Why would anyone want to spend your only day off dressed completely unfashionable on a dated bicycle? Because it’s fun! And because there is hardly any other way to slow down in style… The “Tweed Day” or “Tweed Run” is a graceful and amusing cruise, a joint jingle and honking, old fashioned picnic, tombola and a little dancing (at the Ballhaus) to rap up the event. Search your basement or your friends for the oldest bike you can find and browse your wardrobe for tweed pieces. A bike horn can be purchased for 5 Euros at Gendarmenmarkt, the tour’s starting point. Details and route can be found here and here’s a video from the original tweed run in London.
Sun 18.9. 11-12h; map
Text: André M. Wyst
Published in Cee Cee #22 on 15.9.2011
