2011-04-09 Sat - The London Tweed Run 3

Can we please bury the hatchet now, as there are obviously a lot of people who care about this event on this forum and I don't want to be the cause of inter-cyclist fighting, or the source of negative feelings.

+1 and i think anyone who can't accept an apology is ungracious/immature

KiwiMike, when you get out of the nursery (3 or more posts and being on the forum for 24hrs) pm Teddy or Jacqui on here, to discuss your thoughts/feelings/issues about the Tweed Run, as they are the organisers, navigators of the Tweed Run.

I was going to spend a bit of time defending the forum and how people on here defend their own, but if you stay here for any length of time past this situation you'll see that for yourself.

Personally having seen some of the comments and insinuation, that occurred across facebook and this forum it should just be noted that just because you are pissed at a situation doesn't mean you have the right to make out the organisers are idiots/sexist/incompetent in how they are planning an event which is getting more and more oversubscribed every year.
It went from being closed in 45mins to closed in under 7mins from last year to this.

Shenanigans has every right to organise a ride in whichever fabric she so chooses, but to make out that anyone can organise an event/ride like the tweed run on a regular basis and have it run as smoothly as it does is a nonsense.

I'm sure Jacqui and Teddy are working on all sorts of ways to make sure that future Tweed Runs are just as good if not better than previous ones and also on ways to make sure more people can attend/participate, but with the numbers on the ride capped there will always be those who will be disappointed. And there is nothing that anyone can do about that.

excellent post.
and good to meet you yesterday (i'm simon, was sat opposite you and konijn at souths)