Your local group of the RSF the off-road cycle touring club
For cyclists who love off road leisure cycling in South Lakes and Yorkshire Dales
Part of the ‘Where the Brew Stop? The off-road cycle touring website’. The site about
off-road cycle touring routes, cyclist’s cafes, local group events of the RSF, the
South Lakes Group and good photos.
Photos of A. G. Woodwards 1951 Thanet bike by Ron Tandy.
Last year I acquired A. G. Woodwards ( A.G.Woodwards was the Editor of the Rough-Stuff
Journal from 1968 to 1991) 1951 Thanet and Simeon gave me some really interesting
information about A.G. I rode his bike last year around Bristol and brought it back
to California. I have kept it as I found it except I changed the pedals to Cyclo
Rat Trap and added a Carradice Saddlebag. Last week I took the Thanet for a ride
on the Pacific Coast Highway Bike Trail. The weather was the usual California sunshine
and I took a couple of photos to let you know that A. G.'S bike is still being used.
There is no rough stuff here but the bike is still alive. I have come to believe
that old bikes have a soul, as they definitely have a personality, and eventually
go to bike heaven. After all, how could it be heaven without a bike. I tell anyone
on the bike trail about the RSF whenever they ask about A. G.'s Thanet. Best Regards
Ron Tandy.
The photos were taken at Huntington Beach . Ron hopes the above photos will stimulate
some conversation about A. G. Woodward and that sometimes old bikes never die. Why
not post comment on the forum about these photos!
You can click here to see 51st anniversary ride of the unveiling of the Wayfarer
Memorial stone or you can click here to checkout other RSF photo galleries on the
web.
