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 View the magazine chapters as PDFs Attachment Size Cover 860.27 KB Contents 301.66 KB News 1.21 MB Shop window - new products for Christmas 402.89 KB Letters 325.54 KB CTC and me - Mark Waters 155.15 KB The last post - Postal deliveries by bicycle are now a rarity and not the norm. Postman John Craggs reflects on his cycling career 249.81 KB 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 Ainsley 818.07 KB 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 why 473.87 KB 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 packraft 1.08 MB 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 Netherlands 442.99 KB 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 suggestions 520.22 KB 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 bad 1.18 MB Q&A - Reflecting on pedals; 20’s plenty – but for whom?; Bike for forest trails; Diabetic cycling food; Flat bar road shifters; Replacement gear hangers 495.2 KB 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 Traveller 710.03 KB Hase Kettwiesel Allround - CTC Cycle Champion Seamus Kelly tests a delta-format recumbent trike with a huge range of special needs adaptations available for it 549.61 KB Kinesis Racelight TK2 - Cycling journalist Mike Davis reviews a good example of a surprisingly rare breed: a sporty, mudguard-ready road bike 297.99 KB 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 panniers 390.72 KB Gear up - Burley D’Lite child trailer; Topeak RX Beam Rack & RX DXP Trunkbag; Crank Brothers Power Pump Pro; Spy lamp 643.43 KB Member benefits 500.99 KB Whats on 153.44 KB Contacts 194 KB Blind tandem ride; Honeymoon grand tour 514.48 KB Cycle Magazine
