CTC, Cyclists Special, 1955: Out for a cushy ride
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cute
cute
No lycra , no ...
No lycra , no helmets AHHHHHHHHHH........ the good life!
And not a helmet in ...
And not a helmet in sight...
A cafe car serving ...
A cafe car serving real food... You'd be lucky to get a couple of expensive pre-packaged plastic sandwiches and a cup of pig-swill coffee these days. My how we've gone backwards.
No ATBs/MTBs, no ...
No ATBs/MTBs, no lycra, no cycling shoes, no fancy energy foods and drinks; just tourers and ordinary bikes and clothes with tea lemonade and beer to keep you going. If only life could be this simple again.
Ah, excellent - two ...
Ah, excellent - two of my vices in one. Willesden Junction Low Level platforms if I'm not mistaken.
Its gone to bollox ...
Its gone to bollox because of all the fcking immigrant's and twats that have been let in over the last 20 odd years... This video is so far away from what Great Britain is like now as I am from the MOON.....
look at this...not ...
look at this...not a bit of cardon or lycra to be seen anywhere
angry old gent ...
angry old gent aren't you
@mobydoug Listen ...
@mobydoug Listen again it's Basingstoke.
'You might reach ...
'You might reach Brighton, Bathingstoke, or Bedford....." "RRRugby? Who wants to go to RRugby?" An entire nation of geeks who somehow survived WWII and their own hideous cuisine. The girl in the orange sweater has some erotic potential, but she'll never realize it unless she gets the hell out of the UK. "...the editor .. knows that a cycle tour w/o a map is like new potatoes with a mint." "With this division of labor, a tedious task becomes a lighthearted exercise in....." Or not.
having lived in the ...
having lived in the Rugby area for many years it was great to see how it used to look pre 1970(when i was born) recognised most places including the squirel pub(a fav haunt of mine for many years)
What has happened ...
What has happened to Great Britain? Looks like it was a civilized cyclists' society. Seems like the country has devolved with all the "Road Tax" mumbo. So sad. At least in the U.S., the roads are wide enough to avoid psycho drivers if one is careful; and the Netherlands has a superb network of cycle paths for the entire country!
People are still ...
People are still buying tweed. Theres a tweed cycling club.
Or the leather ...
Or the leather shorts and tweed handlebar grips...
Sure, I see your ...
Sure, I see your point, but if that's the worse thing that happens to you today, then you have a much better life than you realise!
aah the good old ...
aah the good old days. When did cyclists stop wearing shirt and ties? Bring back the tweed shorts and leather handlebar grips!
I'll bring my steel ...
I'll bring my steel 3-speed! Although, a 4-speed hub like the FW or FG would be quite useful too!
Too many captions ...
Too many captions at the beginning. Like painting too many road markings, it soon gets irritating.
my dad worked at ...
my dad worked at stamford hall about 500 yards from the church, in the motorcycle museum, and my sister gave tours of the hall. this would be in the 60s
It's not just cars ...
It's not just cars that were scarce in these days - no obese people or grumphy rail staff. Last time I took my bike on a train I got a bad look for the guard, and told to keep 'the bloody bike out of the corridor'. Charming !
I moved to the ...
I moved to the Rugby area in 1980, and so never saw the West Coast main line without the wires up. Also nice to see how the surrounding countryside looked all those years ago.