mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
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Rebranding of Cycling Uk
- Thread starter PhilipBenstead007
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Frankly, she's turning our roads into a death trap.
matticus
Guru
<Snort>
Perhaps they should have used a picture of the new sponsored World Tour team out training?
Maybe get a big car manufacturer on board, or a fossil fuel company?
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
What are cycling UK's membership numbers over the last few years? teh Google doesn't give an easy answer.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Reading all the posts in this thread suggests to me that people interested enough in cycling to put their hands in their pockets are a very diverse selection of people.
I am glad people go mountain biking, gravel biking, commuting, racing and group cycling, campaigning, but I do none of those activities, and am confident that those who do don't know I exist.
I imagine it is relatively easy to extract money from a coherent group with shared interests, but less so from a variety of people who have different interests.
Tldr. People who ride bikes have different motivations that can't be fitted in one grouping.
I am glad people go mountain biking, gravel biking, commuting, racing and group cycling, campaigning, but I do none of those activities, and am confident that those who do don't know I exist.
I imagine it is relatively easy to extract money from a coherent group with shared interests, but less so from a variety of people who have different interests.
Tldr. People who ride bikes have different motivations that can't be fitted in one grouping.
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Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
See also motorists, fisherists, runnists and many others.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Maybe I should have added that there aren't enough of any sub-group of cycling to create a financially viable magazine.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Or magazine collectists either, you're right! Funny lot, cyclists, fiercely independent, yet strangely tribal. Cat herdists are like that too
I'd hate to work with cyclists!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Only if you're daft enough to let them track you
matticus
Guru
I've liked your excellent post. But:
A number of the people here have at best "put their hand in their pocket" to buy cheap insurance.( Often so they can get access to a free event... )
Others have stopped since their discount was reduced.
Or stopped because members are no longer subsidising the events they enjoyed.
Others show an amazing (and specific) inability to research where their money goes/went.
Funny isn't it...
OP
OP
PhilipBenstead007
Active Member
Stabilised at around 70,000
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Are there actual published figures anywhere?
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
And others, like me will support anything that promotes cycling as normal transport and all it's other guises and specialities in the hope we as a nation catch up with so many others that see the multiple benefits of reducing choked cities and towns. I've never used or considered insurance, money off or buying the latest must have but happily pay for and receive a magazine that has my interests specifically. I may disagree with the way they go about doing some of it but it is better than nothing. Also sites such as the fabulous CC promote cycles and cycling in its many guises as do every one of us who pops down the supermarket, dons their lycra and plastic hat, cycles around the world or goes camping for the weekend. It's all better than doing nothing at all.
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wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
This month's magazine arrived today, it has an interesting question from a reader in the 'Advice' section about liability for issues from charging eBike batteries, the book reviews section has a book I might buy 'Gravel Rides Peak District' and theres a long article about DIY bike fits (I'll have to read that a few times to absorb it). Also theres a review of the Marcher Castles Way route they've put together, you can downlowd the .GPX file for that online.
