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by cyclome2
13 Mar 2021, 7:54pm
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: ICE QNT trike and ICE electric trike for sale
Replies: 0
Views: 1097

ICE QNT trike and ICE electric trike for sale

Two ICE recumbent trikes (one electric) are listed in the general bikes for sale section.
by cyclome2
29 Sep 2017, 10:55am
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections
Replies: 37
Views: 20959

Re: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections

That would probably invalidate it. I've decided on my 4, though I would have probably voted for fewer had I been allowed to. Voting for my less favoured candidates could push my most favoured candidates out!
by cyclome2
29 Sep 2017, 10:01am
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections
Replies: 37
Views: 20959

Re: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections

I've just had the following reply from CTC HQ:

"The vote will only be valid if you vote for four candidates, yes. It will be invalid if you vote for less (sic) than four people."
by cyclome2
29 Sep 2017, 9:50am
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections
Replies: 37
Views: 20959

Re: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections

My version does say "must": point 2 under "how to vote" on the paper voting form that came with the mag.. Normally "must" means "must" but it might not with CUK.
by cyclome2
29 Sep 2017, 9:19am
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Requirement for four votes in trustee elections
Replies: 37
Views: 20959

Requirement for four votes in trustee elections

The voting papers say you must use all of your votes. Will my vote be disqualified, if I choose fewer candiates?
by cyclome2
19 Dec 2016, 11:21am
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: tryker
Replies: 22
Views: 13494

Re: tryker

I use them in the summer. As others have said, they get cut quite easily and are prone to punctures, compared to heavier wieght tyres. I'm on my third pair and got around 7,000 km (summer use only) out of the first two pairs, with 4 or 6 punctures per tyre. This is better than the Contact Sports I used to use in the summer, where the average tyre life (over 11 tyres) is around 4,900 km. I live in an area with a lot of flints.
by cyclome2
22 Feb 2015, 4:40pm
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: About to buy a new trike and require e-assist.
Replies: 15
Views: 14872

Re: About to buy a new trike and require e-assist.

Hi,

I'm coming far too late to this. I have an elderly ICE QNT with 20" wheels and have just purchased (very expensive) an ICE with Neodrive and 26" wheels. I have had quite a few problems with it but do not want to criticise what is, in many ways very nice kit, on a public forum. Neil at ICE has been very helpful on these. If you do want to get in touch please contact me at hundchen123 at gmail.com
by cyclome2
17 Jan 2015, 1:37pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: No more CTC technical officer ** NO HOAX **
Replies: 680
Views: 50147

Re: No more CTC technical officer ** NO HOAX **

Some one from BC in charge of "recreational cycling" is watching the Facebook discussion.

If you want cheap third party cover, you can join a CTC affiliated club and then purchase individual CTC membership for £16 pa which gives you third party cover, legal advice, the right to ride with any CTC Member Group and a regular email. The only thing you do not get is the mag (in which CJ's articles were the only thing worth reading) and the ability to lead rides and hold committee positions in a CTC Member Group. For example, you could join http://www.fortypluscc.co.uk for £10 (£18 for two years) and then buy the affiliated CTC membership through them. (Despite the name membership of the Forty Plus CC is open to anyone over 18). Other clubs are available. The risk is, if too many people do this, there will be no-one left to lead CTC Member Group rides, except for those of us who bought life membership.
by cyclome2
16 Jan 2015, 4:59pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: No more CTC technical officer ** NO HOAX **
Replies: 680
Views: 50147

Re: No more CTC technical officer ** NO HOAX **

Two of us have been allocated places at the meeting tomorrow but can not now go. Sue Cherry is not around to reallocate the places. If someone would like to take our places, please contact me at hundchen123 at gmail.com and I'll let you know the names they were booked under.
by cyclome2
26 Jan 2012, 7:12pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: CTC Life membership
Replies: 5
Views: 1493

Re: CTC Life membership

OK but it would have been good to tell people when the rules were changed. After all subscription changes go to the AGM. It would also be good to tell people when they come up for renewal that they would be better off taking out life membership. Someone I advised recently to look at life membership was peeved as he had just shelled out for a year's membership and felt the CTC should have known and told him. (I appreciate the membership work is contracted out but he is an "old timer" who would like to think of the CTC as a "club".)
by cyclome2
22 Jan 2012, 4:47pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: CTC Life membership
Replies: 5
Views: 1493

CTC Life membership

Hi,

I'm not sure if I am posting under the right heading. No doubt the moderator will move this if it is in the wrong place.

I have a lot of contacts who are elderly and have been members of the CTC for many years. I have been encouraging them to apply for life membership. Until recently the rule was the basic cost for life membership was 25 times the annual membership fee and from this figure, you deducted 1% for each year of age and 0.5% for each annual membership fee paid.

I was checking the CTC website today and noted the rule had been changed. You now only get a 1% deduction for age upto the age of 70, so the maximum age discount now seems to be 70%, whereas before the age discount was unlimited.

I can see why the CTC has done this, but it does seem to have been brought in very quietly. Was anyone told about this? I have not seen anything in the magazine.
by cyclome2
3 Jan 2011, 3:50pm
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: I have bought a Trike from Ice
Replies: 11
Views: 4380

Re: I have bought a Trike from Ice

If you are still having back problems and find the foam too heavy, I suggest a cheap single cell foam sleeping mat (or yoga/exercise mat) cut down to back length.
by cyclome2
3 Jan 2011, 3:44pm
Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
Topic: Trice QNT
Replies: 7
Views: 1331

Re: Trice QNT

I have a Trice QNT and suffer from chill coming through the cleats. Try heated insoles from Maplins (separate discussion elsewhere on this forum). They take the chill off the feet - though the batteries do not last long. You may also have problems with cables freezing (see discussion in technical section).
by cyclome2
3 Jan 2011, 3:10pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Anyone tried Maplins heated gloves and insoles?
Replies: 25
Views: 4366

Re: Anyone tried Maplins heated gloves and insoles?

The insoles are good - though the batteries do not last long. When I rode a conventional bike, I kept my feet warm by wearing walking boots and thick socks. Since moving to a recumbent, I've had to use SPD cleats which means I can not wear walking boots and the cranks/pedals really seem to conduct the cold. The insoles just take the chill off.
by cyclome2
3 Jan 2011, 3:04pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Freezing brake cables
Replies: 12
Views: 2062

Re: Freezing brake cables

I've now fitted the oilers on one brake cable in the middle of the lowest part. They work well: the oil squirts out both ends when I use the oiler and should clear any water and grot. I've also fitted one of these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=45807 at the wheel end. I'll fit the other brake cable with an oiler soon and have some on order for the gear cables.