Coincidence ,my work in progress is a '70 Raleigh Sports 3 speed all original. I picked up this used bike for my first Tweed Ride.Thanks to new member Jinks Hill for this info
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Are you gonna have that Sports up'n running in time, Digger? Let me know if you need parts or whatever....
Never been on a seersucker or tweed ride but I been on plenty of denim and flannel rides !
Ha, me too.... that's pretty much
every ride. I actually have ridden in seersucker, but never as any sort of planned/organized event.
When tweed rides first became all the rage our group did an Anti-Tweed Ride.
Excellent idea. I really
want to like the concept of a tweed ride, and i think it's great b/c it gets ppl riding, it promotes some "community" among cyclists, and it enhances the appreciation of vintage bicycles. But, i just can't shake the feeling that the whole thing is just a pipin' hot bowl of douchechili. I don't think I could bring myself to participate in one, unless it was on Halloween, and being that Halloween is my wedding anniversary, I don't think that'll ever happen.
I've long harbored a desire to "crash" a tweed ride in the wrong attire, on the wrong bike. Like, dress as an early 90's LA gang member on a lowrider, or (my favorite right now) dress as an hair band/glam rocker and ride some mid-to-late 80s roadbike, in a "miami vice" colorway.
Dress like this:
Ride this:
(Actually, it might be cool to sport a "Dave Scott" look, complete with the moustache and the lei...)
And crash a party like this one:
Now, that might be fun.