Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: LittleWheelsandBig on 01 January, 2023, 11:45:31 am
-
It is the time of year for making/ breaking resolutions and putting stuff in the calendar.
Is there a Tweed Run planned this year or has covid put a permanent stop to the ride?
-
If memory serves, the people who originally ran it sold it to a commercial events outfit.
Whether or not that outfit is still running it, is another matter.
-
ISTR it became very expensive. The webshite is defunct.
-
Farcebok page seems not to have been updated since March 2020. Looks like it was killed utterly to DETH by COVID-19. There seems to be one this year in Wellington NZ though :D
-
Farcebok page seems not to have been updated since March 2020. Looks like it was killed utterly to DETH by COVID-19. There seems to be one this year in Wellington NZ though :D
One for Clare n' Vern then?
I'm not sure Clare's cherry-red DMs will be appropriate foot attire thobut ;)
-
If the Tweed Run is no more, are there any rides of similar intent in or near the UK?
L’Eroica, Velo Retro and suchlike lean more towards cosplaying a 1950s or 1960s pro, which is good fun but not the same sort of thing. I did the 200km L’Eroica in period kit on a 1950s Claud Butler in 2013 and really enjoyed it but I was leaning towards the Tweed Run as a contrast to PBP and all that palaver, which is my big target this year.
-
My mate Bruce was a stalwart of the Tweed Run. Remind me and I shall ask what the status is.
-
https://www.anjou-velo-vintage.com/en/retro-rides/anjou-velo-vintage-spirit has been on my list for a while and looks to be similar in style to the Tweed Run for the shorter options.
-
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tickets-alert-the-tweed-run-is-back-60813/
29 April 2023