Just got a letter from the CTC announcing that they're stopping the bike park partnership with the Forestry Commission and have automatically renewed me onto normal membership.
I'd recommend anyone else with bike park membership cancels the direct debit.
Yeah, they split with Aston Hill a while back now.
Not entirely sure of the politics.
or leave it. be counted as a cyclist by the government, and fund some of the great work Cycling UK is doing.
You know what, I'd rather pay towards the maintenance of the trails... Which is actually what the CTC promised to do before breaking their word and stealing the money for something else.
Is that true for all the CTC trails - Stoughton, Rogate etc?
FC are working with B1KE on Stoughton/ Rogate IIRC. You'll need to be a member of them or the Stoughton/ Rogate clubs which will work under some sort of agreement with them.
This is all a bit of a random. Cycling UK (formerly CTC) appeared to be getting involved in access rights when it [url= http://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/open-m-t-bhttp:// ]partnered with a group calling itself OpenMTB[/url] to lobby on behalf of mtb-ing on the [url= https://consultations.gov.wales/consultations/improving-opportunities-access-outdoors-responsible-recreation ]Welsh Government's access consultation[/url] (now closed). They also launched a subsequent [url= https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6TKDFTQ ]survey about access[/url].
I have twice asked OpenMTB for information about who they are (apart from a bunch of logos) and if they have a constitution, but have not got a reply. So it is impossible to work out what their agenda is and who exactly they are representative of. Or even if they really exist at all.
Cycling UK does seem to have variable approach to matters off-road. Maybe the answer is for more off-road riders to join and try to get it to exercise a more consistent voice. (I am a member but I don't get involved beyond that.)