How to improve bike handling skills

[Melalvai]

yeah, keep riding and you'll find yourself riding no hands down long fast stretches! That is so much fun. But it takes a while to work up to that, both the coordination and the mentality.

[Fujichants]

I don't mean to hijack your post, but I am just wondering where you can take these type of classes?

[Spec&TrekGirl]

Fujichants, you can find a course like this by going to www.bikeleague.org; they have courses and instructors listed and you can search by state to find and instructor near you and contact them about a course. I thought it was definitely worth it. What they first tell you about where to ride to be safest seems counter intuitive but really makes sense when you really think about it.

[latelatebloomer]

Psychlepath got me dancing with my bike and that helps. My trainer also asked me to some rides very very slow. Very light gears, high cadence, doing a 3 mile loop several times. Oddly (to me, not to him, he really knows what he's doing) several things improved immediately - my bike handling, my breathing, and my relaxation. My cornering improved immensely in one day.

[malkin]

I too, have rather deplorable bike handling skills. Twenty years of no riding and then a year stoking a tandem have rendered me mostly incompetent on my onsie bike.

Ah well, things could be much worse!

[SalsaMTB]

I find mountain biking helps with handling skills also.