Cycling to a formal event

[Atlas]

That's pretty neat lph. Is the couple in front of the mayor wearing bunads? If so, that's really cool that people still wear them to important events.

Melalvai, I want to be a part of a bike wedding someday.

[lph]

Yep, both the couples in front of him are wearing bunads. You can wear them to any formal occasion and I get the impression that especially female politicians wear them a lot, maybe to spare themselves the invariably snotty comments from the fashion police... Can't argue with some hundred years of tradition, no matter how unflattering it might be.

Melalvai, I loved your write-up of the wedding! Put a big smile on my face :-)

[malkin]

I love both the bike wedding and the bike funeral!

[Melalvai]

Is it morbid since you posted this that I've been thinking, "I hope my (decades from now) funeral involves a bike procession"?
Have the mourners bike from the service to the cemetery.
I better choose cremation; they can stuff the urn in a pannier. It would be tricky to tow a casket by bike.
Can't come up with a socially acceptable way to ensure nice weather for it though!

[nuliajuk]

When I was shopping for road shoes a few years ago, the Sidi model that fit me best came in three garish choices: white with purple and blue metallic flowers, candy apple red patent leather look, and shiny black patent leather look. I chose the black as the least gaudy and feel that now I can ride my road bike to any formal occasion. Provided it's between Labour Day and March 30th, of course.

[Rebecca19804]

[QUOTE=Melalvai;658279]It would be tricky to tow a casket by bike.[QUOTE]
We did it for my friend Barry last summer:
http://lcc.org.uk/articles/family-co...er-barry-mason
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericgau...ith/5916360187
His son Sam and 2 good friends took turns riding the cortège bicycle.
The most beautiful and moving funeral I've ever attended.

[Melalvai]

I absolutely love the funeral procession. And all the bikes with funereal flowers. How beautiful!

[lovelygamer]

I rode my bike to a funeral this past summer. I didn't dress in my nice clothes though because it was 100 degree weather. I changed in the chapel.