fastpedaller wrote:........ Bullies.
Attempted.
Bullies are noted for backing down when the kickback comes
fastpedaller wrote:........ Bullies.
There is also a Parish Councillor, Bob Anwyl-Hughes, who lives at Saxons, Warren Row Road (the exact same postcode as the café in question).
https://hurleyparish.org.uk/contacts.html
He ran the pub (which failed), and is listed as the complainant in planning documents.
Tangled Metal wrote:Does anyone think that BC and CUK involvement and subsequent joint statement with the council are a good bit of self promotion but nothing has actually changed with the risks to the cafes continuing operation at those premises? AIUI any meets starting off from that cafe could still result in action against it. Any group can still arrange a meet from there without any involvement of the cafe or its owner / operator.
So what have BC and CUK really achieved? Clarification of what was already known?!
Colin_P wrote:It seems that it is solved and will remain open.
https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk ... -cafe.html
I'm local'ish and it is in the most idealic location on a quiet country lane and does nobody any harm.
This isn't just a cafe that cyclists happen to go to either, it exclusively exists for them, a brilliant place.
slowster wrote:BC and CyclingUK probably got involved because the council/plannig inspector had written directly to local cycling clubs telling them that they were not to use the cafe for meets (and possibly indicating that the injunction being sought would extend to to the clubs).
The council withdrew those threats to the cycling clubs, but is still seeking an injunction which requires the cafe owner not to permit clubs to use the cafe for meets, i.e. tantamount to compelling the owner to ban clubs from the cafe.
BC and CyclingUK's interest in this is how it affects their members and cyclists, they are not involved to help or protect the cafe owner except insofar as it is an indirect consequence of them protecting the interests of their members and cyclists.
Tangled Metal wrote:Yet to see a chain gang wheeling their bikes on a club meet in team lycra. That is ridiculous. If a group are meeting up to ride bikes they're cyclists. If they are having a latte at the cafe before setting off they're cyclists having a latte. Walking and having a latte aren't the main reason they're there if they're meeting for a club meet.
Isn't that the way most people would see it? If your kitted up for a ride, bike nearby, your cycling buddies are with you and your main activity will be cycling, you're a cyclist.