What are your thoughts on this new 'advanced' training scheme? The backdrop is, I feel that my riding has actually got worse (in some ways) over time rather than better. I can't put my finger on it but I know I've got into some bad habits and there's something wrong with my riding. I'm not a post-test noob - I've been riding for several years. As far as I can tell, the options for advanced rider training are the old-school Roadcraft-based IAM and ROSPA, which really doesn't tickle my fancy at all (for lots of reasons) and then something new, being promoted by the government, called the Enhanced Rider Scheme (ERS). There isn't that much info about the ERS online, so a few months ago I made some enquiries, got in touch with an ERS school and obtained lots of information about it. In the end I decided against it for many reasons (not least of which because the riding school I contacted treated my simple request for info as a preamble to a kind of "covert contract", as if I'd handled soft fruit at a market stall then decided to buy nothing). I felt like a sales prospect even after the guy said he was only doing it for love not money (just covering his basic costs for the day he said LOL) and since I owe nobody a living and didn't see any utility to numero uno what was on offer, I said no. Here's the most important breakdown of the ERS syllabus: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dvsa-enhanced-rider-scheme-syllabus/dvsa-enhanced-rider-scheme-syllabus#structured-planned-approach-to-riding As you can see, there are 7 'core modules', and there's nothing wrong with them as yet another Bikesafe or generic post-test clipboard checklist, but the scope for interpretation of competence is all on the head of the individual riding instructor providing the training. It's a strange concept, because the instructor could tick your riding off as 'advanced' and that would be the end of it, forever. Or they could provide more training in a manner that suits them (which would be more profitable), and then tick your riding off as 'advanced'. Personally, for a £120 day (which is what I was quoted) it's not what I'm after. I don't want a useless bit of paper to file alongside my 100m swimming certificate saying that I'm now 'enhanced'. I want to find out what might be suboptimal about my riding posture, setting up for corners, foot positioning, etc. Something a lot more individualised and completely bespoke, not institutional or standardised or a pro forma in any way. For that to work, I have to actually trust and believe in the instructor's ability, and then dictate, e.g. "follow me along this route, and observe and tell me what I'm doing wrong". What are your thoughts? Are there any better options out there?