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The book is 'Confessions of a Conjuror'. Any reason why you prefer Tally-Ho's over Bicycles?

cc100 wrote:The book is 'Confessions of a Conjuror'. Any reason why you prefer Tally-Ho's over Bicycles?

I thought that it was one of his public books. As for tally-ho's over bikes, I prefer them because of their over all quality. The slightly thicker stock which adds both longer life and snap. They stand up well to getting sweaty but most of all I just prefer the look of them.

I like both back designs but I prefer circle backs.

For the little extra price per deck I think it's definatly worth it.

Apart from the look, there is technically no difference between Bicycle and Tally-Ho cards. They share the same stock, the same finish and the same printing process.
I know this because I recently had a chat with the USPCC people, when arranging to have my own cards printed.
T.

Right ok, I've never used Tally-Ho's myself but I might buy some next time I need some new cards. I agree that the circle back design looks really nice, I'll have to try them out sometime. Thanks for the advice hds02115

To contribute to this thread (sorry for leading it off on a tangent!), I prefer red bikes though I'm not entirely sure why. I guess they just look nicer in some way, or maybe because I started off with blue I got a bit fed up with them and fancied a change.

Ted wrote:Apart from the look, there is technically no difference between Bicycle and Tally-Ho cards. They share the same stock, the same finish and the same printing process.
I know this because I recently had a chat with the USPCC people, when arranging to have my own cards printed.
T.

That's interesting because I've got the thicker stock from somewhere and I'm sure I'm not making it up. So this either used to be true or someone somewhere is guilty of false advertising. Regardless of what you've been told, in my experiance, tally-ho's stand the test of time better than bikes. Here's an example.

I had a deck of tally-ho's in a bag on the floor of a train. Some b***** didn't take their cup of coffee with them when they got off and so during the ride it fell on the floor slowly soaking into my bag, and the deck within. After letting the deck dry the cards aren't warped, spread and fan smoothly and just generally they kept going.

Alternativly I remember having a deck of bicycles in a pocket one day when I was caught off guard by the rain. These cards were all warped out of shape and generally as useful as a pack of cards you'd find in a christmas cracker.

This may just be me defending my favourites but I'm not against bicycles. I just think this is an impressive comparison when you consider the first deck soaked up coffee, not even just water like the other.

I definatly recommmend them.

It's a matter of personal taste. I don't care all the much, and use both, as well as some Karnival decks.

i agree im not that keen on the karnival decks the little white splodge that indicates where the card is when you ribbon spread is rather clever though
there a bit dark and scary looking and i don't think it would appeal to everyone where as bicycle rider backs are much simpler and the audience don't care that's my opinion though