2009-07-04 Sat - Dunwich Dynamo 2009

I usually carboload heavily before the ride so that I can get through the first 60 miles without consuming too much. After that it's flapjacks and fruit all the way. I'll probably pack some dextrose tablets for emergency measures as well although rarely resort to these. Important, make sure you have enough fluids. There's no point in having food if you can't digest it.

yep +1 to mr smith, mix it up, a combination of technology and comfort food.

I find Sis stuff really good, not too chemically or sickly sweet,

Also try riding and eating the things you plan to use to make sure you can stomach it.

+1 To Mr Smith but you do need to have a one or two beers at the start.

There was some dude there last year who had a massive Two skin spliff at the feed station. Fuck know how he carried on but I think he made it. Not to be recommended though.

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. brett (fixed) - keep riding into sea to live in original ancient settlement.
   
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 - Fixed (46x18 or maybe 46x16 with an 18ss on the flip in case of fail). 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. Clever Pun - Geared - cycling onto ipswich I think, train back to london
    
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.
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Shazam (fixed)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. steves (fixed - probably)
   
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)
    
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 )
    
    

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 (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 / 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
   

There and staying for a lovely minibreak in Dunwich with the missus til Tuesday:
Timmy2wheels (fixed)

having done a couple of dynamos i'll proffer this advice regarding food.
mix it up. do not take duplicates of the same thing, once you have eaten one squashed peanut butter bagel you don't feel like eating another. i made the mistake of taking more than one banana and having eaten 2 the 3rd doesn't seem very appertising, i would take a mix of different flavour energy bars/flapjaks/buiscuits plus something slightly sugary that is easy to snack from a pocket.(i ate jelly babies constantly)
save the energy gel for the last 10 miles (if you need it before then you didn't take enough food or failed to eat what you did bring).
take plenty of it. have always managed to eat everything i took and the first year 4 of us only made it because somebody saved a bag of macadamia nuts and cranberries which were handed out like precious life saving objects. despite bringing lots to eat.
the food at the feed station is basic and you will probably have to stand in a queue so eat something while you wait.
i'm really skinny so have to eat constantly on a ride like that so i guess some people will find it easier to fuel themselves, despite eating loads i still had 3 sugars in a couple of cups of tea at the food stop (i never have sugar in tea).
don't forget the carb loading the day before.

Sound advice there MrSmyth.
All said though anything is possible, last year I started out as part of a group of three and one of us dropped out before Epping taking my other mates food with him in his panniers. Leaving him with only a bag of carrots(don't ask) and he made it all the way without complaining on a shitey old mountain bike.

There and staying for a lovely minibreak in Dunwich with Timmy2wheels' missus til Tuesday:

1. Timmy2wheels (fixed)
   
2. Wibble (fixed)
   

Now here's a question - what is everyone planning to EAT?

Everything!!!

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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. brett (fixed) - keep riding into sea to live in original ancient settlement.
   
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 - Fixed (46x18 or maybe 46x16 with an 18ss on the flip in case of fail). 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. Clever Pun - Geared - cycling onto ipswich I think, train back to london
    
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
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Shazam (fixed)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. steves (fixed - probably)
   
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)
    
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 )
    
    

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 (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 / 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
   

you got home quickly ;)

you got home quickly ;)
i don't live far ;) for some reason it worked...

It was great last year, though we had to wait ages for the coach to leave.

Nicolai, I'm on the coach back, and have to be back in London at 5.30pm ABSOLUTE LATEST. It's due in at 4pm, how close to that was it last year?

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. brett (fixed) - keep riding into sea to live in original ancient settlement.
   
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 - Fixed (46x18 or maybe 46x16 with an 18ss on the flip in case of fail). 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. Clever Pun - Geared - cycling onto ipswich I think, train back to london
    
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
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Shazam (fixed)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. steves (fixed - probably)
   
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)
    
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 )
    
    

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 (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 / 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
   

**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. brett (fixed) - keep riding into sea to live in original ancient settlement.
   
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 - Fixed (46x18 or maybe 46x16 with an 18ss on the flip in case of fail). 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. Clever Pun - Geared - cycling onto ipswich I think, train back to london
    
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
    
    
    

**There and coach back: **

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Shazam (fixed)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. steves (fixed - probably)
   
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)
    
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 )
    
    
    

**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 (fixed)
   
   
   

There and no-idea how getting back:

1. MA3K (Fixed 47-16)
   
   
   

**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 / 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
   

My training for this has been 2 festivals and a week out of the saddle due to some tattooing... It's going to be a piece of piss.

I can't understand why a cyclist would be getting their ass tattooed.

I can't understand why a cyclist would get their arse tattoed either.
Never mind, I am IN for this ride. As long as it is not raining. However, I will only know 2 other people doing this, so if anyone sees me struggling along at the back on my poor old Giant SCR2, say hey, I'll be grateful!

Is there a vague plan to meet for drinks beforehand so that we all some of us recognize each other? There's no point just saying 'at the start' - there'll be hundreds of people with bikes, and someone who hasn't been to that many forum things isn't going to be able to tell one group from t'other.

(I'm still in favour of the pink tutu idea.)

Nicolai, I'm on the coach back, and have to be back in London at 5.30pm ABSOLUTE LATEST. It's due in at 4pm, how close to that was it last year?

last year was a nightmare. if memory serves correctly we got back at 5:30 ish due to general lateness and our coach getting lost in london

Is there a vague plan to meet for drinks beforehand so that we all some of us recognize each other?

Not likely to be drinking before hand owing to cheap date syndrome but if you look here, there is a set of bins against the rails opposite the pub. I would suggest meeting on the patch of grass on the other side of the railings perhaps underneath a tree.

I was hoping that the t-shirts would be sorted by now for easy recognition but it doesn't look like that will happen. Perhaps some recent forum spokecards would make us easily identifiable.

there must be an easier way to identify people than a spokecard that's turning around in a wheel.. Perhaps a coloured arm-band or something?

Face paint!!! We should paint our faces like cats.

Or a big flag or something.

...wouldn't it be great to have a great big LFGSS flag to identify ourselves at the beginnings of rides and things? Or would that just be really naff?