Cycle Magazine - December / January 2012

Cycle Magazine - December / January 2012

Cycle Magazine - December / January 2012

In the issue: The last post - Postal deliveries by bicycle; Go your own Way; Good company - CTC Cycling Holidays; An adventure unfolds; Ferries, bikes & Belgian beer; Trailside first aid; Roads to ruin; Budget tourers; Rear panniers
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PDF icon Cover860.27 KB
PDF icon Contents301.66 KB
PDF icon News1.21 MB
PDF icon Shop window - new products for Christmas402.89 KB
PDF icon Letters325.54 KB
PDF icon CTC and me - Mark Waters155.15 KB
PDF icon The last post - Postal deliveries by bicycle are now a rarity and not the norm. Postman John Craggs reflects on his cycling career249.81 KB
PDF icon Go your own Way - ‘You can do this on a bike? Why the hell are we walking?!’ says a hiker on the Camino de Santiago in the 2011 film The Way. Exactly, thinks Rob Ainsley818.07 KB
PDF icon Good company - CTC Cycling Holidays are led by volunteer enthusiasts: CTC members like you. Tour leaders Neil Wheadon and Paul Rogers describe what they do and why473.87 KB
PDF icon An adventure unfolds Adventure cycling doesn’t require exotic destinations or months of free time. Journalist Joe Sheffer spent three days travelling to Muckle Flugga by Brompton and packraft1.08 MB
PDF icon Ferries, bikes & Belgian beer - Cycle touring doesn’t require two weeks off work. CTC member Don Stark led a blokes’ cycling weekend through Belgium and the Netherlands442.99 KB
PDF icon Trailside first aid - Serious incidents are rare while mountain biking, but it pays to know what to do if they occur. CTC Trail Leader instructor Dan Cook has some suggestions520.22 KB
PDF icon Roads to ruin - Unless our potholes are properly fixed, next summer’s Olympic road race could have echoes of Paris-Roubaix’s pavé. CTC Campaigns and Policy Coordinator Chris Peck explains why UK roads are so bad1.18 MB
PDF icon Q&A - Reflecting on pedals; 20’s plenty – but for whom?; Bike for forest trails; Diabetic cycling food; Flat bar road shifters; Replacement gear hangers495.2 KB
PDF icon Budget tourers - Touring bikes tend to cost four figures these days. Chris Juden reviews two that cost just £500: a Raleigh Royal and a Revolution Country Traveller710.03 KB
PDF icon Hase Kettwiesel Allround - CTC Cycle Champion Seamus Kelly tests a delta-format recumbent trike with a huge range of special needs adaptations available for it549.61 KB
PDF icon Kinesis Racelight TK2 - Cycling journalist Mike Davis reviews a good example of a surprisingly rare breed: a sporty, mudguard-ready road bike297.99 KB
PDF icon Rear panniers - Sturdy, rainproof panniers will give you a sunnier outlook when the weather does the opposite. Cycling journalist Simon Withers reviews four high-end rear panniers390.72 KB
PDF icon Gear up - Burley D’Lite child trailer; Topeak RX Beam Rack & RX DXP Trunkbag; Crank Brothers Power Pump Pro; Spy lamp643.43 KB
PDF icon Member benefits500.99 KB
PDF icon Whats on153.44 KB
PDF icon Contacts194 KB
PDF icon Blind tandem ride; Honeymoon grand tour514.48 KB