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New publications
This feed lists the guide's materials on everyday cycling by date. Each entry has a short description, a note on why it helps and a topic label, so it is easier to find what you need right now. The newest materials are at the top.
We do not aim to publish a lot. A page appears in the feed once it is complete and checked: facts about the rules verified, care tips tried in practice.
Questions and answers
Twelve short answers about the rules, care, storage and children's rides.
Why it helps: Clears up the most common doubts in a couple of minutes of reading.
Home
The guide's four directions, five steps before the first ride of the season and short answers on the essentials.
Why it helps: Gives you an overview of the guide in a few minutes.
Practical guides
How to get your bike ready for the season: eight steps with sample cases, common mistakes and a checklist.
Why it helps: Lets you put your bike in order yourself in a single evening.
Reading collections
Three reading routes: first season riding in town, cycling with a child, autumn rides at dusk.
Why it helps: Suggests the order in which to read the guide for a specific situation.
Guide sections
A map of the guide: rules, safety, care and children.
Why it helps: Helps you go straight to the topic you need.
Archive
A complete list of the guide's pages by publication date, with a topic label for each.
Why it helps: Comes in handy when you have forgotten a page's title but remember its topic.
Archived address: the old home page (in Russian)
A note for those who arrived via an old link to the home page, with a short guide to the sections (in Russian).
Why it helps: Explains what the site offers now and where to start.
Reference
A glossary of fourteen terms: types of paths, hand signals, the main parts of a bike and workshop vocabulary.
Why it helps: Helps you understand the rules and speak the same language as your mechanic.
Read next
- Collections
Reading routes: your first season riding in town, cycling with a child, autumn rides at dusk.
- Archive
A chronological list of pages with a topic filter and a note about the address kept from the former website.
- Guides
How to get your bike ready for the season: what to prepare, steps with sample cases, mistakes and a checklist. Plus the article catalogue.
- Sections
The four sections of the guide: rules for cyclists, safety and visibility, bike care, and children on bikes.
Sources
- Road Traffic Regulations of the Russian Federation, sections 19 and 24
Information on the rules follows the text of the Russian traffic rules as of the date the material was prepared; it is worth checking the current version before you ride, and riders elsewhere should check their local traffic rules. Care tips are general: if your bike's manual says otherwise, follow the manual, and leave complex repairs, especially brakes, to a mechanic.