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glueman · Post by **glueman** » 3 Mar 2008, 12:48pm

Haven't local groups often been exclusive? By going too fast or too slow or not talking to new riders or telling them their bikes are rubbish? :shock:

(With no aspirsions cast on the splendid DA sections who do none of those things.)

byegad · Post by **byegad** » 3 Mar 2008, 4:14pm

glueman wrote:Haven't local groups often been exclusive? By going too fast or too slow or not talking to new riders or telling them their bikes are rubbish?

(With no aspirsions cast on the splendid DA sections who do none of those things.)

There may be some truth to this. I once rode with a guy who sneered at people who thought 10 miles each way was a good run out, or had flat bars on their bike. We rode together not under CTC auspices and not local to me but he was a CTC regular and I could only imagine the 'welcome' a new rider would have got from him and the three guys he rides with as a CTC run.

Andrew Mills · Post by **Andrew Mills** » 3 Mar 2008, 5:49pm

glueman · Post by **glueman** » 4 Mar 2008, 12:55pm

See my question on 'CTC staff on this forum' thread in Campaigning.

Peter Rowell · Post by **Peter Rowell** » 13 Mar 2008, 8:09pm

The President of our DA rides a Mercian with drop bars etc. (£1000+), I ride a Mixte (Abbey Camaro £50 secondhand, rebuilt at a cost of £150) with downhill bars (recommended by my physio therapist owing to a hip replacement). I feel that riding this type of bike (which is very near a hybrid) will encourage new members to realise that you do not have to have an expensive bike or drop bars to ride with the club.