Saturday, April 14, 2012

Tweed Ride in Historic Northeast



Today (Saturday) was the Tweed Ride. Bikes from the turn of the last century on with riders in appropriate garb for the occasion. Ride began at the Colonnade her in Northeast, went up and down Gladstone Boulevard and then by the Reservoir, along Cliff Drive and ended at the Kansas City Museum with a picnic.

Above, on the right, at Velocipede or Penny-Farthing, or, the original Big Wheel.



Above, famous cartoonist EL Bryan and critters.... ready to ride...




Above, you climb on the bike from the rear....



Above and below, "steam" powered bike. :)



Above, bunny bike....



Above, authentic Tweed hunting outfit from Scotland.


Best of both worlds, horse and bike....






Above and two below..... Pendleton Heights was well represented ......

Contest, best bike, best costumes, best male and female mustaches....




And they're off......













All shots with the Nikon D3, ASA 400 for candid shots, ASA 800 for riding shots, three lenses used, 24-70mm, 14-24mm, and 70-200mm.

4 comments:

  1. Seriously, who ever thought such a bicycle would be practical? I'd be scared to death to try it. How do you get on those things, anyhow?

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  2. Aha! You're the fellow who caught me mid-Charleston! (I'm the green-suit gal with the old Schwinn Debutante)

    Hi!

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  3. Hi back at ya Meetzorp.... good event!!!

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