HP and I went on our first CTC ride with our DA this weekend. We met at a bus stop in a village on the outskirts of Peterbrough for the ride with no prior knowledge of the route. The secretary (is that the right terminology?) showed up 10 minutes late and, uhm, that was it!
So off we went for a pootle, just the three of us.
Now the secretary is a really nice guy and we had a good chat over a couple of pints in the pub after the ride but he seems to have no idea on how to attract numbers. The day before we’d been in the biggest, best known bike shop in the area when the owner lamented the fact that the CTC don’t give him any details of what they’re doing as he has lots of people wanting to join some sort of organised ride. There are two flourishing cycling clubs but they’re mainly concerned with racing/time trialling.
The DA plan of action is to get some of the existing members along to the Saturday morning rides so that there’s a core of people turning up regularly. Then he will try and attract newcomers.
We made some suggestions for the newcomer rides, for example, a 12 mile ride to a local farmer’s market (and back). Or pick out some historical place of interest (there are many nearby). Also the starting point should be more accessible and with better parking (again there plenty of options). To be honest, despite the encouraging noises made, I don’t expect anything like this to be introduced.
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