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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 11 No.2 September 2014 !22

This Is An Official Notice From Your Committee
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To Buy(cycle) or not…………………
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At a recent club management meeting a proposal by our President was approved by
the Committee, to acquire perhaps even several vintage bicycles. An expenditure budget
was also agreed. The idea behind this project is to obtain appropriate machines that the
President, Club Officers or members, could use to participate in events such as the
Benson Veteran Cycle ride, and our own Hampton Court ride.
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The search is therefore on for one or two machines, ideally pre-1929 manufacture,
probably having pneumatic tyres, brakes and possibly some form of gearing. It is
acknowledged that machines of this era may be quite expensive, so the specification isn’t
carved in stone.
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Sgt Buzfuz has a contact at Transport Collector Auctions who have advised that they
may be able to help, with an early sighting of the catalogue for the upcoming auction on
October 11 , thus enabling the club to source said machines at that event. Mr Dumkins
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can accommodate storage and maintenance of the machine(s) if space is a problem.
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If any club member has knowledge of suitable machine(s), or owns a velocipede of the
relevant era that they are prepared to offer or donate to the club, then please contact
our President or the Hon Secretary.
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Thank you on behalf of the Committee