Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
There's no money to be made trying to teach skills that anyone can master in a few hours, if it even takes that long. Cycling skills as the OP wished to discuss, are not as complex as some are making them out here.
It can't be that easy. After a year, the OP admits he can't follow a wheel through a corner (not that that's a slam on him, it isn't as easy as many think), and following a wheel is relatively simple compared to more complex skills, e.g., sitting on the back of a pack when you're barely hanging on and letting a rider falling back slip in ahead of you without opening a gap.