Any UK-based folding bike riders?: a reminder that the 'Smithfield Nocturne' folding bike race is coming up (June 11th). This is a great event in central London: Le Mans start, business dress, start with bikes unfolded. 5 laps of a great 1k circuit, crowds cheering all the way round. There's an elite race straight after our race, and this year as the race is being televised by Sky, there are going to be some top riders racing. Other races include a penny farthing race and a longest skid competition (on a fixie, and last year the winner skid more than 100m).

Here's last years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw97q...1AEEDADB28ADC4
25 seconds in - there's a Xootr centre frame. Dunno who -anyone on this forum.
40 seconds in - me in 4th place. I was the only bike with drop bars, and this is running the Kinetic Pro wheels (1kg a pair and really fast).
1:44 - I think this guy came all the way from Spain to race in this crazy suit

http://www.londonnocturne.com/
Entries close end of May but it's popular race so if you want to enter, enter sooner.

It's great for spectators too if you don't fancy racing.