But still, I want to write a a short update before the Bike in tweed bicycle event takes place in Stockholm.Yes we are there soon. The summer just went by with lots of rain and sadly not so much bicycling as I wanted. Yes, of course. I know it is all bad excesses. But the joy of riding a bike along a summer gravel road on the country side is a bit better than sliding along on a slippery tarmac road in the city while the rain find it’s way down your back, in the inside of the jacket. Since it has been raining so much that an aqua scooter has been better than a bicycle, I did not quite feel like adventures on two wheel so far this summer.
About the Tweed event, sadly the start will not be at the same place at Kungsträdgården thus year as previous years. This year the event will move to an square just beside the government called Mynttorget. It will be fine there to. In fact I think it will be compact and interesting to meet all people there. There will be a display of all sorts of bicycles and people in all kinds of clothes. In fact I have talked to people that might show up. Among others I have asked the lovely blogger Elsa Lisa Larsson if she might be there. Hopefully she will attend the event with her red old bicycle. It will be fun to meet her again. Perhaps I will ask her to pose for a photo. Because I will not only have a bicycle with me, I will have my Fujifilm x100 camera to take photos of the event, from start to finish and all in between. There will be some stops along the course we will ride. There will be the stop at Rålambshovsparken for the annual group photo and picnic. I better prepare with tea and sandwiches.
For me,the bicycle is almost done. I have mended some things, had a shop attend the rear wheel. I felt it was better to have a shop adjust the rear wheel of the tandem since it is not only I that will ride on the old Rex Duplex tandem bicycle. I also have added some bits and pieces. I will take photos and explain everything I did on the bicycle, details and my thoughts behind it all. The only main thing that is left to do, is toe fix the front light, It seems to be the old Swedish 1940’s ASEA dynamo that have stopped working. After 75 years? Scandal! Perhaps I should contact them for a refund?
My clothes are all set. No matter what kind of weather it will be, I will be there.
Even if the rain finds it way down my back on the inside of my shirt.
To end this update, on a nostalgic note.
Here is a photo of an young Schneebremse from the late 1970’s.
Look at that smile. A brand new bicycle, all red and shiny!
That makes anyone smiling.
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