Thou Shalt Not Cycle During the Royal Funeral

If I have to choose between cycling and the Royal Family, cycling wins everytime. Sorry.

There’s about 10 of us going out for a picnic ride as all the cafés are closed.

Isn’t the do not ride advice for the vicinity of the route if the funeral, I’ve not read it

I didn’t have a ride planned. I have now.

You could be planning a bike ride at centre parcs. Wtf

I’m not a royalist by any stretch of the imagination but I see positives in people (communities) uniting together at times like these.

That’s just bonkers though.

If they wanted to pay respects, they could have had events on site. Wheel a projector out, televise the funeral, encourage everyone to come along and celebrate the queen’s life. Instead they choose to kick everyone out so their staff can lie in bed watching Friends, or go out and ride their bike…

Does anyone really think the majority will spend their day off in somber reflection in front of the tv watching a church service? I have a tee time booked at the golf course for 9am. If the clubhouse is open I’ll have a bacon roll in her honour.

If the weather is good, it could be a really interesting metric to see how much the nation actually gaf. There is a very visible bunch of odd bods that’ll sleep on park benches to make the front of a queue and give a gushing interviews on the telly and there are the grumpy sods ranting about the republic on the internet. But both those groups are pretty small in the grand scheme of things. It;s the big swathe in the middle that probably count the most. Best part of 70% of the uk said they were broadly in favour of keeping the monarchy in the summer (significantly less in Scotland – only 20odd % of SNP voters were in favour and even only 60% of tory voters). But if a very large proportion of the public are at the beach or the wrong side of 5 pints at the pub by lunchtime I can at least take heart that the support is at best a big fat meh. If the streets have tumbleweed bouncing down them then I guess I have to face facts that I’m an outlier.

I will be lost in the hills to get away from all the nonsense.
Off with their heads!!!

Probably not to dress up all in black mind.

I had not planned to go for a ride but have no interest in watching a funeral so might well do now. The world (or the UK at least) has gone mad!

I shall wear my cycling shorts at half mast in remembrance. Just need to be careful using the dropper post

Just realised my mum will be watching the dog and the wean has a day off school so if the weather’s nice we might just go for a ride. If it’s not then I’ll go myself.

So you can cycle to your cancer appointment.

Ah, I see that point has already been noted on the other thread, as you were. (Btw, I cycle to my appointments when it isn’t pissing down, though I am in a minority.)

I didn’t have a ride planned. I have now.

Moi aussi 🙂

Feel embarrassed to be a BC member! They can shove it.

I don’t have anything against the Royal family really. I don’t care. But if I have to choose between respecting them or riding my bike, then I think I just became a republican!

I’ve emailed them. The details for all their comms and PR teams are all on the website.

I do get that its an error of judgement and has since been amended, but once they say things, they cannot take them back.

A comment on the Guardian article perfectly sums it up – Hatred towards us, as cyclists or simply people riding bikes, is at an all tme high. We are supposed to look to organisations such as BC to further our cause and support us. They have failed miserably at this, and got it very, very wrong. Its just dissapointing

If the weather is good, it could be a really interesting metric to see how much the nation actually gaf. There is a very visible bunch of odd bods that’ll sleep on park benches to make the front of a queue and give a gushing interviews on the telly and there are the grumpy sods ranting about the republic on the internet. But both those groups are pretty small in the grand scheme of things. It;s the big swathe in the middle that probably count the most. Best part of 70% of the uk said they were broadly in favour of keeping the monarchy in the summer (significantly less in Scotland – only 20odd % of SNP voters were in favour and even only 60% of tory voters). But if a very large proportion of the public are at the beach or the wrong side of 5 pints at the pub by lunchtime I can at least take heart that the support is at best a big fat meh. If the streets have tumbleweed bouncing down them then I guess I have to face facts that I’m an outlier.

This was my thoughts, if it was a month ago when it was 30C+. Mid September with the shops, museums, etc shut though, if you were a photographer with a long lense to make places look crowded, where would you look to go?

Weather looking good for Monday. 🙂

Hatred towards us, as cyclists or simply people riding bikes, is at an all tme high. We are supposed to look to organisations such as BC to further our cause and support us

Maybe BCs thought was to stop people hating us more for going out riding on the day of the funeral.

Wrong tactic (for individuals) but error made with good intentions.

Maybe BCs thought was to stop people hating us more for going out riding on the day of the funeral.

I suspect that there may be a higher than average number of dog walks on Monday afternoon. Should we direct hatred towards dog owners?

It’s probably the only time I’ll get to ride next week.

It’s not like Her Majesty will mind.

And she was really big on the outdoors.

Edit – It might be a bit rude to go riding if you are actually invited to the funeral and bail for a bike ride, but I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Should we direct hatred towards dog owners?

I thought we already did?

Maybe BCs thought was to stop people hating us more for going out riding on the day of the funeral.

Wrong tactic (for individuals) but error made with good intentions.

I thought that, but surely at least two people get together and have a think about this stuff before they announce it to 150,000+ members, and 30 seconds reflection surely would throw up the possibility that this might massively backfire? Shirley?

My club has just announced that there will be no club rides on Monday, so the casual 20 mile gravel ride, ending at the pub, will not be allowed, and furthermore, should people decide to organise their own rides, they shouldn’t wear club kit. This is getting ridiculous now.

and furthermore, should people decide to organise their own rides, they shouldn’t wear club kit.

Just tell them to **** off and stop being such dicks

Wow, this is all absolutely insane. I am fortunate to have flown to Greece for a week on the day it was announced and am just observing from afar. Will be itching to ride my bike this long weekend on my return.

My club has just announced that there will be no club rides on Monday, so the casual 20 mile gravel ride, ending at the pub, will not be allowed, and furthermore, should people decide to organise their own rides, they shouldn’t wear club kit. This is getting ridiculous now.

Nope, it’s spot on, expecting our club to do the same. As I understand it organised sporting events are not taking place on Monday. This is British Cycling fitting in with other sports.

Obviously up to individuals if they want to ride, but the “no club kit” makes sense – our committee gets enough complaints about us not paying road tax etc without making work for themselves by supposedly disrespecting the Queen. We had a “no club kit” rule in lockdown to avoid complaints that club members were breaking the non-existent (in England) rule about time and distance for exercise.

Badly handled by BC, but ffs it’s one day and unlikely to happen again for 10 years or so, so Rule#5 and all that.

Anyone insane enough to be upset that someone’s riding or doing anything else instead of watching the funeral, is surely going to be watching the funeral, so by default will have no knowledge of what anyone else is doing?

but the “no club kit” makes sense

+1

Anyone insane enough to be upset that someone’s riding or doing anything else instead of watching the funeral, is surely going to be watching the funeral

I’d guess quite the opposite, the sort of people likely to get upset about it go out of their way to find things which upset them.

Badly handled by BC, but ffs it’s one day and unlikely to happen again for 10 years or so

We’re not just talking about club runs though, they’re literally suggesting you shouldn’t cycle to work, school, shopping, medical appointments, social engagements, to meet family, etc… It’s not just badly handled by BC, it’s a complete absence in recognition for the importance of the very thing they’re a governing body for.

#senditforliz

It’s what she’d want.

We’re not just talking about club runs though, they’re literally suggesting you shouldn’t cycle to work, school, shopping, medical appointments, social engagements, to meet family, etc

I agree, and so do they now because they changed the advice when their stupidity was pointed out to them.

It’s not just badly handled by BC, it’s a complete absence in recognition for the importance of the very thing they’re a governing body for.

And also recognises why BC should stick to the sport side and leave every day riding to Cycling UK. We don’t let the FIA make suggestions on driving to the shops for similar reasons.

In other news, the CofE has advised people not to attend church services during the period of mourning, “as a mark of respect”.

In other news, the CofE has advised people not to attend church services during the period of mourning, “as a mark of respect”.

Maybe God is just a bit busy dealing with accepting Liz to the heavens and anointing Charles to be bothered with the menial prayers of the plebs.

Come on Neil, you made that up.

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20220909-about-bc-news-Guidance-for-the-period-of-National-Mourning-0

They have updated it now, along with an apology

(Too late)

Got an email mid morning in response to my renewal question, but they didn’t actually respond to the question I asked.

Yeah same, I think it was a bulk email. They obviously realised they dropped the ball.

I still don’t want/need BC membership – asked them to cancel.