Cycling Hand Signals
Stay safe when group cycling on the roads by using these five important hand signals, provided by British Cycling.
1 Stop
Hand straight up in air. The group is stopping for a junction, puncture or because there is an obstruction in the road.
2 slow
Move one hand as if gently patting an invisible dog. Group is slowing down or just easing things back a bit.
3 Obstruction
Waving/pointing behind back indicates that there is an obstruction such as a parked car or pedestrian and that the whole group needs to move in the direction indicated to avoid it.
4 Turn
Left or right hand extended out to side. The direction of turn/change in direction coming up.
5 Below
Pointing down at road sometimes with a circling motion to obstruction on road such as a pothole or drain cover that needs to be avoided. Be sensible with this one and only point out major obstacles. This signal is often accompanied by a call of “below”.
Group Riding Videos
British Cycling and GCN (Global Cycling Network) set up the Ridesmart initiative to help to ride safer.