2013-07-20 Sat/Sun - Dunwich Dynamo DD21

Hang on, which one were you chainbreaker? I met people but mostly missed names. Rapha? saw you at the start and the end?

I was the one that caught up with you at the end. Lovely chat about things mostly forgotten cause we were broken men.

Good meeting you Watok! Sorry I didn't see you again

Spotted you flexing guns at various points..

Oh, on the road bike on the final stretch? Annoyed girlfriend?

People need to know where the bathroom is at times! And the exit! And the food stand!

If I had seen you I'd have given you a hug....

... But you were probably avoiding me

Yeah, I heard about your sweaty beach hugs. Also I still owe you a pint and I'm trying to see how long I can go without having to buy it. :-)

I saw you leaving as I was arriving, didn't wave or say hello as you had eyes fixed dead ahead with a hard glazed look that said "conversation, if entered into, would be short, to the point and probably very sweary".

I saw you! I was sure I nodded hello to you, but it probably looked like a threat display.

Who was the jersey wearing guy who borrowed Jay Gee's spoke key? Hope your wheel held up.

That would be Old School Racer. I too, hope the wheels held up!

I managed to wreck the sidewall of my front tyre while riding to London Fields when some c*nt threw a bottle in front of me. The inner tube was poking out of the hole but somehow I didn't puncture. I spent the whole of the ride fearing that my plastic pint glass boot wouldn't hold up but it was fine in the end.

/csb

@Ramaye

Yarp, but it saved us from having to watch the rollapalosers 'aquatic team' take to the waters

#WestSideStoryOnBikes

Repped for flogging a dead horse.

Popped a spoke on the tandem ten miles from Dunwich and it all looked a bit funky, compromised today's ride home plans :( Back now though, after a long weekend of camping jollity. Cooked a fry up on the beach with the Trangia, mental-large pub roast in Eye and an unexpected garden BBQ finished off the post-Dunwich Sunday with tb, OSR+1. Gentle ride to Diss this morning and a quick calm train to seal the deal. Excellent.

Is anyone getting the train back from Ipswich? Other than Theo and I? It's so expensive! Unless you get the 7.43 which costs a tenner. Hopefully will actually make it back there in time..

Never did see you guys. Left later than planned. Got to beach later than planned. Got a free ride back on the train though, so bonus.

Mostly good except for the mile or so of semi-epic cx singletrack.

Opted for the 3.5m detour.

Glad it was of some use. Rode to Darsham station instead. Knackered.

well that was a really nice dunwich, rode the first half with matt (middleofnowhere, ramaye, al and ian conker
first half of ride was dispatched with much haste, maybe too much haste ( yes you matt ) i don't think i could have kept clinging onto his back wheel all ride
our peleton split at the feed station ( nice to see you skully / oliver ) and ian, al and myself rode on at a more leisurely pace
no real incidents of note, no mechanicals which is always nice ... 3 nicely oiled bikes whipping silently through the night is always a pleasure
the last 20 miles or so seemed to go on for a good while with the breaks becoming ever more frequent
the diet of pork pies and flapjacks kept me energised through the night
the drizzle and grey skies over dunwich were an unwelcome sight as people just wanted to stretch out on the beach and be warm and comfortable ... luckily my rucksack contained a fleece jacket and trousers so i just curled up on the beach and had a kip
left for ipswich and the train, i don't know when, rolled slowly through the suffolk country side as gradually the sun came out
jumped on a train at ipswich with no problems what so ever at about 3.30, 20 or so other bikes in the guards van 3 stops to liverpool street
end of.

great ride, nice to meet lots of forumengers along the way, respect to everyone who did it

Was nice to roll those well oiled miles with you guys.

hey al, i'm sorry i didn't say good bye properly at the beach or even see you again once we arrived, very slack of me, my apologies. i just went down to the beach in the end and crashed for a couple of hours
i had the thousand yard stare i've read so much about up thread and just fancied some peace and quiet and a lie down !

@Ramaye

Yarp, but it saved us from having to watch the rollapalosers 'aquatic team' take to the waters

#WestSideStoryOnBikes

I was as graceful and balletic as a whale on rollerskates, it was a sight to behold. I was also, at one point, the only person in the water.

Such a shame that so many people ride to the seaside and do not dip their toe in, but then this ride does fall almost exactly 6 months after my birthday so I am normally due another wash.

Enjoyed the ride, but the catering situation at the beach is getting out of hand.

I know that's not the fault of the organisers, who I stress to say do a brilliant job.

There was a guy selling sausages from a stall about 80(?) miles in. He was complaining that he couldn't get a permit to sell anything at Dunwich, and that the pub & cafe effectively had control of the end point as a result.

Now, that may be sour grapes, but the queues in the pub, the queues outside the cafe and the prices v quality of The Ship's fried breakfast indicate someone is doing very well out of the DD.

^^ I took my trunks with me - but the water looked too cold to venture in. I opted for getting breakfast instead. The veggie breakfast at the cafe is actually pretty good - £6 pretty good value.

Yes, ok Mikenetic having to queue up for 30 minutes for said breakfast is quite bad. I actually enjoyed the standing in the queue at that point.

Chuckle. God, sorry, I didn't realise at all. I really can't hear anything when I'm riding other than wind noise so trying to DAS me is like trying to high-five a blind man. Four or five times, though, that's got to be some kind of record.

I also DASd a (stationary) ladies jersey at some crossroads somewhere after dawn had broken. I didn't recognise the wearer or her associate but hello all the same.

Hi that was Spins and I ,did shout you back later but the wind was probably blowing my voice in the other direction when we passed you and didnt hear us hello !

I may have been the death stare looking rough and tired by that point not intentional, apologies as well half asleep and not sure if it was me you das'd as I was on gears but wearing ladies jersey sorry !

First Dunwich and absolutely awesome was glad to see it through to the end , not feeling too bad today either.
Good times x

I saw a load of people in forum caps - I shouted stuff about skids at some of you—none of you c*nts obliged (booo). Special mention to the ladies jersey wearer who gave me the deathstare for asking for a skid at about 160k. Fun times.

Who was the jersey wearing guy who borrowed Jay Gee's spoke key? Hope your wheel held up.

Yes, ok Mikenetic having to queue up for 30 minutes for said breakfast is quite bad. I actually enjoyed the standing in the queue at that point.

That's probably because you were delirious with hunger by the time someone took your order. The cafe was better value than the pub. I heard people say the fry at The Ship was a tenner?

It was a lot worse than I remember from my previous DD runs. The queues didn't seem to die down at all for the 3-4 hours I was hanging around.

Popped a spoke on the tandem ten miles from Dunwich and it all looked a bit funky, compromised today's ride home plans :( Back now though, after a long weekend of camping jollity. Cooked a fry up on the beach with the Trangia, mental-large pub roast in Eye and an unexpected garden BBQ finished off the post-Dunwich Sunday with tb, OSR+1. Gentle ride to Diss this morning and a quick calm train to seal the deal. Excellent.

The ride to Diss is lovely.

I realise that this is an absurdly long long shot (but I'm casting a wide net!) - I managed to lose my Garmin Edge 705 on the Dun Run (somewhere after Sible Hedingham, probably during an ill advised sprint up a hill) and would love to be reunited with it. Apart from this bit of misery, it was a great ride, although (whisper) I did it with gears this year.

This was my first DD and although I felt a bit out of place with so many carbon bikes and lycra wearers at London Fields that didn't put me off. I soon realised there were all kind of riders and bikes. My single-speed Fuji didn't complaint during the whole trip and I was surprise to see myself keeping a good pace even in the hills. I loved every single mile even when at around 4am my brain started telling me "why on earth are you doing this?? Stop and have a nap you twat!". High point my bacon roll and coffe in that free tea point 20 miles from the beach and the wonderful people waving at us in the villages. Low point when I ran out of liquids in the middle of nowhere and thought I was gonna faint, die and being eaten by fellow hungry riders. See you all in the next ride!

Hey to the North American guy on the brakeless Cinelli Mash (I think); 48:17 gearing.
Good to meet you; I was on the fuji track on 48:16 and you left me on the way DOWN a hill at about the 80/90 mile mark?!

^that'd be Yankee Shit Bag

I saw Yankee Shitbag at the finish and couldn't bare to say hello, realising he was there before me (telling myself he set off much earlier) and that he was on the same bike as he rode at May's LFGSS track day...

It was tough enough on a bloody carbon road bike, never mind brakeless fixed. Much respect.

I realise that this is an absurdly long long shot (but I'm casting a wide net!) - I managed to lose my Garmin Edge 705 on the Dun Run (somewhere after Sible Hedingham, probably during an ill advised sprint up a hill) and would love to be reunited with it. Apart from this bit of misery, it was a great ride, although (whisper) I did it with gears this year.

Someone found one! https://www.facebook.com/groups/DunwichDynamo/?hc_location=stream

I saw Yankee Shitbag at the finish and couldn't bare to say hello, realising he was there before me (telling myself he set off much earlier) and that he was on the same bike as he rode at May's LFGSS track day...

It was tough enough on a bloody carbon road bike, never mind brakeless fixed. Much respect.

he was at least riding road drops not those track drops...
we left between 8.30-9