DC Tweed Ride

The first ever DC Tweed Ride was today and holy shit, it was a blast. Aside from a couple kinks that I think were in part because the organizers aren't "bikey people" (and had probably little or no experience organizing a large ride), it went off very well. The energy of the riders was fantastic and some of the ensembles that folks had put together were works of art. Not forgetting, of course, the bikes, which were well represented. Definitely some bikes that don't get a chance to come out everyday, including two penny-farthings and some lovely early english single speeds. The end was a slight dissapointment as it concluded at a bar where they were blasting 70's and 80's dance music, effectively killing the 'vintage' feel of the ride. Instead a group of us went off to dinner and enjoyed our tweeding to the fullest. I hardly ever get an opportunity to dress up as it seems that I'm always getting sweaty or dirty riding a bike or working on bikes, so it was a very nice change of pace for me to put together 'an outfit' (what a novel idea!) and get treated like a lady. Quite frankly, I just want to get dressed up and do it again at my leisure!