Voyage à vélo: faut-il adhérer à une association?
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Voyage à vélo: faut-il adhérer à une association?

by Veloescargot

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Veloescargot
RegularSud Ouest Mais l'Est me Tente · 86 posts
Bonjour cyclo-voyageuse, cyclo-voyageur, bretonne, breton, belge, belge, mon petit écureuil…🙂

Le très intéressant post «Comment dépenser 71€ par jour en voyageant à vélo...? » invite aujourd’hui cette bonne question : faut-il adhérer à une association? Aider à la faire vivre…l’améliorer.

FFCT: beaucoup, beaucoup de concentrations, de voyages proposées (Paris Pékin 2008 !!!!), de services, d’assistanat….( !?)…et quelques bénévoles. La tendance cyclo-performances est en contradiction avec les statuts et la bonne parole des dirigeants: pas de compétitions !!!

Ou ? Et ?

CCI (170 fois moins d’adhérents)…grosse différence : l’autonomie ! Nota : c’est une auberge espagnole…Nous y trouvons ce que nous y apportons… A propos ! nous rejoignons nos amis ccistes pour l’Ascension à VERNOUX, en Ardèche.

Et bien d’autres associations « défense de bicyclette de tout poil »…

Nous ne parlerons pas des sportifs…quoique ?????? : il doit s’en trouver un, accro au vélo et au rêve! Ou, se contenter du fourmillement de ce forum et des rencontres au croisements des chemins ???

Merci au passage à Chburz et à Wilk pour avoir promotionné CCI Et à luclyon, françonet…pour avoir expliquer la FFCT

« La Liberté ? D’accord ! Mais avec un petit vélo, par le chemin des écoliers » Georges nous a encouragés, hier encore, au téléphone

à bientôt
LU Luclyon Veteran ·
Bonjour,

Pour moi CCI et FFCT sont différents mais tous 2 utiles

Le CCI est une association La FFCT est une fédération d'association ; généralement on adhère à un club (une association) qui adhèrent à une ou des fédé.

Le CCI pour moi, regroupe des voyageurs ... qui utilise la bicyclette (tricycle??) Un club FFCT regroupe des cyclistes qui se promènent, font du tourisme...

Les 2 sont utiles La première favorise les échanges, les discutions ; elle fait peu pour organiser une pratique collective (les quinzaine??) car le cyclo voyageur n'est pas très attiré par le voyage en groupe. Tu signales "A propos ! nous rejoignons nos amis ccistes pour l’Ascension à VERNOUX, en Ardèche" et je pense y aller (maintenant que je le sais, merci pour l'info), non pas en participant à un voyage mais pour échanger.

Un club permet de faire, de pratiquer le vélo "ensemble" et en profitant d'une certaine organisation. Hier, j'ai fait l'"Octocote" une randonnée organisée par un club (AC3F) du Nord de Lyon. Le circuit était très bien balisé, j'ai découvert des routes, des itinéraires que je ne connaissais pas, sans sortir la carte, en pédalant dans des groupes d'inconnus, et en papotant aux ravitos .... tenu par des bénévoles ... Il n'y avait pas de classement (pas compét) mais il fallait quand même appuyer sur les pédales (performance personnelle).

Mais au delà de cette vision d'utilisateur il y en a une autre : Politiquement (au sens noble du terme, organisation de la société) les associations peuvent influer sur les décisions concertants la petite reine et les fédé importantes ont plus de poids.

Une association n'est pas qu'un lieu de consommation. Elle ne doit pas être regardé avec des lunettes à la TF1 (style je prend bêtement un prix et je divise pas un nombre de jours pour obtenir un chiffre tape à l'oeil sans aucun sens* ....mais ça fait de l'audience...on se pose en dénonciateurs d'arnaque et ... on bavasse)

Je trouve que tu as la dent durs avec la FFCT. Il y a principalement des bénévoles dans les clubs qui organisent beaucoup de "concentrations" ... Est ce un mal? Il y a comme dans toutes organisation une bureaucratie à sa tête mais les organisations basées uniquement sur le bénévolat peinent à survivre.

Tu amalgames un peu compétition et performances ce qui est discutable... je connais un cyclo campeur qui, prétentieux, prend une photo au col.😉 "Z'avez vu les mollets qu'j'ai ...j'ai fait un col du tour de France 🤪"



Les clubs étant variés, certains adhèrent à la FFCT et à la FFC et à l'UFOLEP ; dans ce type de clubs l'esprit compet est plus présents que dans ceux qui ne font partie que de la FFCT. Mais de là à dire que la pratique est en contradiction avec les statuts!!!! Je vois que dans le WE Ardéches du CCI il est prévu des circuits....Crois tu qu'à aucun moment, dans une belle cote, il n'y aura personne pour "poser une petite mine" et ensuite attendre les autres au sommet, car le plaisir c'est d'être ensemble...

Luc

* toute allusion au titre du post "71euros par jour" est totalement volontaire
VE Veloescargot Regular ·
Bonjour,

Loin de moi la pensée d’avoir une dent dure contre la FFCT Même pas la dent de lait… avant que j’organise quelques bricoles dans ses diverses structures au fil des années …Et… je continue à être adhérent-bénévole FFCT ? j’ai écrit des articles pour la revue que je conseille très vivement…(la revue…pas les articles !) Pour le reste, d’accord avec toi…vive le vélo 🙂 et ses plus diverses utilisations. Toutefois dans ce forum, il s’agit de voyager à vélo…Le vocable Tourisme englobe cette euh ?…mouvance. Cyclo Camping International est une confrérie qui regroupe et informe ceux qui voyagent à vélo sans assistance, ni aide motorisée Elle est entièrement animée par des bénévoles et chaque adhérent est invité à la faire vivre. Elle est un lieu de rencontres et d’échanges à partir des expériences de chacune et de chacun, où ceux qui rêvent de voyages et d’aventures, petites ou grandes, peuvent trouver informations, conseils, parfois coéquipiers, pour se préparer à partir.

Je n’ai même pas la dent dure contre l’assistanat…à chacun la libertad de choisir…

Sa fédération, son association, son groupuscule, sa bande de potes…

Par contre FFC…UFOLEP… ???.(que je peux respecter...hors sujet ?!?!). Si tu fais un voyage à vélo autour du monde…ce sera le plus vite possible ?

Etais tu à Vernoux, le W E passé ?

A bientôt, au cours d’une quinzaine ?

Alain

« La Liberté ? D’accord ! Mais avec un petit vélo, par le chemin des écoliers » Georges nous a encouragés, hier encore, au téléphone
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