London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

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.

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

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?

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

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.

send jd a pm

im new to this forum bit.

Been growing my whiskers for a month now, not sure which way to fashion them yet. Just fully read Teddy's bit, that's twice as many riders as last year, but that got a hell of a lot of exposure. I'm sure there will a huge interest and great deal more than 400 will want to go. It'll be a bit like booking tickets for Glastonbury

Yes!

This will be my first run with you guys, break out the tweed, oh and the monocle methinks...

Hell yes i am deffo in for this one! Now where did i put that tweed...

Cant wait for this again - got my Holland & Holland Twin set lined up for me & mo mo - will be good to see everyone

i must say you two did look pretty sharp in your holland and holland.

a large and hearty doff of the cap to bigdaddywayne and mattbaddesigner for spiffing graphic illustration. this will definitely become a poster...

very nice. well done, that spoke card is going to be pretty cool. will this also be screen printed onto a tshirt?

not a t-shirt; but probably silkscreened posters.

Hi All,
Can you help me out? Any of you in these photos from last year?
http://www.lfgss.com/thread38036.html#post1219570

some nice leather accessories here http://www.etsy.com/shop/WalnutStudiolo that will go well with the tweed...

my outfit im puttin together for the tweed run

What time does sign-up open on Saturday? Do I stay up 'til midnight to make sure I get signed up, or get up at silly o'clock in the morning - or am I getting over-excited...?

yeah can we register at midnight?

Get your clips here:

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlin...u08069000.html

Gonna have to source some tweed and get my battered bike built and sorted. Don't think the Brompton gonna cut it really. Check out this site for photos. Ordanaries.....

http://www.thewheelmen.org/sections/...hs/default.asp

@cass nice pics thanks for the link

just picked this up this morning. excellent set made by WMF. the box was damaged so i got it at a bargain price. yippee i'm almost ready :-)

now what shall i put in it.

Anybody got an angle on pre-registration???
Spent a fortune on me 1946 ride and built a ride for my Mrs,
400 spots isnt many..

Hopefull

Might I suggest a fine brandy, or a calvados, always winners on a spring ride. PSP2 would be sensible but that would be sacrilege.

@cass thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

I think if you're at the computer in good time you'll get a spot..

coppi, nothing but ginger wine, warming, sweet and oh so tasty.

has anybody gotten registered yet?