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by moultoneer
5 Sep 2020, 12:45pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Did you attend the CTC AGM 2020?
Replies: 14
Views: 756

Re: Did you attend the CTC AGM 2020?

So what happened? I couldn't find how to join online, and the website gives no info whatsoever. Utterly p''''d off with CUK by now, whether or not they passed the membership fee changes. It's just a self-serving organisation.
by moultoneer
13 Aug 2020, 3:15pm
Forum: Proposed Membership Changes - Discussion
Topic: Where's the evidence?
Replies: 12
Views: 6725

Re: Where's the evidence?

Your link to the reply isn't complete. Making things so difficult for members is just another ploy to fudge the basic issue: CTC served members, CUK not only uses members, but is bent on exploiting them for all they are worth, simply to further staff careers in the charity sector.

You should all be totally ashamed of yourselves, your behaviour is utterly despicable.
by moultoneer
4 Aug 2020, 3:06pm
Forum: Proposed Membership Changes - Discussion
Topic: Voting at the CTC/CUK AGM 2020
Replies: 22
Views: 8496

Re: Voting at the CTC/CUK AGM 2020

When is the AGM and deadline? I STILL haven't received the magazine with the details. Is this a deliberate ploy to stifle dissent? This organisation goes from bad to worse, can't see staying with it much longer.
by moultoneer
3 Aug 2020, 8:39pm
Forum: Proposed Membership Changes - Discussion
Topic: Membership rates
Replies: 241
Views: 58682

Re: Membership rates

Another voice here against this duplicitous slap in the face to the most loyal and long serving members. I shan't be renewing at a rate 47% higher than the present rate.
by moultoneer
3 Nov 2017, 10:50pm
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: Keeping your brain alive in retirement - what do you do?
Replies: 156
Views: 29691

Re: Keeping your brain alive in retirement - what do you do?

I do the puzzles in my daily paper, which is a digital edition and arrives on an ipad.

Every Wednesday I go to a bus museum and join others in restoring old vehicles, and have picked up many new skills, including driving buses.

There are plenty of opportunities for all kinds of voluntary work, depending on your interests.
by moultoneer
10 Oct 2017, 4:14pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Folding bike.
Replies: 31
Views: 2656

Re: Folding bike.

Fudges is an established supplier with branches in west London and Woking (I think).
by moultoneer
5 Sep 2017, 4:36pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Difficulty getting legover . . . . ( snigger )
Replies: 29
Views: 3116

Re: Difficulty getting legover . . . . ( snigger )

malvandy wrote:Thanks for all the replies, very helpful. Certainly have moved on from mixtie frames. Will try different approaches including more stretching exercises. As for the Moulton bikes , very nice but in the real world for me anyway just out of my price range


You can pick up a decent used spaceframe Moulton for under £1000, and there are plenty of the older 60s/70s F-frame models for much less.
by moultoneer
4 Sep 2017, 3:16pm
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: Crossing the Thames/Getting through London
Replies: 9
Views: 1821

Re: Crossing the Thames/Getting through London

Woolwich ferry, free, takes bikes, the bike areas are large enough for a trike.
by moultoneer
5 Mar 2017, 6:23pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Can anyone help with insurance please
Replies: 16
Views: 1302

Re: Can anyone help with insurance please

I always selected house insurance which would include my expensive Moulton bikes, sometimes requiring an additional premium.

A couple of years ago I transferred to pedalcover, who specialise in house/cycle insurance, and halved my premium:

https://pedalcover.co.uk/
by moultoneer
6 Oct 2016, 10:44pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Open Source Map of Japan for Garmin 800
Replies: 13
Views: 930

Re: Open Source Map of Japan for Garmin 800

There usually aren't street names in Japan. Addresses usually include 2 or 3 numbers. The last one is usually the building or house number, the previous one is the number of the block containing the house, and if there is a third number it is the sub-area of the district.

In cities stations have local maps with the numbers on, or you can ask at the police kiosks. In a rural area any local person will willingly help you.
by moultoneer
21 Aug 2016, 11:25am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Rim Brakes - Small Wheels vs Big Wheels
Replies: 20
Views: 1387

Re: Rim Brakes - Small Wheels vs Big Wheels

That's about it!

Only slight snag with small wheels, as on my Moultons, is that the rims wear a bit faster, and have less heat capacity for long (as in mountains) descents.
by moultoneer
28 Apr 2016, 2:32pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Traffic free, tarmac routes in Berkshire
Replies: 3
Views: 818

Re: Traffic free, tarmac routes in Berkshire

Windsor Great Park, not entirely traffic free, but only authorised vehicles.
by moultoneer
20 Oct 2015, 2:27pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Cyclists Dismount
Replies: 84
Views: 11156

Re: Cyclists Dismount

London Borough of Hillingdon puts up Cyclists Dismount signs at roadworks, despite my pointing out that the DfT says they shouldn't be:

Cyclist dismount and footway cycling
Where access is permitted for motor vehicles, "Cyclist Dismount" signs should not be used. The hazards to cyclists at roadworks are rarely great enough to justify this measure. In any case, cyclists are likely to ignore such instructions. The only situation where cyclists should be advised to dismount is where the carriageway is closed off but the footway remains open. In such cases a white-on-red temporary sign "CYCLISTS DISMOUNT AND USE FOOTWAY" may be used. Under Regulation 41 of the "Transport Signs Regulations And General Directions 1994" this can be done without special authorisation if the sign is not used for longer than 6 months.
by moultoneer
7 Oct 2015, 10:12pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 20 inch wheel folder stability
Replies: 30
Views: 2400

Re: 20 inch wheel folder stability

All smaller wheel bikes are more responsive, or twitchy! You get used to it. An advantage is that you can usually "catch" the bike if the front wheel slips on a wet or icy surface, because you can turn it very quickly. Putting fatter tyres on won't change it noticeably.
by moultoneer
23 Aug 2014, 4:10pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Garmin Edge GPS
Replies: 21
Views: 1838

Re: Garmin Edge GPS

Bought an Edge Touring in February. Use it on group rides so I can later trace exactly where we went. As a ride leader it saves having to stop to read the map in unfamiliar territory, having previously loaded the route.