10E2062: The Harris Tweed Ride | 2

The second annual Harris Tweed Ride [Like the new daddy of tweed rides. And a v nice selection of stops along the way] was held on Sunday 23rd September 2012 in the fair city of Glasgow. All profits donated to The Linda Norgrove Foundation . Music: 'PCR Piano' by Small Colin. Cinematography: Jamie McPhee & Thenna Nicholas. Directed and Produced by Jamie Vincent Gillespie & Brian Sweeney.

The ladies always seem to carry these events a little better than the men. Some nice images, and love the ever-so-slight creep of a housey choon coming in then fading away...

danny macaskill rides edinburgh -again

via Prolly Is Not Probably #immediatereblog

danny macaskill -industrial revolutions

Mellow. And mindblowing, again. Via Kottke (home of all many things).

harris tweed ride -recap pics

Photo courtesy of Donna Swabey

This is pure desktop vacation since I was not in Glasgow last weekend (Sis was and helped out) but have been enjoying the photos of the Harris Tweed Ride that took place. Have to rumble organizer Mike D (above), and commend the ladies esp' for killing it with old and new tweed ensembles (love her rough weskit below). Won't go on and on, just hope this happens again next year. If not, damn it looked fun.


Photos courtesy of Donna Swabey

Photo courtesy of Donna Swabey

Needles for the gramophone. Photo courtesy of Donna Swabey

A dram of shortie'... (old joke) Photo courtesy of Donna Swabey

This large set of pics below is by Carol Ann Peacock, and only reproduced here with her express permision. Do check her site, for her documenting of the mills, mill workers and weavers of the Outer Hebrides. Some of those shots will in turn be included in Weaving Songs, a book of poetry being released this autumn based on the working lives of the crofters and communities of the Western Isles of Scotland.


Tea cups and tablet' (like brittle fudge)
























Still with me? Even more pics at the official site.

that harris tweed ride look

Harris Tweed/Ventile Mallory jacket by Nigel Cabourn
Kent folding comb. Handmade, in England, since 1777.
Black&White pomade. Made in Memphis, TN. Used by rockabillies all over Glasvegas.
Levis Commuter jeans.
Trickers brogue boots w/ commando sole

This Sunday, in Glasgow (Scotland) The Harris Tweed Ride will head off for a spin round the smiling city with an amazing list of stopping off points;

• Gramaphone records and vintage tea pots get the riders jazzed at the starting line tea party courtesy of CC&T, porridge w/ honey and whisky cocktails
• Nibbles at Browns Glasgow (HQ of 10engines sister @apothercaryfox)
• Black pudding baps [baps are bread rolls. i would sign up for this alone -ed.]
• Ice cream from Stravaign
• Scottish oysters at Crabshakk
• Post ride ceilidh, auction and Bruichladdich Gin'n'fixings.

Not sure how any actual bicycling will get done haha. Post-post-ride party at the legendary Sub Club after. #radiorental. They have to do this again...

Still stuck on what to wear? The HTR folks have dreamed up a few kits for ladies and gents, reproducing below.

halcyon bike shop

Retooling broken/discarded bikes, great.

Halcyon Bike Shop is a worker owned and operated used bicycle shop in the 12 South District of Nashville, TN. We are committed to serving all of Nashville with quality products and service at affordable prices.

At the core of Halcyon Bike are recycled and restored custom used bikes. Every year, Americans throw away used bicycles and spend thousands of dollars on new bicycles. At Halcyon Bike, we find these thrown out bikes, restore and customize them, and sell them to you at a fraction of the price of most new bikes.

mtb holiday in scotland -macaskill and co.

A road trip with Hans Rey, Steve Peat & Danny MacAskill through the North West Highlands of Scotland; including Skye, Torridon, and Glen Coe. Produced by Resetfilms.co.uk, and organised by HandI Adventures. Sure, flora-wrecking... but amazing scenery. #endangered_dirt

joneswares

Joneswares is a Massachusetts based manufacturer of wool clothing for men and women's cycling, running and outdoor activities. Baselayers and some outerwear too but all focused on using merino wool. 100% merino wool where appropriate and some 100% organic merino wool (that stuff from O-Wool). Other more techy outwear too, e.g. wool faced with MAPP TechR fabric -that is a two layer knit featuring a wind and water resistant recycled nylon outer layer. All JONESwares products are made in the USA.

The pieces are in various wool weights; ultralightweight: 150 gm weight, lightweight: 195 gm weight, medium weight: 270 gm weight, and heavy weight: 400 gm. With colors like Black, Cream, Navy, Red, Chocolate, Crimson, Olive, Sage, Tan, Eggplant, Grape...

Back in her early days of cycling, [Deb Jones] Bachrach, along with her father, Lester Jones, searched high and low for warm, comfortable clothing that fit. “There were no female specific cycling clothes,” said Bachrach. Grace Jones, Bachrach’s mother, was officiating racing events at that time and decided--if you can’t buy them, make them.

She [Grace] broke out the sewing machine and started designing cycling clothes for her daughter and husband. Word traveled quickly around the race track, launching the original Jones Cycle Wear in 1973. The Jones’ provided wool cycling clothing to bike riders all over the country for 17 years. Customers called in their measurements and Grace would customize a perfect fit. Unfortunately, in1990 the onset of Alzheimer’s disease took Grace Jones away from her machine and the family decided to close the shop.

Last November [2007], Deb and her sister, Lynn Jones Peredina, brought their parent’s business back to life.
–via cool running