what are the benefits?
do you go on group rides?
is there a rough stuffers section?
3 party insurance
no
yes - more muddy articles than ever before 😉
Not a member, but i will be at the end of the month 🙂
The insurance really, so nice to be able to tell whinging walkers that, yes I am insured!
Also they are a cycling advocacy group, and I recon I owe it to support them in their promotion of cycling generally.
what are the benefits?
You get a daily email with the latest prices of Werther's Originals & pipe tobacco
insurance & legal assistnace I think
no
I've never read the classifieds, but you never know. It's always the quiet ones isn't it
free magazine, insurance, cyclists defence fund, powerful lobby, member discounts (15% at Cotswold), routes
no, but a lot of hairy types with panniers gather by the Town Hall in Swindon every Sunday
superb standard of writing from certain contributers in the mag 🙂
Benefits as above. They are, arguably, the only official organisation pushing wider cyclists rights in the UK.
No but they have very active Wednesday evening and Sunday am ride groups here in Reading.
Rough Stuffers?
I joined for the family 3rd party insurance, as my son is a danger to the western world once he gets his bike helmet on 😀
i have ctc skills instrucotr qualification and their insurance but not a member ....
use to be but didn't really give me anything on top of my BC membership so didn't renew. Mag thing was alright but a bit dull
what are the benefits?
do you go on group rides?
is there a rough stuffers section?
Legal cover (very useful!) and third party insurance. Its well worth the money. Also they do a lot of good work for cycling in general. Lots of publicity etc.
Never been on a group ride - I imagine that its all beards, pipes and back in the day stories from the older cyclist*
They are working on a MTB section and have a lot of content in the mags recently. They seem to want MTB members and are keen to help us with access etc. Not a big issue for me in Scotland tho 😉
Check out their forums: http://forum.ctc.org.uk/
[i]*also I am scared that I will be dropped after a mile or two by 60 year olds.[/i]
"Not a big issue for me in Scotland tho "]
It was the CTC-Scotland's John Taylor that was largely responsible for pushing the Access Code through.
Wow - shows what I know Crispin!
im in this year as its part of the aston hill membership.
insurance is a big plus
as is the general campaigning for rights
wait and see if i get involved in the organised off road stuff, or read the mag.
Another member here, for me the benefits are the lobbying and general feeling they're out there working for me, and the legal help and insurance. The magazine is a bit dull (they used to have letters from indignant members of the old guard outraged at the use of color photos and any nods towards those "for whom the bicycle is merely a toy") and I've never been tempted to go on a group ride!
Have thought long and hard about it, but their objections to motorcycles using bus lanes, (reduced numbers of casualties for both cyclists and motorcyclists according to two studies initiated but ignored by Ken Livingstone) has really put me off.
Their attitude is that the risk perceived by cyclists is more important than the actual casualty figures.
More here: http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10434&hilit=+motorcycles+bus+lane
Not joining an organisation that puts perceived risk before actual risk of injury.
CTC
whatever next
Oh I know I will grow a beard and ride a 29"er s/s 😉
tbh not a bad thing to join
🙂
certain parts of next months magazine will be very interesting i can tell you
beard-check
old-check
trousers-check
I'm a member (benefits as above).
I might even attend a ride in a few years time, once old-age beardy geekdom finally takes hold...
member - no
benefits - some but covered elsewhere
group rides - isn't it what this forum is for?
Insurance, lobbying what everyone says.
Yes, though where I live the mountain bike group is bigger than the road one. We had 5 teams and one solo at Bristol Bike fest - not many beards or panniers.
Depends where you live.
I am a member. Aside from the usual benefits above, and don't forget the legal assisitance, it also seems to be a good way of getting a mention in print when going to the great velodrome in the sky "in the saddle" as it were; read the obits!. Our local permit ride insists on public liability insurance which this provides. Also I understand that the travel insurance is good though have personally never used it.
Got to be a good thing to have a political voice as a cyclist
worth it for the magazine, the insurance aand the lobbying - particually the bikes on trains. ian warby is in charge of mtb at ctc i believe - they also do a lot of trail building advocacy...
with Aston Hill membership amd through our MCC club as get insurance for ride leaders
non CTC group rides
don't know - mag a bit dull and organisation of sending out cards pretty poor, Ian Warby developing more urban MTB linked sites now so CTC getting better