As posted previously we attended the York Cycle Show. The timing of this CTC event seems to suffer regularly from the onset of that lengthy damp period between the Great British Summer and the Great British Autumn. The regularity with which rain puts a damper on the event seems to be telling, as footfall appeared to be markedly lower this year. That being said it was mostly dry on the day.

From a velomobile or human powered vehicle perspective the timing now also clashes with the Dutch HPV event Cycle Vision, and this year the show was preceded in the UK by the Human Powered Vehicle World Championships. This likely went someway to explaining the absence of the BHPC stand from this year’s show.

Despite this disappointment, time was not altogether wasted. Less attendees made for more space for one’s self and gave better opportunity to browse what was on offer at the trade show. As the only major event of it’s kind in this part of the country it is well worth attending as there are prospects for picking up some good show bargains.

While there were no velomobiles, unlike 2011 when Velovision were displaying Trisled’s Rotovelo, Peter Eland had his usual stand where I was able to pick up a discounted copy of David Henshaw’s Electric Bicycles and have a brief chat with Peter.

Of related recumbent interest, Get Cycling were displaying a Sinner Comfort and a Tripod lean steering trike.

As well as general information on Get Cycling’s activities I was also able to buy a discounted copy of Cyclorama, the new coffee table book version of what is available on their Ciyclorama website. With a prominent number 1 on the front cover they make it quite clear that they intend to publish updated versions in a similar manner to the original Encycleopedia from Open Road, the company from which came both Velovision and Get Cycling.

While not what I was originally hoping for the visit was still worthwhile.