in cycling, and then exclude vast swathes of disabled people from being able to watch it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make your videos accessible to deaf / hard of hearing people, or anyone else who may require captions. Lots of people do for lots of different reasons (neurodivergence, English as a 2nd language etc etc).
Hi Hannah, automatic captions are switched on for all my videos but take a while to kick in (I upload immediately after editing and the processing takes a while apparently). I would like to explore better captions than the automatic ones but not really sure how to go about this, unfortunately I don't have time to do it manually for every video. I will do some research
@@Cade_Media Hi Francis. Here is a video about how to do it.th-cam.com/video/tWbNrm7Jo5c/w-d-xo.html You don't have to type them out manually or anything, just use the TH-cam tool to publish the English captions (meaning the words will come up as a block of text rather than as individual words) and then quickly check through and make sure there are no glaring errors. The auto captions are bad for 2 reasons - 1, they flash up in time with the speech meaning anyone relying them has to keep their eyes glued to the bottom of the screen, rather than being able to scan the words quickly and then look up at the video. Words at the beginning and end of sentences often get randomly missed, or pop up at the wrong time as well, which is very confusing, and 2., they are innaccurate with techy language. If you just format them, they will appear as one block, which is SO much easier to follow - that literally involves clicking a few buttons. If you can take 5 minute to read through and correct spelling errors, so much the better. It really isn't that hard and doesn't take long and makes such a massive difference to the people that need captions.
Can you please make your content inclusive and accessible to everyone by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is very hard to enjoy your content relying on only the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)
offering skills/beginner sessions is great and encouraging more people to start cycling is good, but please stop calling yourself inclusive when you ban one gender from participating
This is really great! Hope littering your body with stupid tattoos that you'll be bored with two weeks later - inane, permanent solution to a momentary need - will not be a requirement for joining.
"Skills over speed". Few words, infinite wisdom.
That would be wise advice as well for all the ~60 years+ people in The Netherlands getting on to their new e-bikes after having no cycling experience for the past 25 years.
An average couple takes up space of about 75 % of a two-way bike lane. Starting riding again after a stop does not involve ANY looking left or right. Signalling direction does not exist. In fact, in NL the only people still signalling direction are the teenagers that still have to or just passed their cycling traffic exams and cyclists on anything but e-bikes or city bikes. Road etiquette is down to a low 😞
This is FANTASTIC, Francis! What a cool club. Kudos to you for giving them this exposure.
I've always found that confidence is the key thing that needs to be built, so skills over speed is really where it needs to be with learning. They can work on the speed later on if they like. Shaking off the persona that cycling is just for men is also something that needs to be addressed. This club looks like it's doing great, and good luck to them. Running a cycling club is very hard and time consuming, but the rewards of seeing people happy and cycling is something that money can't buy.
Mega to use your platform to raise visibility!
Very fine. It seems that "kids mucking around on bikes" is a lot less a thing these days... so good to see the skills getting taught, and in a manner that isn't learn-by-consequence.
Every City needs a club like this! ❤️❤️❤️ 👏👏👏
Great work giving a platform and highlighting the work of what seems like a great group. I'd never heard of them before and live nearby in south east London - will definitely be recommending to friends.
That's cool. I love the idea of improving skills and building relationships.
Top work Francis - Great to see the spotlight on Velociposse
Great work Francis. Loved to see a different prespective being given a platform. Appreciate the professionalism and time that you put for this!
What a wonderful initiative! There are some very important skills that every cyclist should learn before getting serious about getting on the road!
Music and voice over is absolutely on point. Awesome video and learning’s Francis
Awesome effort, Francis. And no commentary at that.
Great video. Slower speeds are definitely where I see the most gains for skills.
Ps. Graffiti, it's amazing what can be written on a wall.
What a great philosophy! They def deserve to be highlighted!
Looking like great fun, everyone should train their skills on a regular basis.
Thank you for exposing that bikes are for everyone! To quote your friends "no rules, just ride!"
'Feel like they can cycle on their own terms' I'm amazed at what people will believe.
Such a great idea and club! Agreed with the "skills over speed" - if you can't ride a bike slowly, you'll struggle!
Also really liking these videos Francis!
Big up Velociposse 🙌🏼
looks like good people doing good things in their community -- I'm a fan & hope it gets duplicated by others
« Femme brutale » 💪
Le vélo c’est la vie 😉
Yeeessss. Nice. I just love all the giggling and laughing. Fantastic.
Good stuff showcasing this Francis, looks a great club for building skills and confidence on the bike.👍
Oh cool the cycling club changing the game
oh cool!
Basic skills over speed; so important!
This is so neat!🙌🏻
Your last few vids make me miss all the opportunities in London. Love it. Nice work on raising awareness.
I hope you thrive and prosper
Good job Francis! Definitely need more clubs like this around the world👍
Would kill to have a club like this in Toronto (my home). This is so rad!
Top club with top people documented in a top video by a top diamond 💎
I love the POV on the bike shots. Great video again!
Thanks Francis...what a great thing ..Peace
That is an amazing concept !!
Love this… 😎🤜🏽🤛🏽
how annoying is that person on a motor bike!?!?!?! Nice video :-)
oh man, they were doing mad wheelies for hours the whole time we were there!
Fantastic and much-needed initiative! A bit disappointed (or maybe relieved) that there wasn't a full-blown rap after "Skills over speed"
"kind of"
A targeted membership without a clique! Watch and learn, men…
Francis, where are the captions? It's slightly taking the micky to do a video about inclusion in cycling, and then exclude vast swathes of disabled people from being able to watch it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make your videos accessible to deaf / hard of hearing people, or anyone else who may require captions. Lots of people do for lots of different reasons (neurodivergence, English as a 2nd language etc etc).
Hi Hannah, automatic captions are switched on for all my videos but take a while to kick in (I upload immediately after editing and the processing takes a while apparently).
I would like to explore better captions than the automatic ones but not really sure how to go about this, unfortunately I don't have time to do it manually for every video. I will do some research
@@Cade_Media Hi Francis. Here is a video about how to do it.th-cam.com/video/tWbNrm7Jo5c/w-d-xo.html You don't have to type them out manually or anything, just use the TH-cam tool to publish the English captions (meaning the words will come up as a block of text rather than as individual words) and then quickly check through and make sure there are no glaring errors. The auto captions are bad for 2 reasons - 1, they flash up in time with the speech meaning anyone relying them has to keep their eyes glued to the bottom of the screen, rather than being able to scan the words quickly and then look up at the video. Words at the beginning and end of sentences often get randomly missed, or pop up at the wrong time as well, which is very confusing, and 2., they are innaccurate with techy language. If you just format them, they will appear as one block, which is SO much easier to follow - that literally involves clicking a few buttons. If you can take 5 minute to read through and correct spelling errors, so much the better. It really isn't that hard and doesn't take long and makes such a massive difference to the people that need captions.
I will aim to do this when I can after Francis uploads following what you've said!
Last 🤌
This is really awesome. Looks like fun.
ALL THE PRIDE FOR THESE PEOPZ
Can you please make your content inclusive and accessible to everyone by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is very hard to enjoy your content relying on only the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)
Someone else has mentioned this in the comments. I'm gonna try and do this for Francis after he uploads to help.
@@d415ym1rabel kudos.
Awesome idea!
Great thing
Slow skills training is so key.
Interesting, great venue must get back up there to Crystal Palace park 👍
Yow thanks for this cool content of you;)
BIG UP!
That was a very Casey Neistat Intro but in London 😄 Looks vvv dope!
Luv the videos 👍
❤ from Germany!
👏🏽✊🏽🤙🏽
#Awesome
Hellooo
hello!
wish we had something like this in Toronto Canada
looking very welcoming :).
😷🌍👍🇦🇺
love this
any thoughts on jedward?
a club that does not allow 50% of the population. seams fair. imagine telling them there not allowed to ride in the other clubs
What kind of person looks at a club in which women trans and Non-binary people feel safe and says "how awful, I am a victim?"
A dick, that's who.
@@calumr290 did i say im a victim ? no. but them people are quick enough to say discrimination and not fair if you say men only
@@Thomas1991guitar You'll need to find someone else to burden with your personality I'm afraid.
Just tell them you identify as a women if you really want to join
@@Thomas1991guitar try looking at the world from someone else's perspective for a change. You might learn something.
offering skills/beginner sessions is great and encouraging more people to start cycling is good, but please stop calling yourself inclusive when you ban one gender from participating
This is really great!
Hope littering your body with stupid tattoos that you'll be bored with two weeks later - inane, permanent solution to a momentary need - will not be a requirement for joining.