This weekend seemed to be one filled with sport, with not only most of London halted by the various World Cup matches displayed in pubs around the city, but a charity fun run and the Smithfield Nocturne that I could hear from inside my Clerkenwell flat this weekend. Despite the threatening clouds and ominous light splatters, I couldn’t help and see what all the commotion was.

The nocturne is actually in its fourth year (apparently!), hosting a cycling race around the perimeter of the market place. It’s big but it’s not really that big. However it’s all in the name of fun and this year joined hands with London Festival of Architecture to liven up the crowd. Given that this area is pretty dead during the weekend day, they managed to draw a sizeable 10, 000 people throughout the day.

Going for a large number of hours and various relay races, the first and probably most entertaining heats was the foldable bike category. Although some seemed to take it pretty seriously, many people took the humourous and dressed the part of the city cyclist in a proper suit, or at least some element of one.

Of course, they had a number of other heats including more serious heats of racers such as those pictured below.

Dotted around the central market, many stalls set up shop advertising cycling related gear, or accessories, including some very cool gear. HTC, the big sponsor even had a big stall handing out cardboard-bound mirrored periscopes to spot the action above the crowd. Makes me want to get a bike again!