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You never know, Joff might be able to repair it in time?
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Not Kat and Charlotte by any chance?
Kat was talking to me about possibly doing it this year, with a support bike - as they can't carry anything, guessing she won't now she has a cracked frame :-(
You never know, Joff might be able to repair it in time?
Sigh.... sadly no. Joff's out of town for a few weeks. So, no chance of riding penny on Saturday. Good news though - it is apparently easily fixed.
Sounds like Charlotte is still mad keen and Andy, depending on the state of his penny, might join her.
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Sounds like Charlotte is still mad keen and Andy, depending on the state of his nerves, might join her.
FTFY
Yep, Charlotte & Andy are the ones who I had in mind.
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I forget what 48 16 is. Like, 79"?
Yep, this ride is probably going to kill me.
48/16 is 81" on 700c. you will be just fine, I did it on 81" last year and had a really good time. However I am on 72" this year to get used to a shorter gear to prepare for a fixed Lands end/Jon O'Groats next year(I hope! as will cost time and money). I regularly do a ride In Essex which takes in three of the longest and steepest hills I can find and there is nothing even remotely as painful on the DD.
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I'm really dithering about this ride. Brighton ride Sat night was really fun, but not sure if I can do 120 miles.
If you can do Brighton then you can do Dunwich. It is only a mental block you have got. If you drink, eat and pace yourself then you could do both ways if you want.
I know of a bloke who rides an 89" fixed from London to Wales to do the Brian Chapman Memorial ride(600k Audax through hilly Wales) then rides back to London when finished. Any distance is possible when you overcome the feeling you can't do it. Pedal,pedal,pedal,pedal.......eat,drink,pedal,pedal,pedal.....etc -
All hail Pepsi!
and Shirley!
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okay, decision made. was always going but just had to choose the weapon of choice. i don't think i have ever used choose and choice in the same sentence before. and certainly not twice on the spin.
anyroad, will be fixed again this year. having spoken to a few TNRC compadres might be looking for that TNRC peloton to either ipswich or sudbury, decision to be made on the morning of arrival.
food. good advice from mr smi(y)th. i am simply going to eat the miles though.
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If you can do Brighton then you can do Dunwich. It is only a mental block you have got. If you drink, eat and pace yourself then you could do both ways if you want.
someone once said to me that if you take it easy, you can cycles almost indefinitely, but if you decided to race, then 120 miles is quite a drain.
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120 miles is a long way, but it is doable if you pace yourself, eat properly, don't get pissed up the night before, have a comfortable setup and most importantly ride with people you can work with.
Find a group toride with that you feel you can do a turn on the front every once in a while, that way you won't be hanging off the back the whole ride and depleting energy reserves.
Things I've read estimate that by drafting people you use between 30-60% less energy by riding around 6 inches behind the person in front, been on several forum rides where people suffer from a combination of not really taking this on board and are riding withpeople who can sustain a pace which is too high for them even with this energy saving.
Good luck to all going, things have conspired that I can't do it again :( next year though!
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I really want to try to travel as light as possible for this. I have arm warmers / base layer etc which will fit in the back pocket and a saddle bag for tubes, pump etc. another pocket for food and gels and a middle pocket for phone, cash etc... the only problem seems to be the legs. I will start with bib shorts but is it going to be too cold to go the whole way in just them?
I'll be meeting family when i get there so they will have clothes for the rest of the day but i really don't want to bring a bag.
Has anyone done it in previous years with just bibs or do you need knee warmers etc?
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it all depends on the weather on the night..
I rode to Brighton the other night just in bibs and was perfectly fine. If anything it got colder when the sun came up. If the weather stays like this then I think just bibs would be fine but personally I'll have a pair of shorts in a bag just in case.
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120 miles is a long way, but it is doable if you pace yourself, eat properly, don't get pissed up the night before, have a comfortable setup and most importantly ride with people you can work with.
Find a group toride with that you feel you can do a turn on the front every once in a while, that way you won't be hanging off the back the whole ride and depleting energy reserves.
Things I've read estimate that by drafting people you use between 30-60% less energy by riding around 6 inches behind the person in front, been on several forum rides where people suffer from a combination of not really taking this on board and are riding withpeople who can sustain a pace which is too high for them even with this energy saving.
Good luck to all going, things have conspired that I can't do it again :( next year though!
most of the 500-700 people on the dynamo have no idea how to ride in a group, and TBH i wouldn't want to ride with randoms unless it was obvious they were comfortable with group riding as it's too dangerous.
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I really want to try to travel as light as possible for this. I have arm warmers / base layer etc which will fit in the back pocket and a saddle bag for tubes, pump etc. another pocket for food and gels and a middle pocket for phone, cash etc... the only problem seems to be the legs. I will start with bib shorts but is it going to be too cold to go the whole way in just them?
I'll be meeting family when i get there so they will have clothes for the rest of the day but i really don't want to bring a bag.
Has anyone done it in previous years with just bibs or do you need knee warmers etc?
Fingers crossed the weather looks like it's gonna be much like last year. I rode in bibs with knee warmers and a ss jersey with arm warmers and a gilet it was only on the last few miles when the sus was coming up I shed the A+L warmers.
Everyone is different and hotter coller than others either way I think it's a good idea to protect your knees.
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Fingers crossed the weather looks like it's gonna be much like last year. I rode in bibs with knee warmers and a ss jersey with arm warmers and a gilet it was only on the last few miles when the sus was coming up I shed the A+L warmers.
Everyone is different and hotter coller than others either way I think it's a good idea to protect your knees.
Agreed.... i shall find some knee warmers.
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Yes, take knee warmers, Soul--I've taken them on every long ride since I've had knee problems, and they are highly recommended for helping you prevent acquiring knee problems in the future.
The temperature will usually have dropped a fair bit when you come out of the feed and you'll want to go long-sleeved and with your knees protected.
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you need arm/leg warmers and another layer, either gilet or l/s jersey.
it isn't going to be quite as cold at night as last year, but the drop to 15 odd degrees will freeze you, especially at 0300 when you've been inside the feed station and got used to not moving. Your body will want to be in bed.
people who insist on traveling light, think about those storage bottles that you can fill with clobber/food and stick in a bottle cage (even strap an additional cage to the saddle or seat post)
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this was my set up last year: modifications to turn my track racing bike into something to do miles on.
the only grave mistake was using a specialized toupe saddle that I had only ridden for a week or so on relatively short trips. it was lovely up to about 20 miles, then got nasty.
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sir please sir can i join in, what time you leave from where?
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Tom, get lights this time, the Dynamo doesn't all stay in one group. :)
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I used 67" for the Bryan Chapman 600 but that has some proper Welsh hills (Snowdonia for example), not this pan flat essex/suffolk shite.
I think I'll go back up to 71", possibly even 74" for it (nothing higher as I am starting in Dorking with a climb of Box Hill and the Epsom Downs).
Looks like a tailwind going out (which will probably die at night) but a small headwind coming back, otherwise perfect.
I'll be on this: http://www.greenbank.org/bikes/tempo/tempo7.jpg should be easy to spot. Red "Republic of Anaerobia" jersey.
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2009-07-04 Sat - Dunwich Dynamo 2009
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There and other way back:
23.gormley (fixed) train if riding fixed
There and coach back:
9, 10. Sparrow + friend Duncan (2x fixed)
12. CheBeef (roady) Not going :-( I'm broke and saving for the hols.
There and back:
There and no-idea how getting back:
There and back at a 400 mile 24hr pace:
Not going there at all but lying back, cockateel in hand, on a beach in the south of france / croatia / Teddy Sheringham:
Going up the aisle to get fixed
Drinking all murtle's beer while he gets all soppy:
Sat at home wishing they were going:
Changed. Needed to edit my entry anyway.