CTC Gazette, Vol 1914, No 2
Articles in this issue
- Appeals to members to renew subscriptions promptly and to recruit friends who own machines but have not yet joined the C.T.C.
- Discusses Board of Trade accident statistics used to attack the safety of cycling, and reports Marcel Berthet's streamlined-bicycle trial reaching 36 m.p.h. over five kilometres.
- 'The Wanderer' surveys recent travel literature that mentions cycling, including Mr. Fairfield's tour by Tweedside past Abbotsford and Melrose in the footsteps of Sir Walter Scott.
- Reader-submitted touring notes including a late-October bicycle tour from Warrenpoint along the North Antrim coast to the Giant's Causeway and Rathlin Island, a Rothenburg/Würzburg cost breakdown, and Spanish kilometric-ticket advice.
- 'No. 6821' describes a coastal ride from Winchelsea and Rye through Lydd, Dungeness, Dover, Deal and Sandwich to Reculver, Whitstable and across to the Isle of Sheppey and Sheerness.
- G. Bradley Smith rides from Hereford through Hay-on-Wye and Brecon to the Beacons, Llandovery, Carmarthen and Tenby, taking in Llanstephan Castle and a ferry crossing at Langharne.
- 'A. I.' tours the French Alps from Grenoble via La Mure, the Col d'Ornon, Briançon and the Galibier pass, with notes on gearing, Scaife soles and the Voyage en France guidebooks.
- A suggested route from Manchester to Lincoln via Cheadle, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, recommending Lincoln Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace ruins and Stow Church.
- A tour of the Sussex Downs taking in Steyning, Pulborough, Bramber and Arundel Castle before finishing at New Shoreham's Norman church, quoting Swinburne.
- Three friends sailing from Hull tour Holland and northern Belgium by cycle, crossing the Zuider Zee to Lemmer, visiting Amsterdam, Edam and Bruges, and returning via Antwerp and Rotterdam.
- A rider crosses Provence from Beaucaire and Tarascon to Avignon and on to the Nice and Cannes Carnival for Mardi Gras, continued in a later issue.
- Douglas Leechman, M.I.A.E., explains damp-related Bosch magneto contact-breaker failures and clarifies lighting-order requirements for motor-cycles fitted with sidecars.
- Mabel Richards writes on the pleasures of winter riding in hard, dry weather following the Christmas season.
- 'Captain Currie' compiles club miscellany, including the Metropolitan District Association's 432 runs in the past year and a failed damages action after a member's sister was injured by a motorist.
- A guide to choosing between platinotype, carbon, self-toning, bromide and gaslight printing papers according to negative density and contrast.
- Extracts from the Highway Act 1835 and Local Government Act 1888 setting out cyclists' and other road-users' legal obligations, including lamp and warning-bell requirements.
- Report of the January Council meeting in London chaired by Lt.-Col. C. H. L. Baskerville, covering committee appointments, the re-election of officers and investment policy for the Reserve Fund.
- Notice of the Annual General Meeting on 13th March and a reminder that the 5s. annual subscription became due on 1st January, with a late fee after 31st March.
- Member letters covering a dispute over the Rodess automatic inflator, advice on fitting a three-speed hub to a Centaur Featherweight, gear-case maintenance, and defence of motor-cyclists' place in the Club.
- Reports from District Association meetings including Birmingham and Midland's AGM electing J. Bardell president, Manchester's committee meeting, and the Metropolitan D.A.'s update on the Brooks legal case.