Article on cycling in the thirties

[Amy]

Rode to my parents' for lunch today and Mum showed me this [url=http://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/sport-and-leisure/a-surrey-cycling-fantatic/]article on cycling in the thirties[/url] in the Essential Surrey magazine - shows there's nothing new under the sun Traffic, the cyclist instinct to find tea...

[Andrew G]

Good to see a tub figure of eight round the shoulders again

[Amy]

The hard copy had a couple of different pics - including one of cycle racing at Brooklands.

[Amy]

Forgot to say that my Dad has decided not to renew his CTC membership - he's been a member continuously since 1954 (he got a certificate in 2004 from the CTC congratulating him on 50 years as a member).

[Roy Green]

I recently had a CTC certificate congratulating me on 10 years' membership, Amy. Doubt if I'll ever equal your dad!

[Amy]

[quote="Roy Green"]I recently had a CTC certificate congratulating me on 10 years' membership, Amy. Doubt if I'll ever equal your dad!

[Amy]

Found some more historic stuff on cycling in Surrey.

This is quite an entertaining write-up of the [url=http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/ripley/]Ripley Road history[/url].

This made me laugh ““Riding the Ripley road” was so popular that it came in for criticism in some quarters. In June 1885, Wheel World sniffed: “The Ripley Road craze is positively harmful to cyclists; men would be infinitely better in all respects for varying the direction of their journeyings.””

And this - [url]http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/category/women-and-cycling/[/url] - is hilarious.

And as for this, [url]http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS18990515.2.64&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0--[/url] thankfully there isn’t quite such blatant sexism around any more.

[Roy Green]

"And as for this, thankfully there isn’t quite such blatant sexism around any more."

Haven't seen you in bloomers yet, Amy ! Some interesting stuff you have found for us there.

[Amy]

[quote="Roy Green"]"And as for this, thankfully there isn’t quite such blatant sexism around any more."

Haven't seen you in bloomers yet, Amy ! Some interesting stuff you have found for us there.