2010-07-24 - Dunwich Dynamo DD18

Does it matter, you'll call me gay which ever I take?

You know me too well.

On a serious note, are you riding with socks?
If not I'd be highly tempted to say lets finish what we started last year.

SHould be riding with her, but she has just said I could ride with you if I like. I said no ;-).

socks are essential, otherwise you get sweaty feet and ruin your shoes...

True.

I said no ;-).
Ha

1. braker (sod riding back - free ticket for the partybus please)
   

1. Velocio (+ Coach)
   
2. Clefty (coach)
   
3. joe smith (coach)
   
4. damo (no coach reqd, will be staying in southwold for the weekend)
   
5. Soul (Coach)
   
6. Souls +1 (Coach)
   
7. lalanternerouge (coach req.)
   
8. + ^mate (coach req.)
   
9. CG (+coach)
   
10. Simon J (+coach)
    
11. Bombadil (coach)
    
12. BrianClose (coach)
    
13. Clever Pun (on a brompton no coach required)
    
14. cliveo (+coach)
    
15. dee-bee-one (no coach required)
    
16. emab (coach)
    
17. Serk (Coach)
    
18. edscoble (coach)
    19.polowannabe (coach)
    
19. conker (+ coach)
    
20. Marco (coach)
    
21. Nhatt (coach)
    
22. SoperRiva (not sure)
    
23. Superprecise (coach, I think)
    
24. allensea (coach)
    
25. jaygee (coach)
    
26. VeeVee (coach)
    
27. mjs110 (if it's not raining, ipswich)
    
28. andy.w (begs for the weekend off)
    
29. dicki
    
30. Digger (+coach)
    
31. middleofnowhere (coach)
    
32. Tallman (+coach)
    
33. joelovesfixed(2) (+coach)
    
34. joee-pb (+coach)
    
35. skive (+coach)
    
36. K-Dog (+ coach)
    
37. Sainsburys Ed (+ coach) + non-forum friend who would want a coach ride as well if this is ok with David?
    
38. dalstonrosi (+coach)
    
39. leifal (+coach)
    
40. Object (+coach)
    
41. Braker (+coach)
    
42. BlueQuinn (+coach)
    
    

I'm not entirely convinced I'll make it to Dunwich. I need sensible advice on what food and drink to carry with me to keep me going. Bananas, Reeces peanut butter cups and Red Bull was my plan.

Little and often, ditch the redbull. Bring pasta. Plenty of water and energy gels/bars.

Try here.
https://www.lfgss.com/thread710.html

luxury thing

Pffft, the forum has gone soft. Whatever happened to HTFU? ;P

[/predictable stupid comment of the day]

@BlueQuinn - as Mr.Schick often points out, unfit people who hardly ever ride their bikes do the DD on heavy MTBs. You'll be able to make it if you go at a decent pace and eat/drink little & often.

Especially if it's a warm night, make sure to refill water bottles at every opportunity. I went through about 8 litres last year.

1. Velocio (+ Coach)
   
2. Clefty (coach)
   
3. joe smith (coach)
   
4. damo (no coach reqd, will be staying in southwold for the weekend)
   
5. Soul (Coach)
   
6. Souls +1 (Coach)
   
7. lalanternerouge (coach req.)
   
8. + ^mate (coach req.)
   
9. CG (+coach)
   
10. Simon J (+coach)
    
11. Bombadil (coach)
    
12. BrianClose (coach)
    
13. Clever Pun (on a brompton no coach required)
    
14. cliveo (+coach)
    
15. dee-bee-one (no coach required)
    
16. emab (coach)
    
17. Serk (Coach)
    
18. edscoble (coach)
    19.polowannabe (coach)
    
19. conker (+ coach)
    
20. Marco (coach)
    
21. Nhatt (coach)
    
22. SoperRiva (not sure)
    
23. Superprecise (coach, I think)
    
24. allensea (coach)
    
25. jaygee (coach)
    
26. VeeVee (coach)
    
27. mjs110 (if it's not raining, ipswich)
    
28. andy.w (begs for the weekend off)
    
29. dicki
    
30. Digger (+coach)
    
31. middleofnowhere (coach)
    
32. Tallman (+coach)
    
33. joelovesfixed(2) (+coach)
    
34. joee-pb (+coach)
    
35. skive (+coach)
    
36. K-Dog (+ coach)
    
37. Sainsburys Ed (+ coach) + non-forum friend who would want a coach ride as well if this is ok with David?
    
38. dalstonrosi (+coach)
    
39. leifal (+coach)
    
40. Object (+coach)
    
41. Braker (+coach)
    
42. BlueQuinn (+coach)
    
43. jcgarcia (+coach)
    

@BlueQuinn - as Mr.Schick often points out, unfit people who hardly ever ride their bikes do the DD on heavy MTBs. You'll be able to make it if you go at a decent pace and eat/drink little & often.

Oh, I'd completely missed that Niall was whinging again. :P

Yes, you'll be fine, Niall. Do some longer rides beforehand, and it'll still be a stretch for you, but you'll be a lot fitter than a lot of the people on the ride. Once you've covered the distance even only once, it'll seem much less intimidating to you. I think of the DD as quite a short ride now, having done it every year except 2005 since 2003, but at first it seemed like a very long way to me.

Everybody should always remember that the main difficulty isn't the distance, but whether your bike's alright--nothing is worse than bike problems on a long ride--, whether you're wearing the right combination of layers, whether you're riding with the right people ('don't go sprinting off with the skinny greyhounds', as I think it used to say in the Southwark Cyclists FAQ), that you know where you're going (getting lost can add surprisingly long distances to the mileage), that you know how you want to ride it (the connoisseurs' tip is slowly and socially, which I think I might do this year, as my brother might come to ride it), and other little things like that.

Maybe a blindingly obvious question - but what lights do you guys recommend? I have a half decent halogen headlight but its good for 3-4hrs max. Is this going to be enough - it does get light fairly early midsummer don't it?

You won't/shouldn't need full bream throughout the night. By using flashing mode under street lights and low beam where you can it should easily last through the darkness.I take a reasonably strong city light as well as back up.

Last year I overheard someone who took a thermos flask of hot baked beans and sausages and thus avoided the feed station queue without sacrificing a hot meal. This is something I'm considering copying this year.

The beans was Scott, and he didn't stop telling us about it for around a week or 2. I must get a flask before this.

Oliver I must take issue with you constantly saying that anyone can do this ride, its a fuck of a long ride, certainly the longest forum ride, it like riding to Brighton and back so people need to seriously think about this ride and prepare for it.

It's 120 miles you need to have ridden at least 70-80 and it's overnight, when you have already spent your days energy and you body is telling you that it needs sleep.

As a man who has TOTALLY failed to get his arse into gear for any of the past 12 DD's, due to my total incompetence, work etc.... but have always lurked on the subject. The above reference to a thermos flask is, WITHOUT DOUBT, the best ever advice for anything, ever in the universe..... I am trying to work out how many sausages you can get in a thermos flask.... do you think they used party sized, or an over-sized thermos.... *** goes to kitchen to investigate ***

Oliver I must take issue with you constantly saying that anyone can do this ride, its a fuck of a long ride, certainly the longest forum ride, it like riding to Brighton and back so people need to seriously think about this ride and prepare for it.

It's 120 miles you need to have ridden at least 70-80 and it's overnight, when you have already spent your days energy and you body is telling you that it needs sleep.

+1

i'm amazed at how few people bother to draft properly, it's 70% of the effort if you are a couple of foot behind. people do it in groups but they are randomly spread about on the road.
it's not a race but it's a good way of making sure the less strong riders can stay with their group (riding solo is not as much fun)

+1 I'm amazed that anyone who rees regulalry doesn't already get this but i guess som. People hold on to the old fashioned idea of being polite and engaging in coversation or at least acknowledgement for the person they are drafting off!

8 hours is a long time to have "a conversation" :-)
i was commenting on groups of people who decide to do the ride together then let the weaker members get dropped instead of making sure they are sat at the back getting a tow, then having to stop and wait.

Maybe understandable if they are not so experienced... riding in as tight group takes practice, and in the middle of the night when your tired maybe isn't the best time to start learning!

Maybe understandable if they are not so experienced... riding in as tight group takes practice, and in the middle of the night when your tired maybe isn't the best time to start learning!

believe it or not my induction to riding in a proper tight group was the torrential downpour DD of a couple of years ago. a baptism of firerain but i didn't have any problems apart from wanting to be anywhere else but outside in a downpour at 3am

If you can ride to Brighton, you can do this ride. It was the only preparation I had last year, and Dunwich felt easier.

believe it or not my induction to riding in a proper tight group was the torrential downpour DD of a couple of years ago. a baptism of firerain but i didn't have any problems apart from wanting to be anywhere else but outside in a downpour at 3am

starts praying for dry weather