Dunwich Dynamo 2007 - July 28/29

I booked my ticket on the bus trip back yesterday. Early-bird price until the end of May.
I was going to sort out a train from Ipswich (another 40k away) but the hassle of it all made me choose the bus back.
I'll be doing it on my ill-fitting blue Ribble road bike, most likely, with Dinotte LED for lighting and maybe a bag for clothes, batts, food, spares, etc.
I thought it was 200k not 170k but, whatever. Been doing 100k+ rides on weekends with Willesden CC so tacking on another 100 won't be too bad.. ha!

Dose it count for audax randonnee?

Also two little question for you people who do lond distance rides.

Are lycra shorts better than some normal shorts with these padded undershorts?

This butt cream stuff, are you ment to apply it beforehand kind of like some hard core e45 type cream?

Sorry for stupid questions but I never ride much more than 50-60 miles in a day (when I am seeing diffrent people erron running) and that is never in one go so I have never had any problems with my normal shorts e.t.c

TheBrick Dose it count for audax randonnee?
Also two little question for you people who do lond distance rides.
Are lycra shorts better than some normal shorts with these padded undershorts?
This butt cream stuff, are you ment to apply it beforehand kind of like some hard core e45 type cream?
Sorry for stupid questions but I never ride much more than 50-60 miles in a day (when I am seeing diffrent people erron running) and that is never in one go so I have never had any problems with my normal shorts e.t.c

1. Well it's not run under AudaxUK rules so I'd guess 'no' but that's my guess.
   
2. I reckon knicks would be better because you don't have the seam that 'normal' shorts have running under your soft bits
   
3. Yes, the cream is applied before you ride, although I've never used it myself and find the thought of having that mush in my knicks kinda gross.. oh and I'm fscking 'ard and don't need that girlie stuff (not) ;-)
   
   

Your butt is gonna hurt no matter what you do until you get used to riding those distances. It will hurt less with proper postion, proper saddle shorts and possibly the butt cream.

Cool cheers hippy.

I looked on the audax web site after posting and could not find it so I thought not.
Maybe I will have to bite the bullet and buy some lycra as I want to get into these 100/200 km + rides.
I was expecting pain but I would like to minimise it.:)

unlined mtb shorts don't have a seam down the middle, i use them with a lycra liner short as the pad is often better than the ones with built in liners, i use kona and sombrio 3/4 shorts that i wear with a sugoi liner for long rides, they are very comfortable

good idea cheerese mate.

Smiffy (that's MrSmith in 'strayn): I need some shy shorts and was thinking about Endura Humvee's coz they're cheap(er) and not so bad. Where'd you get the sugoi liners? Also, do Sombrio do non-lace up shorts? I don't like looking like I'm going for a surf..
Really need to get into some shops and look at these. Fsck they can be expensive though! I went into Evans for a tyre.. £20 cheapest road tyre? Fsck off!

i was given the sugoi liners from a friend who works for a cycling magazine the lycra bit is thinner than a normal short and if you hold them up to the light they look like airtex material with the tiny little holes in, don't know who the importers are?

the sombrio shorts i got from wiggle they are called 'badass' but are a quite posh with loads of pockets and belt loops i wear them if i am going to be seen in public and want to look as cool as possible for a bald 36 year old with a beard. they do look a bit surf but aren't that baggy.

kona pseudopod 3/4 knickers are a bit thinner but nice shorts you should be able to get these quite cheap?

Humvees are probably cheaper and i have seen them without liner the ones with liner are o.k but i only use the endura liner off road as i have better ones for road/distance. wiggle and chain reaction are usually a good place to start looking but sometimes the evans online store has some hidden bargains they had some kona 3/4's going cheap but i got them from a friend who is a store manager of a large chain of bike shops.

probikekit.com usually has some good deals on tyres

The whole lights thing is holding me back from committing atm.

Rattlebag probikekit.com usually has some good deals on tyres

I keep seeing stuff I'd buy from them and go through the checkout process and it scrwes up at some stage and I lose the order and give up. :(

rkn The whole lights thing is holding me back from committing atm.

Do you have any lights? Could you borrow some? Buy some? Tell uncle hippy what's the issue with ze illumination?

Yeah, I'm planning to do this with a couple of colleagues... Not planning to do it Fixed though (yes, shame on me)

I'm going to be using Halide lights:
http://www.lumicycle.com/pages/default.aspx

Anyone who rides with me will certainly see a long way. I wouldn't ride in front of me, you'd be blinded looking back.

I'll also use an LED front light to be seen rather than see... will spare the batteries on the halide for the dark sections.

But if the night sky is clear I'll turn the lights off. The ride coincides with the full moon and it should be bright in high summer. Night riding works fine by moonlight if the sky is clear and there's no light pollution to screw it up (which there won't be).

hippy - yeah i have my regular cateye/smart lights but as David says they are 'be seen' rather than 'see' lights. Not really into buying some expensive ones... will see what happens ;)

This is another Aussie who also happens to have a similar nickname - the fat hippy:
http://www.users.on.net/~fathers/

His site has a tonne of info for building cheap lights. Check it out.

do we actually have to register for this ride ? entry fee etc ?

This is the official route btw:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=185113

Watch out for the small hill at the beginning.

dicki do we actually have to register for this ride ? entry fee etc ?

Nope. Turn up on the night.

However, you probably do want to book a bus back for you and your bike. And you need to pay for that.

i'll be using a hope vision led with 2 battery packs which will be fine for the lamplit streets

and one of these 25 watt halogens for the unlit road sections (it's a big 50mm irc bulb so it's as bright as some of the hid's) and has a longer tighter beam than the led's

if you ride behind me and david you can probably turn your lights off!

I loked into making my own lights last autum but the cost is in the battery, it turned out I would only save £5 on the one I bought. But it still would not last through the night. I get about 5 hours on one beam or 2.5 on two so I am not sure how to work it either.

edit: by It I mean managing the battery life, I would use my l.e.d in towns but 10w is the dual beam and haing riden on unlite rodes beofre I needed the full 10w to see.

Heh, between us we'll have 100m of road lit up like daylight.

i may be able to borrow a stupid expensive hid (lupine or light and motion) if i do my nightlightning will be up for grabs to borrow you would still need a led for the built up areas though as the runtime is only 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 hours depending on output setting which should be o.k for the countryside bit
remind me nearer the time if anyone thinks they will need illumination

Damn.. now I'm getting paranoid about my little Dinotte 5w being sufficient. I'm NOT buying more!!! Must.. not... click.. CHECKOUT NOW.. ;)

I did a night ride the other week and it was mostly fine with my regular Cateye - except for the steep downhills in wooded areas which I pretty much had to do blind. When I say mostly fine, I was making efforts to stick right behind the guy who had the brightest bike light ever in the world. So if you don't have a bright light, just find someone who has and try to keep up with them!