As published on the Better By Bike website on April 17 2011: www.betterbybike.info/vintage-costume-bike-ride-comes-to-bristol
"It was certainly a sight to behold, as I’m sure the crowds of slightly bemused on-lookers will testify.
"At 11am on Sunday 17th April over 100 cyclists gathered at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, decked out in their Sunday best, to mark Bristol’s very first vintage costume bike ride.
"The event gave the city's cyclists a chance to dig out their tweed jackets and straw boaters, dust off their treasured tandems, trikes and classic bikes, and take a 10-mile tour of North Somerset’s cycling lanes and country parks.
"A jolly old time was had by all as riders paid a visit to Ashton Court Estate, Tyntsfield Estate and Flax Bourton village hall. Cycle-powered gramophones, ginger beer, party games and the rag-time sounds of local musicians Hot Potato Syncopators delighted the respectable ladies and gents present, all in aid of this September's Bristol Cycle Festival.
"The 10-mile jaunt was organised by Rosie Fairchild and Antony De Heveningham-Smythe, who set out to prove that urban cycling can be stylish, fun and completely safe.
"The event was deemed such a rip-roaring success that participants were already asking when the next one will be. We wait with baited breath!"
Video footage
Here's my video of the ride...
