2009-07-04 Sat - Dunwich Dynamo 2009

Guys, have fun. Still gutted my back is fucked.

i think rapha do a base-base layer for £399. it's made out of parachute silk. in fact you actually get a bag of silk worms and you put them on your body 1 hour before the ride and watch them go to it. FTW

in all seriousness...you will need * 1) a t shirt /cycling top 2) armwarmers 3) some pockets for tube and a banana and some nuts(there is a food stop on route) 4) padded cycling shorts. there job done ..no track pump, no mavic rims, no spare shoes.

• i'm taking it for granted you will be tipping up witha bike, money, phone, house key etc
  

assos chamois creme would have been on my list, if I would be going ... but hey ... your butt

Chamois cream is for the weak. Tell your arse to HTFU.

well, I am even to weak to come on the ride ... beat that!

what colour socks are best for this kind of ride?

I'm wondering about a battery or electric toothbrush, too, given that it's overnight. Or perhaps just floss?

i'm thinking of removing my bike anchor from the wall, and taking that.
just incase like.

what colour socks are best for this kind of ride?

i'm mixing and matching. one blue and one red until the halfway point, then putting on my clear ones afterwards. oh yes.

white socks always

thick toweling type socks ...just in case you get caught short ;)

You do need a decent base layer to wear inside your padded pants, yes.

thick toweling type socks ...just in case you get caught short ;)

Plus, useful to pat down after the swim in the sea?

Wish you guys good luck and have fun!

Lucozade? WTF is this? The 1980s? People just use water nowadays - haven't you done ecstasy, FFS?

I've got some MDMA in the saddlebag, I'll cuddle up to you n watch the sunrise if you like?

Lavenham was a one-off in 2008 owing to the fact that the Great Waldingfield Village Hall was being refurbished. This year it's back to Great Waldingfield again.

Lavenham was a one-off in 2008 owing to the fact that the Great Waldingfield Village Hall was being refurbished. This year it's back to Great Waldingfield again.

so that's the 2007 route then. cheers, oliver.

Sleeping then rolling - see you all soon peeps.

Have fun homies, sick with envy. Just can't take the risk getting back on the coach. Plus half my Spanish holiday spent nursing a sore crotch? No thanks.

Have fun everone - really fucking gutted to be missing this, as the last 2 years have been the 531.

There and other way back:

1. Wibble (road bike) - parents house then train the day after
   
2. Sam (fixed) - riding back to Ipswich to catch the train
   
3. C2 (fixed) - to Ipswich maybe :D
   
4. actualmatthew (fixed) - ride to Ipswich for the train back to Cambridge.
   
5. 
   
6. EcoLoco (fixed) prob ride to Ipswich, may ride back
   
7. huge16 (ss) beach BBQ and beer then lift back. Hoping to put some beer n BBQ in the car for all you lot if possible!
   
8. The Seldom Killer - Geared. Getting a lift home with gf who is bringing the van and has assured me that she will bring some beer and stick it on ice.
   
9. Sasmon - Fixed or geared - haven't decided yet (staying with some friends in the country)
   
10. jonny. not sure if fixed or geared. riding back part of possibly all the way. like everything in life it will depend on the wind.
    
11. Shazam (geared or fixed, likely riding to Ipswich)
    
12. photoben (fixed) - Cycling to Ipswich, or maybe Colchester.
    
13. Emilia (fixed) - B&B and riding back the next day, or something
    
14. clintsmoker - there and bit way back - geared -
    
15. texas. not sure geared/fixed/ride back/ride train station/ only think i'm sure of is cider in the morning
    
16. furious tiles (road bike) - picked up by gf.
    
17. Gav - geared. Riding back to a station but not sure which one.
    
18. Porter Pearson(fixed)- there and halfway back
    
19. BMMF - sucking TNRC wheels.
    
20. one1 (fixed, 44x16 and 44x18 SS on the flip in case I'm not man enough)... mate lives in Ipswich
    
21. Evin Munchkin (Geared) riding back to Ipswich
    
22. JimL (Fixed 48:18) Getting lift back
    23.gormley (fixed) train if riding fixed
    
23. habbi (caramel shortbread and ipswich train)
    
24. Barbados (fixed - lift back)
    
25. DGaff13 (fixed - lift back)
    
26. Crowbar (fixed - lift back)
    
27. Gralegav - geared. also riding back to a station but not sure which one
    
28. Chartlotte (penny farthing, getting a lift back from my partner)
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Olly398 (not sure whether geared or fixed yet)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. Olly398's 5 roadie mates
   
7. mjs110 (road bike)
   
8. Crispin Glover (fixed and brakless)
   9, 10. Sparrow + friend Duncan (2x fixed)
   
9. Steff (road bike, probably)
   
10. CheBeef (roady) Not going :-( I'm broke and saving for the hols.
    
11. Aroogah (Geared)
    
12. horatio (geared)
    
13. tika (i don't know yet)
    
14. tonythetiger (geared)
    
15. Cohen (sturmey-archer!)
    
16. Hoops (geared)
    
17. VeeVee (maybe and if maybe, definitely geared)
    
18. Jaygee (fixed)
    
19. middleofnowhere (fixed 46/16 with 46/17 ss on the flip for when the pain starts)
    
20. Polybikeuser (shiny new road bike - & probably embarrassingly slow as I haven't had time to do nearly as much preparation for this as I'd intended :?)
    
21. Taogeogheganhart ( Road bike and broken finger+hand )
    
22. Owen Jowett (fixed)
    
23. tom-saracen (geared)
    
24. harry__ (geared)
    
25. Ali_w (geared)
    
26. Shippey (geared)
    
27. Iwelumo (SS not fixed)
    
28. punkpixel (geared) with my mate andy
    
    

There and back:

1. hillbilly (road bike)
   
2. object (road bike)
   
3. Oliver Schick (road bike)
   
4. Scott not Scot (fixed)
   
5. Tricity bendix (fixed)
   
6. Greenbank (fixed)
   
7. Radius (road bike)
   
8. Nishiki (road bike)
   
9. gormley (road bike)
   
10. Davey C (fixed)
    
11. fiddy (geared)
    
    

There and no-idea how getting back:

1. MA3K (Fixed 47-16)
   
2. marcom (geared)
   
3. jcgarcia (fixed)
   
4. diapo (fixed)
   5 BigFatAl (fixed)
   
   

There and back at a 400 mile 24hr pace:

1. disrail (road bike with clip on Tri bars)
   
   

Not going there at all but lying back, cockateel in hand, on a beach in the south of france / croatia / Teddy Sheringham:

1. Slag (fixed!)
   
2. shoots
   
3. Skully (Audi A2 tdi)
   
4. Cornelius SouthofFranceBeachFestivalFoot
   
   

Going up the aisle to get fixed

1. murtle
   
   

Drinking all murtle's beer while he gets all soppy:

1. hippy
   
   

Sat at home wishing they were going:

1. stompy
   
2. pascalo
   
3. CheBeef
   
   

Crying into a bottle of whisky

1. hael
   

Sorry I was being lazy. This is the one that I put on the Garmin.

Just had a look at this--there is at least one navigational error in this, towards the end--not a major problem, but the 'official' route reaches the A12 via Willow Marsh Lane, not via Yoxford. Whoever recorded this either deliberately missed the turn into that narrow lane just after Sibton, as it's not very nice to ride, or simply missed it.

Crispin

half you holiday nursing a sore crotch? I thought you'd be doing that anyway whether or not you were on the DD so errr HTFU. Anyway enjoy the holiday we'll miss your cherries tonight!

There and other way back:

1. Wibble (road bike) - parents house then train the day after
   
2. Sam (fixed) - riding back to Ipswich to catch the train
   
3. C2 (fixed) - to Ipswich maybe :D
   
4. actualmatthew (fixed) - ride to Ipswich for the train back to Cambridge.
   
5. 
   
6. EcoLoco (fixed) prob ride to Ipswich, may ride back
   
7. huge16 (ss) beach BBQ and beer then lift back. Hoping to put some beer n BBQ in the car for all you lot if possible!
   
8. The Seldom Killer - Geared. Getting a lift home with gf who is bringing the van and has assured me that she will bring some beer and stick it on ice.
   
9. Sasmon - Fixed or geared - haven't decided yet (staying with some friends in the country)
   
10. jonny. not sure if fixed or geared. riding back part of possibly all the way. like everything in life it will depend on the wind.
    
11. Shazam (geared or fixed, likely riding to Ipswich)
    
12. photoben (fixed) - Cycling to Ipswich, or maybe Colchester.
    
13. Emilia (fixed) - B&B and riding back the next day, or something
    
14. clintsmoker - there and bit way back - geared -
    
15. texas. not sure geared/fixed/ride back/ride train station/ only think i'm sure of is cider in the morning
    
16. furious tiles (road bike) - picked up by gf.
    
17. Gav - geared. Riding back to a station but not sure which one.
    
18. Porter Pearson(fixed)- there and halfway back
    
19. BMMF - sucking TNRC wheels.
    
20. one1 (fixed, 44x16 and 44x18 SS on the flip in case I'm not man enough)... mate lives in Ipswich
    
21. Evin Munchkin (Geared) riding back to Ipswich
    
22. JimL (Fixed 48:18) Getting lift back
    23.gormley (fixed) train if riding fixed
    
23. habbi (caramel shortbread and ipswich train)
    
24. Barbados (fixed - lift back)
    
25. DGaff13 (fixed - lift back)
    
26. Crowbar (fixed - lift back)
    
27. Gralegav - geared. also riding back to a station but not sure which one
    
28. Chartlotte (penny farthing, getting a lift back from my partner)
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Olly398 (not sure whether geared or fixed yet)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. Olly398's 5 roadie mates
   
7. mjs110 (road bike)
   
8. Crispin Glover (fixed and brakless)
   9, 10. Sparrow + friend Duncan (2x fixed)
   
9. Steff (road bike, probably)
   
10. CheBeef (roady) Not going :-( I'm broke and saving for the hols.
    
11. Aroogah (Geared)
    
12. horatio (geared)
    
13. tika (i don't know yet)
    
14. tonythetiger (geared)
    
15. Cohen (sturmey-archer!)
    
16. Hoops (geared)
    
17. VeeVee (maybe and if maybe, definitely geared)
    
18. Jaygee (fixed)
    
19. middleofnowhere (fixed 46/16 with 46/17 ss on the flip for when the pain starts)
    
20. Polybikeuser (shiny new road bike - & probably embarrassingly slow as I haven't had time to do nearly as much preparation for this as I'd intended :?)
    
21. Taogeogheganhart ( Road bike and broken finger+hand )
    
22. Owen Jowett (fixed)
    
23. tom-saracen (geared)
    
24. harry__ (geared)
    
25. Ali_w (geared)
    
26. Shippey (geared)
    
27. Iwelumo (SS not fixed)
    
28. punkpixel (geared) with my mate andy
    
29. fred (fixed)
    
    

There and back:

1. hillbilly (road bike)
   
2. object (road bike)
   
3. Oliver Schick (road bike)
   
4. Scott not Scot (fixed)
   
5. Tricity bendix (fixed)
   
6. Greenbank (fixed)
   
7. Radius (road bike)
   
8. Nishiki (road bike)
   
9. gormley (road bike)
   
10. Davey C (fixed)
    
11. fiddy (geared)
    
    

There and no-idea how getting back:

1. MA3K (Fixed 47-16)
   
2. marcom (geared)
   
3. jcgarcia (fixed)
   
4. diapo (fixed)
   5 BigFatAl (fixed)
   
   

There and back at a 400 mile 24hr pace:

1. disrail (road bike with clip on Tri bars)
   
   

Not going there at all but lying back, cockateel in hand, on a beach in the south of france / croatia / Teddy Sheringham:

1. Slag (fixed!)
   
2. shoots
   
3. Skully (Audi A2 tdi)
   
4. Cornelius SouthofFranceBeachFestivalFoot
   
   

Going up the aisle to get fixed

1. murtle
   
   

Drinking all murtle's beer while he gets all soppy:

1. hippy
   
   

Sat at home wishing they were going:

1. stompy
   
2. pascalo
   
3. CheBeef
   
   

Crying into a bottle of whisky

1. hael
   
   

lets go already!

good luck everyone! wish i was going this year - STILL haven't managed to do this ride yet. am living vicariously through jonny though - carbo-loading him with some spag bol before he sets off...