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The Need for Tweed - Wellington Tweed Ride 2015

The Need for Tweed - Wellington Tweed Ride 2015

On Saturday November 7, cyclists will converge at Shelly Bay for the 2ndAnnual Wellington Need for Tweed Ride. Riders are expected to dress in their finest tweeds and vintage garb and enjoy a casual ride around the scenic bays route with a stop at Cog Park for tea, sandwiches and entertainment.

The ride is organised by urban specialist shop Bicycle Junction of Newtown. Proprietor Dan Mikkelsen has called it “a light-hearted hark back to simpler times, when bikes rules the road and tweed and brogues were high leisure fashion.”The Need for Tweed Ride enjoyed a great turnout in sunny April conditions last year, with various participants describing it as some of the most fun they have had on a bike.

The Tweed Ride format has taken hold worldwide following the success of the initial “Tweed Run” in London in 2009. Cyclists worldwide see it as an opportunity to combine fashion and fun, and dispel the modern image of cycling as inaccessible and requiring of special clothing. The idea is simply to have fun on bikes, with gear and speed being unimportant.

Tickets will be $10, which includes refreshments, and can be purchased through Bicycle Junction. The organisers were eager to stress the inclusiveness of the ride. While Tweed and vintage are apropos, any fancy dress and bicycle combination will be welcomed.

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What: The Need for Tweed Ride 2015

Where: Shelley Bay Reserve (in frontg of the old Officers Mess Building)
Finishes at Rogue and Vagabond Lawn for official prizegiving, dancing band and drinks.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/755549301237801/

When: 1.30pm Saturday 7th November

What: Dress up for a rollicking good adventure around Wellington's Inner City Bays

How Much? $10 includes refreshments

contact: tweed@bicyclejunction.co.nz

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