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03-04-13, 07:51 AM

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Tweed Ride

Went on my first "Tweed Ride" this weekend. What a blast. Saw some nice vintage bikes too.

03-04-13, 07:55 AM

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Uh.. where was this??

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03-04-13, 08:03 AM

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Uh.. where was this??

St Pete. It started and ended at the old shuffleboard club.

03-04-13, 08:04 AM

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Bully!

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Dang, I always miss the fun stuff around here.

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03-04-13, 08:09 AM

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Dang, I always miss the fun stuff around here.

If you're on Facebook, sign up for 'Burg Pub Riders. They do a fun ride every month.

03-04-13, 09:56 AM

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There's only one old shuffleboard club in St. Pete?!?!?

03-04-13, 10:03 AM

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There's only one old shuffleboard club in St. Pete?!?!?

Ah, but it's the largest shuffleboard club in the world...and the home of the International Shuffleboard Association

03-04-13, 10:06 AM

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That I can believe

Looks like you guys & girls had fun, and we finally had weather that permits riding in wool!

03-04-13, 10:08 AM

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How come there are only three bikes in the first photo?

03-04-13, 10:09 AM

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That I can believe

Looks like you guys & girls had fun, and we finally had weather that permits riding in wool!

I was VERY glad for that cold snap! We would have had a bunch of smelly riders!!!

03-04-13, 10:11 AM

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How come there are only three bikes in the first photo?

There were too many bikes to bring them all out. Over 180 riders.

03-04-13, 10:11 AM

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I had a great time this weekend, took lots of pics too. Good turnout and some way cool bikes

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Hey... there's me, in that second to last one.

03-04-13, 10:14 AM

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Here's some snapshots I took during the ride:

St. Petersburg Tweed Ride 2013 by (cobrabyte), on Flickr

03-04-13, 10:15 AM

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Hey... there's me, in that second to last one.

Ah cool! I would've introduced myself if I knew that was you

03-04-13, 10:16 AM

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What would have happened.............if you guys ran into a Hipster ride??!

It might have put Qaudrophenia to shame!

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03-04-13, 10:19 AM

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Ah cool! I would've introduced myself if I knew that was you

Me too! That's funny... I must have been very near you during the ride. I was right near the guy with the '70s Raleigh Competition. (The guy "wearing" his spare.)

03-04-13, 10:19 AM

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What would have happened.............if you guys ran into a Hipster ride??!

I'm certain that some bare knuckle fisticuffs would have surely ensued!

03-04-13, 10:20 AM

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there was a tweed ride here in raleigh nc this weekend also, and later a "frankenswap"
I was at the frankenswap - there were some good deals there.

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Sure looks like a lot of fun! I gotta look and see if theres something like that out here in California i could participate in. I bet theres something in up in SF...