It's similar in other bodies too.
England Athletics just jacked their club affiliation up from £150 to £200. That's a 33% increase. (And it was jacked up from 100 to 150 only a couple of years ago too).
Taking the pish. They need to cut down their foreign jollies instead- wonder how many unnecessary visits to Paris by senior spinging wasters will occur during the Olympics ?
I feel like cancelling anyhow.
I have had Silver membership for a while as used to race CX.I got the email with the slight price increase.
Haven't raced for a few years but have thought about doing the odd one but haven't yet.
Thing is I can't see an advantage in having it now.
I work in the trade so most of the discounts are not really much good for me and the accident help wasn't really much good to me a year or two ago.
Had a bad crash in which the driver was at fault.The legal team needed more evidence and the police were not much good!
Ended up paying for a lot of stuff myself with a lot of injury!
What exactly am I paying for here?
Was thinking of joining cycling UK?
Regards,
Max.
I joined Cycling UK, more for their campaigning and lobbying - as I cycle commuter I want low-traffic and traffic free routes, and they do campaigns around this and other cycling issues.
The magazine is very cycle tourist and commuter oriented, which suits me fine as it's 10 years since I last did a race, and I'm more into Audax and cycle touring nowadays.
Whether the extra benefits are worth it, I'm not sure. I hope I never need the legal representation or 3rd party insurance, but it is useful if you do an organised Audax (you don't have to pay the extra fee) or club ride (some clubs require you to be a member of CUK, BC or AUK).
As for am I pure enough - probably not, I still eat meat twice a week and fish once or twice. British Cycling isn't sponsored by big-agri, though!
Boycotting them (or more specifically quitting or not renewing) is not virtue signalling – it has a real practical direct effect on the person you’re annoyed at.
I agree, but in this case, what reduction in carbon footprint does boycotting BC have?
They might have to turn the thermostat down a bit in Manchester?
Of course it bloody will, they sell hydrocarbons for other people to burn!
When people criticise crack dealers, it’s not because anyone’s worried that the dealers are smoking too much crack…
I think you're overselling the addictive properties of FuelSave Unleaded.
Telling someone to stop smoking crack is futile, they can't (without significant help).
You can however make individual moves to stop using significant amounts of fossil fuels.
What top down action's are you waiting for to stop you? Prohibition of petrol and re-classifying V-Power as a class-A?
If this boycott is successful, then what? What will actually be better for the planet when BC is sponsored by Tesco*.
*I've no idea if Tesco are interested, but the colors match and there's a synergy between marginal gains and every little helps at least
If this boycott is successful, then what? What will actually be better for the planet when BC is sponsored by Tesco*.
It's a good question.
It seems like every elite level sport now has some company or regime looking to get it's claws in to wash whatever stench they have off them.
However, just because I don't know what comes next doesn't mean I'm going to try to stop making sure my money doesn't go towards companies or regimes that are actively harming the planet or people. Even if that money might be supporting these things indirectly, it's still supporting them.
I doubt they'll turn the heating down...it will cause issues for the track!
