This morning, the Chief Cycling Instructor, backed up by the Road Safety Officer, of a London borough I work for clarified their position on cycle adjustment. Cycle Trainers can't adjust the bikes - not even the saddle height - but instead have to send a note home with the parents for them to see to it.
Teaching in the afternoon, one of the bikes had: the rear brake not working at all; rear pads not-aligned; both front and rear cables in dreadful condition; saddle loose and wrong height; headset loose; tyres hardly inflated.
I told the child they would need to get the bike fixed before using it. But the lead instructor said the child could use it in the playground today.
I wonder if she'll be allowed to take it on the road tomorrow in an unimproved condition?