Tweedy rider: The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride

Manners and monocles at the ready, a dashing coterie of motorcyclists hit the streets to raise funds for men's health, writes Peter Howarth

In some ways, the most exciting moment of last Sunday's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride occurred before it had properly started. Making my way from south London, I spotted up ahead a man on a military-style green vintage machine with a sidecar. At the lights, I asked him if he was going on the ride.

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