London 1st Concours d'Elegance

Hi All ,
Have been mulling an idea for the last few weeks about some kind of **Concours d'Elegance **show here in Londons Famous London. Would be a good chance for the great and the good to get their finest machines out for an all out to see. The idea is to mirror something like the Pebble Beach show but for bikes. Classic bikes, unusual bikes, bikes with history, unique bikes, chrome and shiny bikes or maybe just your pride and joy. I think a team of judges should be selected, categories set up criteria selcted for the judging points system and then all we have to do is get lucky with the weather.

Like I say it is just an idea currently and needs to be fleshed out but any thoughts ideas volunteers welcome, maybe we could merge it with another big event happening in the coming months and have it as a side event ? Is there a Tarck Day still to come this summer ? Is there a Polo Tournie that would welcome this being tacked on the side. Film Festival ?

It'll be just like the Bike Porn thread but in the flesh.

Nice idea Diki. Anti porn as well? Bike locking comp for spectators?

Sounds awesome. London needs stuff like this.

@ joe.s
like i say any ideas are welcome anti porn could be a laugh people creating special frankenbikes specially for that day

It'll be just like the Bike Porn thread but in the flesh.

So what you want is a big mutual masturbation and bitching session. I don't think there is a venue big enough in London to hold all of the egos, you may have to goto Birmingham.

Great idea, dicki... I was talking to your housemate about doing something similar a while ago... Here to help if you need me... Herne Hill would be an ideal venue for this...

And shut up, Tommy... ;P

excel centre tommy
we might just get crazy / dancing james's head inside that venue

excel centre tommy
we might just get crazy james's head inside that venue

crazy james does not post that often these days

sorry dancing i did mean you !!

tommy i volunteer you as first judge
you can cut through all the mutual masturbation and the big ego's and get to the heart of the matter
you have an eye for a quality bike you are not part of any clique you are a free thinking man
no better choice for one of the judges
are you in ?

NO idiotic idea
people will want to bring their geared bikes to be judged

If you sorted this out properly you could get a celeb judge; Chas Roberts, Monty Young, Barrie Witcomb (wherever he's disappeared to) or someone like that?

what about your idea of the bikes being ridden to the location though
that was much better ! bikes must be rideable and maybe even a few cones to swerve around a sort of auto test for bikes to prove their roadworthyness

i don't know anyone famous apart from a few BBC reporters and they usually do the cat stuck up in the tree kind of stories

i like the idea. the vcc day at herne hill gets lots of beautiful bicycles and the owners are always happy to talk about their bicycles and how they came to own them but time is always rushed. must add jumble and picnic

Modern and old bikes should be allowed I think. There are some peaches built in the last 10 years amongst the forumengers, I think we should be all inclusive.

Do it at the next track day.

judges must wear panama hats and chinos

If you sorted this out properly you could get a celeb judge; Chas Roberts, Monty Young, Barrie Witcomb (wherever he's disappeared to) or someone like that?

we only need edscoble.

i don't want a cargo bike winning this !

in fact i may start taking bribes now !

Lots of catagories no doubt?
Tarck
Vintage Tarck
Stealth
HHSB
Cargo
etc
Along with the pengy award for dirtiest anti?

Tarck
Vintage Tarck
Stealth
HHSB
Cargo
etc
Along with the pengy award for dirtiest anti?
best bike for life

tandem category perhaps ed ?

the bikes should be competing against each other across the whole plethora of bikes just one winner
and some " well done for bringing your rig down " awards

this sounds like a great idea

Surely an infinite number of catagories, 30 odd judges, bitching, drunken arguments over loosing a point due a spoke nipple not being aligned correctly and with armfuls of cheap trophies from the engravers thrown in for good measure would in the true spirit of the forum i feel...
Horatios tandem is badass, as is mc nebula's one and isn't someone building a tarck one as well?