The Telegraph has a profile of the Tweed Run, the old-school London cycling event that takes place this Saturday. Organiser Ben Young-Ing sells the virtues of tweed as a cycling garment: “I don’t like to think about the Tweed Run as a vintage ride. Tweed is the original technical fabric. It’s lightweight and breathable and thorn-proof and warm and weatherproof. It’s the anti-lycra.” 

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