Trick cyclists needing quiet places to skate (7)
I believe the answer is:
shrinks
'places to skate' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'trick cyclists needing quiet' is the wordplay.
'trick cyclists' becomes 'rinks' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'needing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'quiet' becomes 'sh'.
'rinks' after 'sh' is 'SHRINKS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shrinks that I've seen before include "head examiners" , "Contracts" , "psychiatrists" , "Reduces in size" .)