Dunwich Dynamo 2018

Great, thanks.

The pre-book is a good idea - I'll run it past my ride companions and see if they're up for it.

Welcome to ride with me. I’m doing the exact same, I’ve also sent a message as above for a group meet.
Drop me a DM and we can maybe sort something out.

@CyclistSudbury how quick did the caps go!? Should I keep hopes low?

Hi all. My mate has pulled out of the ride this year and I don’t wanna do it without them.... so I’ve got 2 coach tickets back from dunwich for anyone that wants them? We got the tickets when they were £25 each. If anyone’s keen then lemme know and we can work something out. Cheers. G

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@Danbo1

Weather taking a turn??

The ride itself doesn't look too bad still. The return might be a bit more iffy!

Any other forumers want to meet up at the pub on green beforehand to ride together?

Just putting a whatsapp group!

Sure why not :)

I’ll have the forum jersey so should be relatively easy to spot.

You riding all the way back or to Ipswich?
I’ll have my forum cap on... oh hang on.

I'll also be in my forum jersey, drop me a DM with your number if you want in on our bustly whatsapp group (there's 2 of us so far... not sure that constitutes a group yet)

Only Stowmarket. According to the weather forecast (last time I checked) wind will switch to Northely on Sunday.

@seager will do!

You mean southerly? ie headwind. Every time I look the temp is one degree less.
Hope to see you tomorrow! I'm going to try ride and see how it goes.

Oh yeah. Ah well, I'm going West anyway, so...

edit: would you look at that. It's gonna be fun :)

Not going to make this anymore which is annoying but I was at the beach in Lowestoft yesterday (which is about 20 miles north of Dunwich) and can confirm that the sea is much warmer than usual. Definitely worth a morning dip!

This is a brilliant app

Penge CC have a few coach spaces left. £45, leaving Dunwich at 9am. Please send me a message if you're interested.

I have last minute decided to ride this. Ill be on a specialized Allez with a bright splatter fork, ill be going slowly and solo most of the way. Say hi as you cycle past.... Ill appreciate it.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/6lhEuT0clAQF6ttwYAH8Rh for the WhatsApp chat

Post a pic

Anyone with a ride report?

Brief one goes like this:

Tailwind all the way out, much colder than expected. Hit with rain on way back to Ipswich. Seemed much quieter than last year. Plenty of people out on fixed. I’m off for sleep.

Rain and headwind back means definitely glad I’m not doing the double!

It seemed quiet, but I actually think there were about as many people as last year. All the food stops were completely mobbed. There was a really neat crash on the Epping road. Not sure what happened, but I could see someone getting heart massage. Hope they made it.

Also saw a police car with lights flashing, and two bikes lying by the side of the road.

This must have been at about 2-3am somewhere in the lanes - I was riding back to London.

Dammit, there are always bad crashes, even though the route is mostly flat - cars too often involved

A shocking moment when coming across the crash--hoping for good news. Andrew Rawling--never forgotten.

Lots of people left early, as usual. I left at about 10 to 9, with Clockwise, whom I promptly lost in Walthamstow, sorry. We also bumped into @flickwg, long not seen on here, geared and still with the longest seatpost in the universe.

I did it fixed for the first time, which worked well (oddly, I found climbing the little rolling climbs much easier than on the road bike), and wanted to ride back, but unfortunately I'd underestimated the lack of comfort from the very simple hoods I have on the Fuji and in the end decided not to try to ride back, as my right hand wasn't feeling good at all. No real sitting problems this time except at the start, when I realised I hadn't adjusted my saddle well. The only other issue in the last two miles or so was a tight right hamstring.

Nice tailwind! I got to Dunwich at 5:35 and was annoyed that I hadn't brought my swimming stuff just in case I might not ride back, after all. Oh well. Good to see @Ruserius and @pastry_bot at the end, but otherwise I didn't spot any forumengers, if memory serves.

Plenty of people out on fixed.

I only saw four or five. I think all of them had left quite early. I mostly played leapfrog with the roadie trains that seemed to stop everywhere, when I passed them, and then they overtook me again.

There are always some problems with rider behaviour, although usually not too many. One cycling club, which shall remain nameless, for some bizarre reason rode into Castle Hedingham whistling loudly--a narrow and intimate village street where the sound echoes and where I've witnessed rows between residents in pyjamas and riders before. At some point I came across three riders pissing against someone's garden wall. Too much chatting when going through villages, but it seemed less than on previous editions. Lots of groups rode largely silently.

I didn't stop for any food, only once for water, and despite having a lot of food didn't eat much of it. I was disappointed by the Clif bars I had. They seemed much too dry.

Very impressed by how many places were open, even as far into the ride as Chelsworth, where the pub was still open when I passed long after midnight. Plenty of other feeding spots.

I hitched a ride back to London with the Penge CC coach (thanks @plasticniki ) and rode to a station, where I took the train back to Dalston. The hand was still painful, so I took it very easy.

Now I'm not feeling very tired, perhaps because I'd prepared myself to ride back. I'll probably crash in a little while.