Tweed!

[darkemeralds]

There's this Tweed Ride that started in London last winter. They wear tweed. They ride in London. Down Savile Row where the tailoring comes from, and twice across the Thames, and through Hyde Park, and all around. And they give prizes: Most Dapper Chap, Most Dashing Dame, Best Mustache (open to all genders).

And maybe it's just me, but this fabulous photo from the event is just...*guh*...and makes me want to write early 20th century bicycle slash.

And anyway, we're going to have a Tweed Ride in Portland! In January. So I'm going to start hunting for something tweed to wear. This could make me get out my sewing machine again. It really could.

Comments

[str8ontilmornin.livejournal.com]

That is quite the pic.

I have no tweed. Well maybe a cap. I would be happy to see the Tweed Ride when it happens here. Who's organizing it?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

It's not clear, but from a comment on the BikePortland blog post (http://bikeportland.org/2009/11/25/tweed-ride-coming-to-portland/), possibly Filmed By Bike (http://www.filmedbybike.org/)?