rich p said:It's a bit of an own goal, I suppose, but surely no-one joins the CTC to buy a touring bike. There are many other reasons why I joined the club but that's not one of them.
Are you sure you're not just picking a fight for the sake of it?
Yes people would join the CTC to get a discount Touring Bike.
You would have thought the CTC could negotiate a decent members only discount from several suppliers and then sell them via the Wiggle website.
The original reason I joined the CTC many years ago was because of the discount offered using the BikeExpress for a trip to France.
The discount for two of us was greater than the amount the trip cost so I got my membership for 'free' and in those days I also got access to the touring maps which were not available all over the net like they are now. The Insurance issue was an added bonus later