2010-04-10 Sat - The London Tweed Run 2

Ladies. Gentlemen. What-ho! Announcing the second annual Tweed Run, a metropolitan bicycle ride with a bit of style.

We'll be setting off from Central London at midday, on a 12 mile route passing the Tate Britain, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace (no word yet on if ma'am will be joining us), Savile Row, stopping off in the park for a spot of tea in Kensington Gardens, St Paul's and ending with a bit of a knees-up in the City of London (near Bishopsgate).

Now look here, proper attire is expected. Tweed suits, plus fours, bowties, cycling capes, and jaunty flat caps are all encouraged. I hate to be a bore but please, no beastly denim. There are no rules regarding cycles, though we'll be dusting off our vintage lugged steel collection for the ride. Prizes awarded for best vintage bicycle, and best decorated bicycle.

The ride is, of course, free of charge. Due to talks with the constabulary, we're limiting the registration to 400 of you blighters. It's a bit of rot. Registration opens on 27 February 2010 on our website (www.tweedrun.com).

Do bring a few bob, my man be selling spoke cards/raffle tickets to benefit Bikes4Africa again this year.

There'll be more announcements as the day gets closer. I do hope you can make it.

Will the final stop be anywhere near a Sam Smith's public house? I'm partial to their oatmeal porter (technically a stout, but that sounds oafish).

This thread is for all of the announcements and stuff, and to make it useful please post the chit chat and tweed acquiring stratagem in the discussion thread over here: http://www.lfgss.com/thread36664.html

Looks to be an absolutely awesome day though, can't wait to see what has been planned.

Will the final stop be anywhere near a Sam Smith's public house? I'm partial to their oatmeal porter (technically a stout, but that sounds oafish).

the final stop won't be a sam smiths's. but it's a beautiful venue. and hendrick's gin will again be on hand, graciously offering free gin and tonics at the end of the ride.

Sounds good to me old boy.

Must i convert my penny farthing to a fixie for this ride squire?

I'm VERY excited about this. I might just have to go and blow this months "bike-bits" budget on tweed!

my first tweed run! how bloody excited am i

Must i convert my penny farthing to a fixie for this ride squire?

Your high ordinary is a fixed ,changing the gear ratio is a problem though....

Very excited and have a splendiforous outfit!

it's time to start perusing SE's finest charity shops I think!

Weather dependent.

are you driving the support van?

Weather dependent.

nope, rain or shine. shine, hopefully.

I'm probably being daft here but where is the registration? Looked on the website but couldn't see anything.

registration hasn't opened yet.

The first post of this thread says it starts on 27th Feb

Fail, saw the 27th and assumed January. error

Don't worry Ed, you are not the only one.

is reg open yet

is reg open yet

dunno, is it 27th february yet?

have you got to 5 posts yet dvaid?

im kinda new here. and this is the first thread ive read. and good god im loving it here already
im definately coming, ima have to raid my dads tweed collection though

i cant wait to be there!all the way from seattle.we are having one here february 21!

does anybody know any good thrift shops in london?this will be my first time there and im not done with my outfit for the tweed run.

does anybody know any good thrift shops in london?this will be my first time there and im not done with my outfit for the tweed run.

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