On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:06:58 +0100,
    kat  wrote:
>
> Tim Woodall said:
>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:18:01 +0100,
>>    kat  wrote:
>>>
>>> Simon Brooke said:
>>>> On 30 July, 16:41, "kat"  wrote:
>>>>> Wm... said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Are any bicycles involved in this wedding? If not you're allowed
>>>>>> off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not a single cycle of any number of wheels is involved in this
>>>>> wedding.
>>>>
>>>> That's a shame. I feel certain that you'd look sweet upon the seat
>>>> of a bicycle built for two.
>>>
>>> Maybe, but not in the outft I have for tomorrow!
>>>
>> I think it was Steph Peters (someone else who hasn't been in urc for a
>> very long time AFAIAA) who had an entertaining story about cycling in
>> a ball gown (or something like that)
>>
>> However, either I've got the name wrong or google groups search is
>> completely broken as I cannot find anything at all about this now.
>>
>
> That's a pity.:-)
>
>

Found it - you can't search within a group in google groups but if you
search all groups with a group: filter it seems to work.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/b0bc977e5b320439

>Back when I was an impecunious student I had a Raleigh Arena with a
>crossbar.  I did once cycle about 15 miles in full length black evening
>dress pulled up out of the way.  Wind conditions and flappy dress
>revealed to one and all that I was wearing stockings and suspenders
>underneath - one car load of Arabic looking men went 3 times round the
>same roundabout to get a good look! 

And there's this one:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/58652570ef7f48b2

>>Was it Steph or Audrey who mentioned cycling along in her student days
>>with her ball gown hitched up, showing off her stockinged legs?
>
>Steph - and they were black stockings.  With stiletto heeled sandals. 

So now you've got no excuse ;-)

Have a great day.

Tim.

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