Turn left following cycling partners (6)
I believe the answer is:
swivel
'turn' is the definition.
(swiveling is a kind of turning)
'left following cycling partners' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cycling partners' becomes 'swive' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'l' put after 'swive' is 'SWIVEL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swivel that I've seen before include "Turn as if on a pivot, like a kind of chair" , "Turn about a point" , "Connection allowing rotation" , "Spin on the spot" , "Turn on the spot" .)