Author Topic: Winged Wheels  (Read 62712 times)

Salvatore

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #25 on: 17 November, 2009, 08:12:23 pm »
Alfriston, Sussex, c. 1990 from Sludgegulper's flickr photostream.

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

clarion

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #26 on: 16 November, 2011, 09:37:48 pm »
Quick bump
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #27 on: 16 November, 2011, 09:59:16 pm »
I wish I had something spotted to post in this thread, I much prefer the Winged Wheel to the squidgy bike symbol they have now.
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Martin

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #28 on: 16 November, 2011, 10:05:37 pm »
I've used the pub in Horsted Keynes as a start / finish for a relaibility trial on the basis that they had the plaque so...

actually they were fine (Greene King pub in Land of Harveys; they need the business  ;))

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #29 on: 16 November, 2011, 10:17:47 pm »
Dolphin Hotel, Fore Street, Beer
Sorry about the street view link.  I was there last week for the bun fight after a funeral & didn't have a camera.

deliquium

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #30 on: 17 November, 2011, 02:12:07 pm »
The delightful Royal Oak in Penrhyndeudraeth - very doubtful it welcomes cyclists anymore. And you wouldn't want to try and enter wearing SPD sandals as the pavement is usually ankle deep in fag ends and sputum - allegedly?



MAN ARRESTED AFTER PULLING GUN

Salvatore

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #31 on: 17 November, 2011, 05:06:39 pm »
The delightful Royal Oak in Penrhyndeudraeth - very doubtful it welcomes cyclists anymore. And you wouldn't want to try and enter wearing SPD sandals as the pavement is usually ankle deep in fag ends and sputum - allegedly?

It was on that street that John Harwood was assaulted on the Bryan Chapman a few years ago.

And here it is circa 1875, before it got its CTC sign. I wouldn't fancy running the gauntlet of this ugly bunch.

[The High Street, Penrhyndeudraeth] by LlGC ~ NLW, on Flickr
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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Salvatore

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #32 on: 17 November, 2011, 08:35:42 pm »
The Red Lion at Llanfihangel-Nant-Melan used to have one (at least it looks like one between the two upstairs windows)

Red Lion Inn, Llanfihangel-Nant-Melan by LlGC ~ NLW, on Flickr

but doesn't any more
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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #33 on: 17 November, 2011, 08:47:03 pm »
On a house in Ingleton.




That's the Dales one I was thinking of on the other thread - Thanks!

clarion

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #34 on: 20 November, 2011, 07:48:30 pm »
Alfriston, Sussex, c. 1990 from Sludgegulper's flickr photostream.



And today:

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #35 on: 22 November, 2011, 09:47:21 am »
This one is in Haworth, on the Black Bull inn, associated with Branwell Bronte (not a member of CTC, as far as I know).


Oscar's dad

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #36 on: 23 November, 2011, 08:55:18 am »
Returning from our trip along the Peddars Way last October I spotted this ...



... on The George Hotel in Cley, north Norfolk.

I made a point of explaining to the landlord what he had on his wall and how it might be nice if he looked after it.  He was quite busy so it was difficult to gauge his response.

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #37 on: 28 November, 2011, 08:54:02 pm »
Should not YACF be planting its own signage in yonder spots?
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Oscar's dad

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #38 on: 28 November, 2011, 08:58:25 pm »
Should not YACF be planting its own signage in yonder spots?

Not a bad idea although I dread to think what would be on the signs. Currently the only way we leave our mark is having a nocturnal wee in the ford at Terling.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #39 on: 28 November, 2011, 09:15:36 pm »
I think that's an idea with a certain panache and utility together. For instance, some metal plaques to the same design as our badges. But I expect that would cost a lot more than badges! And persuading cafes, hostelries, even bike shops to display them might not be as easy as in days of yore. Finally, would they require planning permission? Much easier and cheaper, even though not so classy or long-lived, to produce stickers.
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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #40 on: 28 November, 2011, 09:23:15 pm »
Isnt it hugely sad that the CTC does not place any value on these things any more?
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #41 on: 28 November, 2011, 09:35:26 pm »
Indeed it is. It's also sad that we all, generally, don't value old signs much. I'm thinking of, for instance, old painted advertisements you see on shop walls. Those are difficult to preserve but Winged Wheels are a part of social history.

I wonder what the AA's attitude is to the old black and yellow "Safety first, 102 3/4 miles to London" signs you still see on old garages and hotels?
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #42 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:04:15 pm »
There were posts upthread about the CTC trying to quietly forget about the Winged Wheel.

So how come it's on the cover of Cycle magazine? Looks like the original one, too, rather than the redesign of 1990-odd.
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Oscar's dad

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #43 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:11:58 pm »
Can one purchase these things from the ctc?Actually I realise you cant cos the b&b 3 doors down from where this sign is has one of those vynil peel on stickers in its window. ???This being the one 2 boxs up from here .

CTC is trying to quietly forget the winged wheel in favour of the newer logo.  However, it is being kept alive by a few stalwarts - plus if CTC wants to use its powers to erect road signs, they have to bear the winged wheel symbol.

You can get cloth badges with tee winged wheel on them - but not from CTC directly.  I don't think they produce the winged wheel version of the 'Cyclists Welcome' signs/stickers any more.

I am proud to say I have a winged wheel cloth badge stitched to my Carradice Barley.  I bought the badge from the CTC during my first cycling career which was at it's height during the mid to late 1980s.

Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #44 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:14:26 pm »
What was wrong with the Winged Wheel anyways? Lovely symbol and piece of cycling history instead of the current inchoate mess?

Frere

Oscar's dad

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #45 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:15:47 pm »
What was wrong with the Winged Wheel anyways? Lovely symbol and piece of cycling history instead of the current inchoate mess?

Frere

Couldn't agree more.  It's a design classic with a real heritage .

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #46 on: 16 April, 2012, 12:34:22 pm »


This was in a canalside pub in Bradford-on-Avon. It had obviously ended up there as part of a joblot of "historical" signs to add "atmosphere".
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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #47 on: 17 April, 2012, 12:31:09 am »
Certainly atmospheric to me!

clarion

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #48 on: 20 May, 2012, 10:33:10 pm »
Ripe:

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Re: Winged Wheels
« Reply #49 on: 20 May, 2012, 10:47:02 pm »
What was wrong with the Winged Wheel anyways? Lovely symbol and piece of cycling history instead of the current inchoate mess?

Frere

Couldn't agree more.  It's a design classic with a real heritage .

Apart from the Old English initials.