Cycling UK Forum

has anyone worked out a way of sealing brake and gear cable ends so they dont unravell and become impossible to thread through the outer. i know you can get alloy end caps that crimp onto the cable to stop this happening but they have to be snipped off to dismantle during maintainance. i am thinking solder or some kind of adesive to seal the ends together so it can still be threaded through the outer. has anyone done this and what is the technique

you are right i have wondered many years whether to continue my membership and decided that the ctc is the only organization that campaigns for cycleing and seems to have the ear of the government to some extent and i would like to support it.
other than the insurance i dont see any other member benefits as benefits. i cycle alone because i want to! i seem to remember reading a few years ago that a majority of members like me never take part in any d.a. activity yet have joined for reasons known only to themselves.
you are also right in it makes little difference to me which way the vote goes and looking at how the same few names come up in this forum i guess almost 60,000 other members feel likewise!
the point i was perhaps trying to make is i would have normally had no interest in this debate if it was not for the allegations of money being spent with no accountability.
i wonder how many casual members like me opened the magazine saw the double page charity article thought" boring " and turned the page!
i read the article next time and was totally shocked by what simon legg had written!
so there are probably a lot of members like me who do not have much invested in the club but are silently there swelling the numbers supporting the clubs campaigning weight and i guess like me they will want to know
WHERE IS MY £36 GOING?
and if a satisfactory answer does not arrive will not re- join! this would be a disaster for the ctc and a tragedy for cycling. so while the few provaricate on yes or no many will just turn there back and walk away

ive re-read the arguments in ctc mag and skimmed through this forum and i find the whole thing more complex than i can either understand or have time for.one thing i have latched onto is it seems very large amounts of money have been spent and no one knows what its been used for. this concerns me greatly .ive cycled for 40 years but only been a ctc member for the last twelve other than being a cyclist and wanting to support a organization that campaigns for cycling i have no interest at all in club activities i cycle alone. i don't need the ctc to ride my bike
i find simon leggs no argument, for a club for club members, introverted and elitist the very things that stopped me from joining for so many years. i dont know i would want to be part of such a club. £36 a year membership is a lot of money to me and many others, more than many casual cyclists would want or can afford to pay. they are not less for not being members. the ctc should campaign for all cyclists not just those who can afford to pay
i guess from this i should be voting yes !? but for me the question is not yes or no its" what about all this money that no one has an answer for?"
can someone in simple language that we all can understand explain [with figures] how this money has been spent? if this is not answered i do not think i will be re- newing my membership and i doubt i will be alone!

thanks everyone for your replys . ive ordered a Lezyne Micro Floor Drive HP Mini Pump from wiggle, chain reaction were out of stock. it was a hard choice between that or the short zefal hpx. the lezyne being shorter swung it.
thanks again david

can anyone recomend a pump thats short enough to fit in panniers or saddle bag that works . i bought one that was totally useless a few years back a topeak i think . my 25 year old chopped down pump really has died now . so i need a new one and i dont want to make another mistake