CycleClips 21 November 2014

By Julie Rand
Friday, 21 November 2014
Cyclists on the road
Keep up-to-date with all the latest cycling news in this week's CycleClips. Read about: Space for Cycling;Blazing Saddles in Scotland; Jeremy Vine, Bono and park life; Cycle Campaign News- November issue; Get radical; Hillclimb Girl; London calling; and CTC Gift Membership.

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Dear CTC supporter,

 
Registration is now closed but spaces are still available for the CTC-CycleNation Conference this weekend in London - payment will be cash only on the door. Come along to listen to a range of speakers talking about cycling, meet fellow campaigners and join CTC staff and others for social events and led bike rides in the capital. 
 

Julie Rand, CTC Information Team
 
 
 
 
 
In addition to supporting our campaigning work CTC members enjoy a range of benefits including Third Party insurance; 'Cycle' magazine 6 times a year; and discounts with retailers such as Cotswold Outdoor. Why not give Gift CTC membership to a friend or family.
 
 
 
 
 
Grand designs in Manchester
 
Manchester recently came second in CTC’s league table of political support in eight Core Cities in England, with 41% of councillors supporting Space for Cycling. An inspirational new video shows how an ambitious plan to redesign a major route in the city will segregate buses and taxis from pedestrians and cyclists. Meanwhile, Newcastle came out top in the list, with the backing of 67% of councillors but Sheffield could only manage a paltry 11%.
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Return your tickets now!
 
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CTC’s Grand Draw total stands at an amazing £56,328. But you still have time to return your ticket stubs before the deadline on Monday 24 November. The prize draw will be made next Friday 28 November. Prizes include £3,000 in cash; a Surly Cross Check bike; plus many more. You will also be helping to support CTC’s vital campaigning and inclusive cycling work.
 
Help blaze a trail for all-ability cycling
 
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CTC partner project Blazing Saddles is one of the shortlisted charities in with a chance of winning £48,435. The grant would enable the scheme to purchase a fleet of adapted bikes, helping develop all-ability cycling centres across Scotland. The People’s Millions phone vote number will be revealed on Monday 24 November.
 
Park life
 
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BBC TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine was stopped for speeding this week – on his bike! Caught by police using a radar gun in Hyde Park doing 16mph rather than the limit of 5mph, Vine apologised but later tweeted: "If cyclists are forced to travel at walking pace, they will return to the roads and mix it with trucks." Meanwhile, singer Bono suffered serious injuries while cycling in Central Park.
 
Cycle Campaign News - November issue
 
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CTC’s round-up of campaigning news has all the latest on Space for Cycling; the draft Cycling Delivery Plan; lower drink-drive limits for Scotland; the Big Bike Revival; the New Forest cycling grant; cycling in the media; the Welsh Active Travel Act; campaigning publication reviews; and much, much more.
 
Get radical
 
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Those readers of a certain age might remember Radical Rick, a kind of cartoon predecessor of trials rider Danny MacAskill, whose latest video shows him looping-the-loop on a barge on the River Thames. Unlike Danny, however, Rick rode a BMX – BBC take note! – and was the creation of artist Damian Fulton. In a recent interview, he explains the inspiration behind his cycling superhero.
 
The Wiggo effect continues
 
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Another cartoon superhero takes centre stage in an extraordinary film from Japan. ‘Hillclimb Girl’ features a young Japanese schoolgirl who is inspired by Bradley Wiggins’ epic ride in the Tour de France to try and beat her male school friend up a hill. Swapping her school skirt for Team Sky’s Lycra, her fierce determination to win is shown in the amazingly detailed illustrations.
 
London calling
 
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The London Bike Show returns to ExCel from 12–15 February 2015, with plenty of gear to browse and buy, exciting features to watch and take part in, and everything any road, mountain, urban or family cyclist could ever need. CTC members can buy discounted tickets to the show up to 31 December by logging in to our website and obtaining the exclusive code.
 
CTC Gift Membership - the best present for cyclists
 
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Buy CTC Christmas Gift Membership for the cyclist in your life - a present that keeps giving all year round. By buying a gift for someone to join CTC, not only will you be supporting our valuable work as a charity, but they'll receive many benefits, including £10m third party insurance and six copies of our magazine 'Cycle'. Plus we're giving away a set of Lezyne lights worth £29.99!
 
 
 
 
 

Julie Rand has edited CycleClips since 2011 and has been working at CTC in various guises since 2001.
 
 
 
 

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