2009-01-24 Sat - The Tweed Run I

She should be fine, last time there were a decent number of stops and despite a couple of quicker bits we'd wait for everyone to catch up.

i second the above statement. she will be fine. if she can ride a bicycle she will have a great time. look at the pics and you'll see it was a jolly jaunt rather than a race.

the whole idea of the ride is that it's a slow meander, rather than a sportif. she'll be fine!

anyway multigrooves you couldn't come on the london ride but you managed to go on the washington ride eh?................poser!!

My style is much imitated.

Cheers for the replies, sounds great!
Will start looking out for some suitable attire!

obviously a lot of people on here with much tweed experience. I just got hold of an old Harris tweed jacket on ebay, looking forwards to the March Tweed Run, but by god does it smell.

Is this normal for tweed? Or is it the smell of the previous incumbent? Will dry cleaning help? Will I be shunned by other riders due to the powerful tweed aroma?

^^ the more pungent the aroma , the more propz you get.

if you don't want propz airing and drycleaning will reduce the odour.

There's a tale told that the house of lords has a lingering smell of stale urine (and the ammonia therein) because of it's use in the dye-ing process and how the smell is released when it gets wet. With the amount of sodden tweed (coming from England's famously grey and wet weather) worn in the house back in the olden days, it doesn't sound so implausible..

Whether or not the above is true I don't know but from my experience Tweed does tend to have a distinctive aroma.

^^ the more pungent the aroma , the more propz you get.

if you don't want propz airing and drycleaning will reduce the odour.

gotcha so it's like a status symbol? Was not sure about how the ladies would take it. tried it on this morning when it arrived and my 5 yr old daughter said i smelled funny and looked like a grandad. Now at least I know i should take it as a compliment!

There's a tale told that the house of lords has a lingering smell of stale urine (and the ammonia therein) because of it's use in the dye-ing process and how the smell is released when it gets wet. With the amount of sodden tweed (coming from England's famously grey and wet weather) worn in the house back in the olden days, it doesn't sound so implausible..

Whether or not the above is true I don't know but from my experience Tweed does tend to have a distinctive aroma.

distinctive...maybe that's the [polite] word i was looking for...

at least it'll be nice to have an excuse for smelling of stale urine!

uhm. none of my tweed smells. when it's wet, there's the faint whiff of wet sheep, but definitely no pee.

uhm. none of my tweed smells. when it's wet, there's the faint whiff of wet sheep, but definitely no pee.

Same here (love that wet sheep smell) but its modern tweed, which I guess doesn't use wee as a mordent*. I might pee on it to make it more authentic :)

*Word of the Day - try to use it in conversation at least once today

a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.

Are you sure this is the one you were thinking of? Seems a little acontextual.

Doh! - mord*a*nt

I've found my tweed but have no team. Anyone need an extra?

You need the other Tweed thread...

https://www.londonfgss.com/thread34035.html

...I think

Just saw myself on this on this on 'Tracko':

http://www.trackosaurusrex.com/pblog/images/December12th2009.jpg

Pretty sure I've never been to San Diego. Hmm, lame.

(link posted as above cos my image linking doodah ain't working)

Just saw myself on this on this on 'Tracko':

http://www.trackosaurusrex.com/pblog/images/December12th2009.jpg

Pretty sure I've never been to San Diego. Hmm, lame.

(link posted as above cos my image linking doodah ain't working)

that's amazingly cheeky! poor showing, san diego...

pinched from my flickr account over the weekend i think. Was wondering why my Tweed Run photos were getting lots of hits recently.

Teddy.
What's the date of next year's run ?
March right ?

• You free next week to check the "8"
  

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Aww, that makes me the happy and deserves this image:

WOW! This was a year ago today! And the first time I met my new fiancée.

you're engaged? Congratulations.

WOW! This was a year ago today! And the first time I met my new fiancée.

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