Cycling UK Forum

I'm looking for insurance elsewhere?
Any ideas?

Where were CUK this weekend? Not a squeek at Eroica Britannia, no publicity for York rally.

Or even WHY should I vote if you wish to make positive suggestion!

I shant be at the AGM but wish to show my irritation with the management.
Suggestions on a postcard please!

On the note of criticism there are few options for former members(I assume we are All former members since the club/charity change) since the magazine seems to be heavily biased.

Currently running a Jack Taylor, repairing a Peugeot for Eroica(youngest one outgrown the Taylor, ungrateful sod!) Dawes double edge likely to be sold this year and a Pashley tourmaster on permanent loan( came out of a skip!)
Will be looking at TC, especially their insurance.

Seeing was I own 4 tandems perhaps I really ought to join the Tandem club.
Yes I do have problem........

I've been trying to find a positive comment on the name change for a few days.
Give me a clue I'm genuinely unable to find a positive comment.

I guess the bottom line for me is
Where do I get 3rd party insurance and the legal backup that has always been a big selling point for me.
The rest of it has largely become an irrelevance, ie a magazine that is nearly always " read " in five minutes, few local groups, no rally etc.

Like many I'm looking for an alternative, BC ETA or simply to arrange my own insurance and join a local or specific interest group.
What others are available?

Oh and as Euskadi has so rightly said retro is big.
Growing my whiskers and dusting the cotton duck off(actually both 're all year features!)for my 3rd Eroica in a few weeks.
Eroica is everything the old York rally could have been.
One of the reasons it failed was because peeps didn't want to pay to get in if I remember correctly.
Eroica full within weeks again 5k riders and thousands of paying visitors. I love it.I wish you could buy membership!

For me touring was the thing that brought a diverse group of cyclists together.
Racers who toured and the hard men/women who were true athletes
Family tourers
Commuters who toured and aspired to tour
Shaggy haired students who wanted to see the world
Old men who relived the travels of their past and inspired the youngsters and who incidentally still did awesome things with a bike( tours across S.Australia and ascents of Helvelyn by touring bike!)
Women of all ages
Engineers of the highest calibre who gave their skills for free
I have since found much of this is still present in the running community but the local DAs have dwindled leaving the cycling community poorer. Other groups are appearing but are more inclined towards BC and seem largely unaware of CTC.
Ps just remembered the old men were probably my age now. Make mental note to inspire some youngsters....

I just wanted my disappointment out there. I'm sure I have nothing new to add.
The winged wheel has been gradually hidden away the writing was on the cards when 2 logos appeared.
York rally was killed off even when Eroica reinvented it, and CTC tried to get on board which in my mind was so sad. Eroica could have been the York rally if there had been the foresight to see the opportunity.
Now we lose the name.
And identity.
I know the cyclists who interested me in cycling and who are mostly cycling in loftier places now( thank you lads, I wish I had said that then not 30 years too late) would have been up in arms.
I expect that consultants have done well out of this.
I expect much of it is about attracting funding.
I'm sure that paid charity managers will change again and we will all be left wondering how we ended up being bland and dull with short term members coming and going but never feeling that they are part of something solid and long lived in a disposable world.

I'm another member very annoyed by the letter sent to me telling me that I can no longer pay by direct debit.
I've emailed twice(the email confirmation say replies should be made within 3 days) and have received no reply.
Likewise I don't like the direction ctc seems to be taking and have been a member on and off since the mid 80s, I don't really recognize the organization any more, I've only just heard that the Cameron's have been given free membership, WHAT! You are kidding me! That on its own is enough to make me want to leave!
I am currently looking elsewhere(British Cycling,ETA etc) for similar memberships and I've been a friend of ctc for all my cycling life, it takes real effort or incompetence to drive long standing members away,
Perhaps someone can contact me too?