2009-01-24 Sat - The Tweed Run I

had an enjoyable morning, buying tweed with the redoubtable wibble. Thanks to harry, whose tip off on a vintage place on cheshire st, lead to the purchase of some lovely plus fours. My outfit is pretty much complete, jacket, cravat, long university scarf, plus fours, waistcoat and flat cap. All that is required now is some argyle socks.
now really really looking forward to this ride...

Pleasure as always Mr.Blackfoot.. Tried on my outfit today and must say I'm surprised at how much I like it! I feel I just need some of those argyle socks (and possibly some brown brogues) to complete the look..

Can't wait to get going now!

no plus fours yet. really tempted to wear my kilt but not too sure how practical it'd be. esp the sporan!

1. Teddy
   
2. Dancing james
   
3. Sharkstar
   
4. Dmczone
   
5. Coppithat
   
6. Edscoble
   
7. The bonk
   
8. Superprecise
   
9. Charco
   
10. Edmundro
    
11. Celadon
    
12. Mister k
    
13. Gustav
    
14. Nick
    
15. Harry
    
16. Alockett
    
17. Ved
    
18. Wools
    
19. Tricitybendix
    
20. Jeanmi + some (tbc)
    
21. Ektachrome
    
22. Shootthebreeze
    
23. Kattt
    
24. Velocityboy
    
25. Ladystardust (who still isn't registered)
    
26. JD
    
27. Wibble
    
28. tilover (coming from yorkshire)
    
29. non forum member lady (coming from canterbury)
    
30. JOL
    
31. t®um
    
32. PinkGottiMobbs
    
33. veLLo
    
34. Littigator.....HUZZAH!
    
35. Fresh
    
36. tex
    
37. miss socks
    
38. dan(j-d-s-h)
    
39. BlueQuinn
    
40. villa-ru
    
41. Fluff plus one
    
42. Spins esq.
    
43. stevo_com
    
44. Dapper Slag
    
45. Master Stringerman
    
46. Cornelius Tweedfoot. (must buy tweed, must buy tweed, must buy tweed)
    
47. Master Stringerman's footman (possibly gf)
    
48. andyp
    
49. OliDale (possibly with brother)
    
50. Van Damage
    
51. jar (tentative)
    
52. hillbilly! PISSED!
    
53. 1950:14 (Reliving the golden years!)
    
54. Ononelangster
    
55. 105champ
    
56. 105champ's wench
    
57. Hewitt (need some tweed first though)
    58.Stix (In need of tweed too !)
    
58. snowy_again
    
59. Bristly Pioneer (what what)
    
60. Deluka - hope newbs welcome?
    
61. tVeedtVeed
    
62. Big Red Monocle
    
63. SlimJim
    
64. MJS. I'll bring my Kodak Brownie.
    
65. eyebrows, i live for tweed
    
66. Jim Jones
    
67. Sir Pirat of Rawlinson End
    
68. EtonWill (in borrowed clobber)
    
69. dante
    
70. miss kitty valentine
    
71. Barbados
    
72. Crowbar
    
73. Clever Pun
    
74. gormley
    
75. Andyfallsoff
    
76. purple_tom
    
77. motman
    
78. Hamst*r
    
79. Paperboy
    
    

As previous, I'm in, although I know not a soul on LFGSS!

One doesn't have any other plans that day other than a devilish 2 wheeled excursion with fellow gentry, donning only the finest of weekend Harris tweed...

1. Teddy
   
2. Dancing james
   
3. Sharkstar
   
4. Dmczone
   
5. Coppithat
   
6. Edscoble
   
7. The bonk
   
8. Superprecise
   
9. Charco
   
10. Edmundro
    
11. Celadon
    
12. Mister k
    
13. Gustav
    
14. Nick
    
15. Harry
    
16. Alockett
    
17. Ved
    
18. Wools
    
19. Tricitybendix
    
20. Jeanmi + some (tbc)
    
21. Ektachrome
    
22. Shootthebreeze
    
23. Kattt
    
24. Velocityboy
    
25. Ladystardust (who still isn't registered)
    
26. JD
    
27. Wibble
    
28. tilover (coming from yorkshire)
    
29. non forum member lady (coming from canterbury)
    
30. JOL
    
31. t®um
    
32. PinkGottiMobbs
    
33. veLLo
    
34. Littigator.....HUZZAH!
    
35. Fresh
    
36. tex
    
37. miss socks
    
38. dan(j-d-s-h)
    
39. BlueQuinn
    
40. villa-ru
    
41. Fluff plus one
    
42. Spins esq.
    
43. stevo_com
    
44. Dapper Slag
    
45. Master Stringerman
    
46. Cornelius Tweedfoot. (must buy tweed, must buy tweed, must buy tweed)
    
47. Master Stringerman's footman (possibly gf)
    
48. andyp
    
49. OliDale (possibly with brother)
    
50. Van Damage
    
51. jar (tentative)
    
52. hillbilly! PISSED!
    
53. 1950:14 (Reliving the golden years!)
    
54. Ononelangster
    
55. 105champ
    
56. 105champ's wench
    
57. Hewitt (need some tweed first though)
    58.Stix (In need of tweed too !)
    
58. snowy_again
    
59. Bristly Pioneer (what what)
    
60. Deluka - hope newbs welcome?
    
61. tVeedtVeed
    
62. Big Red Monocle
    
63. SlimJim
    
64. MJS. I'll bring my Kodak Brownie.
    
65. eyebrows, i live for tweed
    
66. Jim Jones
    
67. Sir Pirat of Rawlinson End
    
68. EtonWill (in borrowed clobber)
    
69. dante
    
70. miss kitty valentine
    
71. Barbados
    
72. Crowbar
    
73. Clever Pun
    
74. gormley
    
75. Andyfallsoff
    
76. purple_tom
    
77. motman
    
78. Hamst*r
    
79. Paperboy
    
80. Mrs Littigator (double huzzah!)
    
    

I think I'm getting a bit carried away overstocking on tweed having got a jacket and trous and now bidding on a suit on the bay so may have some spare if needed.

Lunch beforehand sounds like a wheeze are we polling for location?

@Corny: I'm glad it worked out for you. I got my breeches there too. Where did you get the socks?

@Edumndo: We have a plethora of waistcoats and and beautiful gents silk scarves. Ace patterns too. Come in next sat/sun and I'll see if we can sort you out with a discount.

@Teddy: Will courier bags be allowed? I have to carry stuff....

What more do you need to carry?

Harry, surely something a la this would be more appropriate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARRADICE-SADDLEBAG-GOOD-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ170292104065QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item170292104065&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

I'm not amazing but I'll happily go down to take some pictures though I can't actually go on the ride I'm afraid...
http://flickr.com/photos/miniphan/ <--my stuff

A variety of note books and stuff for a talk in the morning, and maybe some tools incase summit drops off...

how odd, does your valet not carry all that stuff for you?

If anybody has any spare 32 waist breeks/plus fours, I am on the look out but may need to borrow some if possible. Or if anybody has seen some going cheap?

Do we have a route yet?

Teddy is staying well in character here. good effort old boy.

nice one teddy - that's just before I head to back over, so sounds good! H

p.s. you owe me a one legged colombian beer.

1. Teddy
   
2. Dancing james
   
3. Sharkstar
   
4. Dmczone
   
5. Coppithat
   
6. Edscoble
   
7. The bonk
   
8. Superprecise
   
9. Charco
   
10. Edmundro
    
11. Celadon
    
12. Mister k
    
13. Gustav
    
14. Nick
    
15. Harry
    
16. Alockett
    
17. Ved
    
18. Wools
    
19. Tricitybendix
    
20. Jeanmi + some (tbc)
    
21. Ektachrome
    
22. Shootthebreeze
    
23. Kattt
    
24. Velocityboy
    
25. Ladystardust (who still isn't registered)
    
26. JD
    
27. Wibble
    
28. tilover (coming from yorkshire)
    
29. non forum member lady (coming from canterbury)
    
30. JOL
    
31. t®um
    
32. PinkGottiMobbs
    
33. veLLo
    
34. Littigator.....HUZZAH!
    
35. Fresh
    
36. tex
    
37. miss socks
    
38. dan(j-d-s-h)
    
39. BlueQuinn
    
40. villa-ru
    
41. Fluff plus one
    
42. Spins esq.
    
43. stevo_com
    
44. Dapper Slag
    
45. Master Stringerman
    
46. Cornelius Tweedfoot. (must buy tweed, must buy tweed, must buy tweed)
    
47. Master Stringerman's footman (possibly gf)
    
48. andyp
    
49. OliDale (possibly with brother)
    
50. Van Damage
    
51. jar (tentative)
    
52. hillbilly! PISSED!
    
53. 1950:14 (Reliving the golden years!)
    
54. Ononelangster
    
55. 105champ
    
56. 105champ's wench
    
57. Hewitt (need some tweed first though)
    58.Stix (In need of tweed too !)
    
58. snowy_again
    
59. Bristly Pioneer (what what)
    
60. Deluka - hope newbs welcome?
    
61. tVeedtVeed
    
62. Big Red Monocle
    
63. SlimJim
    
64. MJS. I'll bring my Kodak Brownie.
    
65. eyebrows, i live for tweed
    
66. Jim Jones
    
67. Sir Pirat of Rawlinson End
    
68. EtonWill (in borrowed clobber)
    
69. dante
    
70. miss kitty valentine
    
71. Barbados
    
72. Crowbar
    
73. Clever Pun
    
74. gormley
    
75. Andyfallsoff
    
76. purple_tom
    
77. motman
    
78. Hamst*r
    
79. Paperboy
    
80. Mrs Littigator (double huzzah!)
    
81. Master Harry Hudson Esq.
    

Harry, you back for Berlin? Was it good? I think I spotted you before Christmas but wasent sure so carried on past.

we do indeed have a route. please bring a messenger bag if you like. can i suggest that one of our fine sponsors brooks will be supplying, amongst other prizes, a fine bag that may suit your needs.

we do indeed have a route. please bring a messenger bag if you like. can i suggest that one of our fine sponsors brooks will be supplying, amongst other prizes, a fine bag that may suit your needs.

Almost as expensive as Rapha! Their saddle bags also rock and are within budget.

we do indeed have a route. please bring a messenger bag if you like. can i suggest that one of our fine sponsors brooks will be supplying, amongst other prizes, a fine bag that may suit your needs.

Holy poop on a stick thats a pricey bag! and very nice it is too.
Congrats to Teddy for sorting out sponsors and prizes, turning this from a mere well dressed jaunt to the social event of the season. A round of huzzahs will be in order on the day methinks.

Whats the score with the prizes and such like, i assume there wont be time/space on saville for such frivolities so is there a contingent from Brooks meeting us at one of the respite stops?
I suspect Harry.Major could well be in the running for dapperest gent seeing as the man has a whole gentlemen's boutique to choose from!
Good luck to all, especially for the hotly contested facial hair prize. Will a delegation from the handlebar club be judging this one?
I may be in the running for 'bike most quickly assembled and untested ridden by a fixed gear novice' category. However, i doubt that such a contest exists. damn.

Holy poop on a stick thats a pricey bag! and very nice it is too.
Congrats to Teddy for sorting out sponsors and prizes, turning this from a mere well dressed jaunt to the social event of the season. A round of huzzahs will be in order on the day methinks.

Whats the score with the prizes and such like, i assume there wont be time/space on saville for such frivolities so is there a contingent from Brooks meeting us at one of the respite stops?
I suspect Harry.Major could well be in the running for dapperest gent seeing as the man has a whole gentlemen's boutique to choose from!
Good luck to all, especially for the hotly contested facial hair prize. Will a delegation from the handlebar club be judging this one?
I may be in the running for 'bike most quickly assembled and untested ridden by a fixed gear novice' category. However, i doubt that such a contest exists. damn.

If it does I'll be giving you a bloody good run for your money. I've only got handlebars so far so still a little way to go.

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the moustache prize will be judged by geo f trumpers, at their shop on jermyn street.

lol, excellent.

1. Teddy
   
2. Dancing james
   
3. Sharkstar
   
4. Dmczone
   
5. Coppithat
   
6. Edscoble
   
7. The bonk
   
8. Superprecise
   
9. Charco
   
10. Edmundro
    
11. Celadon
    
12. Mister k
    
13. Gustav
    
14. Nick
    
15. Harry
    
16. Alockett
    
17. Ved
    
18. Wools
    
19. Tricitybendix
    
20. Jeanmi + some (tbc)
    
21. Ektachrome
    
22. Shootthebreeze
    
23. Kattt
    
24. Velocityboy
    
25. Ladystardust (who still isn't registered)
    
26. JD
    
27. Wibble
    
28. tilover (coming from yorkshire)
    
29. non forum member lady (coming from canterbury)
    
30. JOL
    
31. t®um
    
32. PinkGottiMobbs
    
33. veLLo
    
34. Littigator.....HUZZAH!
    
35. Fresh
    
36. tex
    
37. miss socks
    
38. dan(j-d-s-h)
    
39. BlueQuinn
    
40. villa-ru
    
41. Fluff plus one
    
42. Spins esq.
    
43. stevo_com
    
44. Dapper Slag
    
45. Master Stringerman
    
46. Cornelius Tweedfoot. (must buy tweed, must buy tweed, must buy tweed)
    
47. Master Stringerman's footman (possibly gf)
    
48. andyp
    
49. OliDale (possibly with brother)
    
50. Van Damage
    
51. jar (tentative)
    
52. hillbilly! PISSED!
    
53. 1950:14 (Reliving the golden years!)
    
54. Ononelangster
    
55. 105champ
    
56. 105champ's wench
    
57. Hewitt (need some tweed first though)
    58.Stix (In need of tweed too !)
    
58. snowy_again
    
59. Bristly Pioneer (what what)
    
60. Deluka - hope newbs welcome?
    
61. tVeedtVeed
    
62. Big Red Monocle
    
63. SlimJim
    
64. MJS. I'll bring my Kodak Brownie.
    
65. eyebrows, i live for tweed
    
66. Jim Jones
    
67. Sir Pirat of Rawlinson End
    
68. EtonWill (in borrowed clobber)
    
69. dante
    
70. miss kitty valentine
    
71. Barbados
    
72. Crowbar
    
73. Clever Pun
    
74. gormley
    
75. Andyfallsoff
    
76. purple_tom
    
77. motman
    
78. Hamst*r
    
79. Paperboy
    
80. Mrs Littigator (double huzzah!)
    
81. Master Harry Hudson Esq.
    
82. Bruno (of Bruno and Dave)
    
83. Dave (The Singing Pie) (of Bruno and Dave)
    
    

We thank you for your kind invitation and we would be delighted to attend. We are hoping that our 1950s Hetchins and 1930 Buckley velocipedes would be regarded as suitable conveyances?
In the vernacular we are hoping for a spiffing time. Tally Ho!

1. Teddy
   
2. Dancing james
   
3. Sharkstar
   
4. Dmczone
   
5. Coppithat
   
6. Edscoble
   
7. The bonk
   
8. Superprecise
   
9. Charco
   
10. Edmundro
    
11. Celadon
    
12. Mister k
    
13. Gustav
    
14. Nick
    
15. Harry
    
16. Alockett
    
17. Ved
    
18. Wools
    
19. Tricitybendix
    
20. Jeanmi + some (tbc)
    
21. Ektachrome
    
22. Shootthebreeze
    
23. Kattt
    
24. Velocityboy
    
25. Ladystardust (who still isn't registered)
    
26. JD
    
27. Wibble
    
28. tilover (coming from yorkshire)
    
29. non forum member lady (coming from canterbury)
    
30. JOL
    
31. t®um
    
32. PinkGottiMobbs
    
33. veLLo
    
34. Littigator.....HUZZAH!
    
35. Fresh
    
36. tex
    
37. miss socks
    
38. dan(j-d-s-h)
    
39. BlueQuinn
    
40. villa-ru
    
41. Fluff plus one
    
42. Spins esq.
    
43. stevo_com
    
44. Dapper Slag
    
45. Master Stringerman
    
46. Cornelius Tweedfoot. (must buy tweed, must buy tweed, must buy tweed)
    
47. Master Stringerman's footman (possibly gf)
    
48. andyp
    
49. OliDale (possibly with brother)
    
50. Van Damage
    
51. jar (tentative)
    
52. hillbilly! PISSED!
    
53. 1950:14 (Reliving the golden years!)
    
54. Ononelangster
    
55. 105champ
    
56. 105champ's wench
    
57. Hewitt (need some tweed first though)
    58.Stix (In need of tweed too !)
    
58. snowy_again
    
59. Bristly Pioneer (what what)
    
60. Deluka - hope newbs welcome?
    
61. tVeedtVeed
    
62. Big Red Monocle
    
63. SlimJim
    
64. MJS. I'll bring my Kodak Brownie.
    
65. eyebrows, i live for tweed
    
66. Jim Jones
    
67. Sir Pirat of Rawlinson End
    
68. EtonWill (in borrowed clobber)
    
69. dante
    
70. miss kitty valentine
    
71. Barbados
    
72. Crowbar
    
73. Clever Pun
    
74. gormley
    
75. Andyfallsoff
    
76. purple_tom
    
77. motman
    
78. Hamst*r
    
79. Paperboy
    
80. Mrs Littigator (double huzzah!)
    
81. Master Harry Hudson Esq.
    
82. Bruno (of Bruno and Dave)
    
83. Dave (The Singing Pie) (of Bruno and Dave)
    
84. Gwyndreth Scissorhands
    
    

Incidentally, would any of you chaps have some tweed a Gentleman could borrow for this Saturday? I'm off to the Volupte Lounge, which means the finishing touches to my Gentleman's costume will have to be purchased on Sunday.

To fit a man of five foot 7 inches, with a thirty inch waist. Ideally a jacket of some ilk, and possibly a waistcoat.

Incidentally, would any of you chaps have some tweed a Gentleman could borrow for this Saturday? I'm off to the Volupte Lounge, which means the finishing touches to my Gentleman's costume will have to be purchased on Sunday.

To fit a man of five foot 7 inches, with a thirty inch waist. Ideally a jacket of some ilk, and possibly a waistcoat.

Good Gosh

What is this chap wearing for winter? How can he have manged so far through the cold season without an adequate supply of tweed. Or is he one of those warm weather pygmy chappies, he appears to be of alarmingly short stature or possibly some acquaintance of Laird Sano - a rogue by any other name.

@Corny: I'm glad it worked out for you. I got my breeches there too. Where did you get the socks?

@Edumndo: We have a plethora of waistcoats and and beautiful gents silk scarves. Ace patterns too. Come in next sat/sun and I'll see if we can sort you out with a discount.

@Teddy: Will courier bags be allowed? I have to carry stuff....

No factotem old chap? I´d gladly lend you my Morrocan boy, but for the fact I had to amputate a foot last week in punishment for his mistaking Lady Grey tea for Earl Grey at our local emporium. Absolute shower.
He could hop behind you I suppose, a bit ungainly though.