{"id":8683,"date":"2012-06-12T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2012-06-12T01:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:01:38","slug":"london-nocturne-2012-penny-farthing-races-folding-bike-dashes-and-pro-cycling-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/london-nocturne-2012-penny-farthing-races-folding-bike-dashes-and-pro-cycling-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"London Nocturne 2012: Penny Farthing races, folding bike dashes and pro cycling festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-14.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, we all went along to the London Nocturne cycling event, held around Smithfield Market in Farringdon, central London.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-08.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Nocturne features all sorts of races, with folding bikes, Penny\u00a0Farthings\u00a0and pro cyclists all taking turns to compete on the sharply curved track around the Smithfield meat market.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-06.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"431\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-10.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-11.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-19.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mighty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrsmills.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Mrs Mills Experience<\/a>\u00a0played\u00a0rousing\u00a0music hall tracks as the Penny Farthings raced around the circuit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-26.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vintage bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-29.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-32.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last race of the night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/london-nocturne-smithfield-2012-33.jpg\" alt=\"London Nocturne 2012 bike races at Smithfield, central London, Saturday 9th June 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More photos here:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/london-nocturne-bike-races-smithfield-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">London Nocturne 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, we all went along to the London Nocturne cycling event, held around Smithfield Market in Farringdon, central 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