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Table 2 Cycle course tasks

From: Safer cycling in older age (SiFAr): a protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Task

Instruction

Rating – yes/no and number of errors

1. Slalom

- entrance from the right side

- driving through all 7 cones in Slalom-style without touching the cones or the ground

- wrong direction of entering parcours

- touching or missing a cone

- pushing with foot or touching the ground

- passage in standing position

2. Slow cycling

- passage of the corridor as slowly as possible without touching the marked sidelines or the ground

- touching a line with the front wheel

- touching the ground

- passage in standing position

- riding too fast (< 5 s)

3.a Dismounting to both sides into a hula hoop (right side first)

- accurate stopping next to the hula hoop

- both feet must be placed into the hula hoop one after another without touching the ring (leg proximal to the hula hoop must go first)

- missing or touching the hula hoop

- dismounting on wrong side

- entering the hula hoop with only one leg before getting on the bicycle

- foot not placed directly from the pedal into the hula hoop

- tipping over of the bike

3.b Mounting the bicycle out of the hula hoop from both sides

and initiate to ride

- leg closer to the bicycle must be moved directly from the hula hoop onto the pedal

- initiate riding with simultaneously placement of second leg on pedal

- failing to mount bicycle from a standing position

- foot not placed directly from the hula hoop onto the pedal

4. Narrow alley

- passage of the corridor without touching the marked lines

- touching the ground

- touching the line with the front wheel

5. Turning to the left side

- riding straight inside the marked corridor

- initiation of the turning process by well-timed hand-sign and look over the shoulder

- capture of the shown number by looking behind

- turning left within the curved corridor

- missed look over the shoulder

- missed arm signal/hand-sign

- missed or erroneous naming of the number

- touching the lines with the front-wheel

- touching the ground

6. Precise braking

- cycling straight at increased speed

- precise braking within the corridor (ground-front wheel contact point within the corridor)

- stopping before or behind the corridor

- back wheel fish-tailing

- jumping off the bicycle or braking with the feet

- slow speed before stopping