2009-07-04 Sat - Dunwich Dynamo 2009

Victorian tech FTW

Great, did about 40m around London today ... will increase that over the next month. Should be ok ...

I am seriously thinking about this. I'll know what a long ride feels like after c2c this weekend. Emilia, I'll prob do it if Sam agrees to.

There's a separate thread for the Dunwich Dynamo...probably best to use that for talking about it rather than this Audax thread...
Calling Greenback.

Lets talk distance.

180km one way.
360km riding back to London Fields (saves you the hassle of getting the train).

I'll be getting the train out to Leatherhead to start at about 6pm, going through to Dunwich, turn around and come back along the same route. I'll then be carrying on through London Fields to Putney to make it up to 400km.

What to do depends on what you're comfortable with. My first 200km ride almost killed me. There's no way I could have considered doing another 200km straight after it. Now it's a relative walk in the park (physically) but it'll never be anything but mentally challenging.

My first long fixed ride was 162km. My second long fixed ride was 315km several months later. Both were fine given that I'd done plenty of 200km rides in between.

Consdiser the "double distance" rule of thumb. If you're planning to do a ride of X miles then you need to have done at least one of X/2 miles. Follow this and you should finish, you might be fucked at the end of it, but you should finish unless you're a big jessie. So 50-60 miles so far and you'll get through the 100 mile DD. Mind you, plenty of people ignore this and are fine. I know someone who's first ride over 100 miles was a very hilly 385 mile Audax.

I'm comfortable with 200-250km rides but I'll be honest, I've never done 3 so 4 is going to hurt. I'm a stubborn bastard and love anything that's becomes a mental challange.

I'm liking the x/2 rule. I can definitely get behind that.

So which forum members are doing the dynamo this year? who's riding fixed? who's riding back?

Also....anyone making any changes to their normal bike setup?

So which forum members are doing the dynamo this year? who's riding fixed? who's riding back?

Me. Although I'll have to get more miles in.

Riding my fixed again, but taking the coach back.

Me too. Fixed if I can ride enough beforehand. Possibly 39/15 rather than 39/14 as usual.

In. Not sure what bike to do it on though.

In. Riding the newly built geared bike. Coach back.

In - fixed - normally ride 48/16 but might change....

Doing it fixed and coach back. 1st time so could do with tagging along with a group.

Made a few changes in preparation... gone from a 5 pinter to a 10.

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If I do actually do it (depends on where I am and what I'm doing nearer the time) I'll probably go geared and as my parents live relatively close I'll probably ride the 20ish miles back there and get a train home the day after

i am going too
i don't know if fixed or not
taking the coach back

have people that are getting the coach back booked tickets yet?

Geared and back! Its going to kill me, but should be fun.

In! Geared, and coach booked.

Last year you could get coach tickets at London Fields. That's what I was pretty much assuming we could do again this year...

Right lets start a LIST! Or 2

There and coach back:

There and back:

1. hillbilly
   
2. object
   

Here's a link to the DD site where you can book coach tickets in advance.

http://www.southwarkcyclists.org.uk/dunwichfaqs.shtml

There and coach back:

There and back:

1. hillbilly
   
2. object
   
3. Oliver Schick
   

There and coach back:
1.stompy.

There and back:

1. hillbilly
   
2. object
   
3. Oliver Schick
   

There and coach back:
1.stompy.

There and back:

1. hillbilly (Road Bike)
   
2. object (Road Bike)
   
3. Oliver Schick
   
4. Scott not Scot (Fixed)
   
5. Tricity bendix (Fixed)