Dress up in tweed and ride your bike! That's right folks. Get into your turn of the (last) century garb and come out for a casual ride. Any kind of bike. Period attire encouraged!

Here's what started it....

Not long ago, on a weekend jaunt from Sacramento to Davis, we happened upon a lycra-clad lass looking lost atop her carbon-fiber racer. She was stopped by the chainlink fence just on the West Sacramento side of the I Street bridge. You see, she wasn't sure if it was the right or the left fork in this road that would take her, eventually, to the bike path.

She was riding in a group, she explained to us (a pack of her lycra-clad pals) only she got left behind somehow. Everyone else had barreled on ahead, and she was unfamiliar with the route and feeling a bit uncertain. 'This is a joy ride?' We wondered. Such unchapliness! It's unseemly.

Thank goodness, then, for Newton and his laws -- the "equal and opposite reaction" bit. Which we will casually adapt to the social realm, particularly bicycles:

Here is to camaraderie, lugged steel, and plus fours. Here is to the (truly) social ride. Here is to tippling from hip flasks, maintaining a leisurely pace, and flaunting with style.

We'll meet at the Bike Kitchen at 10:30, leave around 11:00, and head over to the Capitol for our group photo (gotta have one of those, right?) From there it's just cruisin' & ridin' around our lovely City with stops for lunch, drinks, respites and whatever else happens our way.

It's sure to be a great time for all who attend.
More details (including the location of the bar where the pre-ride party is) can be found here...
http://aboutsactotwee...