Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Washington DC Needs A Tweed Ride (I Think)

What the hell DC? Where's your tweed? I keep seeing tweed rides advertised in other cities and I am getting a little jealous. I have a Brooks B17 Special on my nekkid LHT and an easily "handlebarred" mustache and no place to showcase the them. If you google Tweed Ride you'll see all these great photos and flyers of retro'd out 'tweedsters' having fun and NONE OF THEM ARE IN DC*. Are SanFran and Portland the only places where such veloshenanigans thrive?

Maybe I'm way off but I think there are a good number of people out there who would give the idea of a Washington DC Tweed Ride the ole' how's yer father. Am I right? Anyone?

*Here is where I stipulate that if there are indeed tweed rides going on in DC and I am just severely out of the loop (highly probable) than I apologize and beg your pardon and invitation to said event.


Have a dashing Tuesday ole' chap


UPDATE:
Here is teh follow up post from the November 15th 2009 DC Tweed Ride.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 2:24 AM

    Agreed; I would love to participate in a tweed ride here. The weather is getting cooler, and I have the clothes (somewhere in the closet), but I'm afraid my folding bike is a bit too "mod" for a tweed ride. Hmmm.

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  2. JenSeptember 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    The very fact that this exists at all makes me so happy.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    I agree with Jen.
    I'm thrilled that this exists.

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  4. EvieSeptember 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM

    DC is more likely to have a black-suit-and-tie ride, but a tweed ride would be a lovely event indeed. Perhaps you should pitch the idea to WABA -- after all, they did organize a Bike Prom last year...

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  5. MELI.September 25, 2009 at 5:36 AM

    thatd be awesome! the rides are super, colin
    (from SFtweed) has done a job well done putting these together ;)
    cheers from SF <3 meli

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  6. FlyFixieSeptember 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    I'm in. When should we do it? October is the start of tweed weather in these parts.

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  7. CatherineSeptember 26, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    I'd be in! I've been having my own private tweed ride around Old Town and on my commute to Capitol Hill (on the cooler days of course) anyway :)

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  8. dc dirtbagSeptember 28, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    I feel the need to do the deed of riding my steed, through the weeds, while you lead, dressed in tweed, and a necklace of beads.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    Hey! You should all carpool up to Philly for our Fall Tweed Ride! It will be November 7th with a start time of 12pm (convenient for out-of-towners!). For more info check out TweedRide.phillyfixed.com!! XOXO

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  10. spiff1October 28, 2009 at 3:06 AM

    One is on the way. real soon.

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  11. MDQNovember 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    D.C. first tweed ride is set for November 15, 2009!

    Take a look at the FB invite:

    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167582334462&ref=ts

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