Author Archives: ballarattweedride

Each year as part of the ride, we give out some small awards to those who put in the most effort to their outfit and their bike. Participant feedback has been used to adjust this year’s awards to best suit the event. The following adjustments should be noted for this year: Awards are given atContinue reading “Style Awards 2022”

We’re currently planning for the 2022 Ballarat Tweed Ride. Save the date: Saturday 21st May You can follow us on social media or subscribe to our mailing list to stay up to date with event announcements such as COVID changes or when bookings open. For now, why not check out the ride route with ourContinue reading “Save the Date 2022 Tweed Ride”

For the month of May, we’re sending postcards to tweedy friends all over the world for free. To get one, tweedsters send us an email of private message with the postal address of the recipient, and we send a commemorative card from our 2021 ride. So far we have sent out cards to Australia, NewContinue reading “Postcards worldwide”

This year we changed the format of the fashions to give them more prominence, instead of our previous informal and relaxed approach. We introduced a single new category: Tweed Style Icon. This was to give an overall award to one of the category winners. We had some fantastic prizes donated by local businesses so thatContinue reading “2021 Fashion Awards”

It’s been a week since our 2021 ride and it has felt absolutely wonderful to be back on the bike. I tried to debut a wonderful and eclectic electric trike, but the battery died immediately after commencing. Hopefully next year we will have the technical issues sorted and we’ll be able to ride it forContinue reading “Another year, another ride”