tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post6538910158045196520..comments2023-10-07T07:28:55.729-04:00Comments on Dave Moulton's Bike Blog: The British Club RunDave Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556183205157714280noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-50564220872714988502007-12-14T22:50:00.000-05:002007-12-14T22:50:00.000-05:00Hi DaveOnly recently found your blog - very useful...Hi Dave<BR/>Only recently found your blog - very useful and thought provoking indeed. <BR/><BR/>The Club Run - this was the staple when I started riding at 14, back in 1964. It was still going when my new RAF career forced me out of racing in 1973 and hence, due to monumental stupidity, out of cycling for around 30 years. <BR/><BR/>I started in Hull, up in Yorkshire, from 1964 to 1970, then a couple of part seasons in '72 and '73, in Licolnshire and Somerset. The club run was much as you described, though our front pair would go to single file and let the rest go past two abreast, then tuck in at the back.<BR/><BR/>Being as Hull had five active racing clubs, all town and village signs were hotly contested. I still recall one tear-up for the Hull boundary sign with a guy on a fully laden camping bike mixing it with the rest!<BR/><BR/>Nowadays, I live just outside DC, after a degree of excitement and some wandering, and am back riding, though just for fun. By one of life's ironies, the touring club I ride with is forever bemoaning the lack of spirit of what we knew as clubruns!<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding that riding two abreast on roads around DC qualifies as suicidal mostly...<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>DereckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-16316117808500644792007-11-25T07:08:00.000-05:002007-11-25T07:08:00.000-05:00It is how I began cycling 15 years ago - with Otle...It is how I began cycling 15 years ago - with Otley CC. All day cycling up the Yorkshire Dales, 3 tea stops. - Very civilised.<BR/><BR/>Such a shame club runs are more difficult with the ever increasing traffic volumes.<BR/><BR/>I would happily swap my 18 speed lightweight bike for a fixed speed, just to be able to ride on quiet roadsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-49681171641808325122007-11-23T14:55:00.000-05:002007-11-23T14:55:00.000-05:00Dave,I'm runs secretary for our local CTC section(...Dave,<BR/>I'm runs secretary for our local CTC section(Cheam & Morden)and I go out every Sunday with 11's,lunch and tea<BR/>very much part of the itinery(CTC-cafe to cafe!!!!).<BR/>Regards.Tartan Socks(long)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14524079739236060029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-16585991641519403222007-11-20T14:22:00.000-05:002007-11-20T14:22:00.000-05:00Speaking from an Israeli point we have Sabbath on ...Speaking from an Israeli point we have Sabbath on a Saturday so our Sunday "run" moves a day earlier. Lovely open empty roads. Thanks for yet another interesting articleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918556202740771749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-24539025415805911122007-11-20T11:39:00.000-05:002007-11-20T11:39:00.000-05:00"What happens if it's raining? Do club members cal..."What happens if it's raining? Do club members call each other?"<BR/><BR/>Back when I rode with a club in the UK in the 1950s, few people had phones. Besides, if club runs were cancelled due to rain, there would not have been too many of them. A rain cape and fenders were standard equipment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-43811517910693867692007-11-20T01:24:00.000-05:002007-11-20T01:24:00.000-05:00Great photo. That's what it's all about: goin' for...Great photo. That's what it's all about: goin' for a ride with the crew. It doesn't get any better than that.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230350513417318151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-74346022291491245762007-11-19T09:50:00.000-05:002007-11-19T09:50:00.000-05:00My club here in the states has a similar type of w...My club here in the states has a similar type of weekly ride, usually with some sort of name, and with unspoken (though sometimes spoken) rules about double pacelines and speed. The main differences seem to be that there is a leader with our rides, and they tend not to be year 'round. Some are only winter, some only in nice weather. Maybe I will try to start the club run tradition. <BR/><BR/>What happens if it's raining? Do club members call each other?<BR/><BR/>Also, Dave, what are you all wearing? Looks like wool tights and knee socks - probably about 5 sheep had to get shaved for the wool in that photo alone!Ragshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03911569502588656531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-64326851477723276002007-11-19T09:00:00.000-05:002007-11-19T09:00:00.000-05:00Rumor has it that the new owners of Sturmey-Archer...Rumor has it that the new owners of Sturmey-Archer are considering a production run of a 3-speed, fixed gear hub, similar to the model ASC that you mentioned in this post. Let's hope they do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-76216461949285889322007-11-19T07:17:00.000-05:002007-11-19T07:17:00.000-05:00It is great to see I have a good UK following, and...It is great to see I have a good UK following, and that club runs continue. <BR/><BR/>Yes that is Paul Finch and he was riding one of my frames in the piture.Dave Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556183205157714280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-39182509426381944232007-11-19T07:02:00.000-05:002007-11-19T07:02:00.000-05:00Still plenty of club runs in NW London (Kenton RC,...Still plenty of club runs in NW London (Kenton RC, Willsesden CC etc.). Similar 'rules' to the ones you mention. Is that Paul Finch riding next to you in the WSJ photo?lancewritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561476292786468979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-19724147417832382272007-11-19T05:26:00.000-05:002007-11-19T05:26:00.000-05:00Our club has a healthy club run scene, up to 3 gro...Our club has a healthy club run scene, up to 3 groups dependant on ability and a cafe stop. It's not as popular as it was 20 years ago though. Now it is me that has to tell the newcomers to slow down because it is still the social season. I always used to be getting in trouble for "half-wheeling"!Rich Gift Of Linshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17868005278180471114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-64799062023072990782007-11-19T05:13:00.000-05:002007-11-19T05:13:00.000-05:00Hi Dave,Yes, it continues: I regularly rode with t...Hi Dave,<BR/><BR/>Yes, it continues: I regularly rode with the Central London CTC on Sundays. It's part of my theory why most cyclists are atheists, because they are on a bike instead of in a church on Sunday mornings! What do you think?<BR/><BR/>HuwHuwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346671593949866026noreply@blogger.com