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

Going for fixed this year, and going to try and be a bit more ruthless. Took fucking AGES last year because of the amount of people we stopped to help with mechanicals.

Kiss my sleeveless guns! ;-p

Smith & weston

:-)

*Wesson

Ill wesson you son

1. Whatok
   
2. Cafewanda
   
3. doppelkorn
   
4. Hefty
   
5. stedlocks
   
6. MrDrem
   
7. Ludd
   
8. AllezSzmyd
   
9. Buckaroo
   
10. hats
    
11. Chainbreaker +3
    
12. OldSkoolRacer +1
    
13. Hovis
    
14. laner
    
15. Tricitybenix
    
16. pt
    
17. Doctor Cake
    
18. Howard
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Hairy
    
21. Tanya g
    
22. Ed!
    
23. T4
    
24. hms
    
25. Arben Zilci
    
26. jakemcree
    
27. FixedCheese
    
28. Poots
    
29. Mr Poots
    
30. TooTallTim
    
31. Benj
    
32. ap8006
    
33. Soul
    
34. bombadil
    
35. BenJam
    
36. Luje
    
37. kattiep
    
38. edscoble
    
39. Eyebrows +1
    
40. HatBread
    
41. Dan W
    
42. Sherbertflyingsaucer
    
43. Porter Pearson
    
44. lemonade
    
45. Jackbepablo
    

thanks both - will leave the final decision to the week before to see how fit I feel - coach booked ...

1. Whatok
   
2. Cafewanda
   
3. doppelkorn
   
4. Hefty
   
5. stedlocks
   
6. MrDrem
   
7. Ludd
   
8. AllezSzmyd
   
9. Buckaroo
   
10. hats
    
11. Chainbreaker +3
    
12. OldSkoolRacer +1
    
13. Hovis
    
14. laner
    
15. Tricitybenix
    
16. pt
    
17. Doctor Cake
    
18. Howard
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Hairy
    
21. Tanya g
    
22. Ed!
    
23. T4
    
24. hms
    
25. Arben Zilci
    
26. jakemcree
    
27. FixedCheese
    
28. Poots
    
29. Mr Poots
    
30. TooTallTim
    
31. Benj
    
32. ap8006
    
33. Soul
    
34. bombadil
    
35. BenJam
    
36. Luje
    
37. kattiep
    
38. edscoble
    
39. Eyebrows +1
    
40. HatBread
    
41. Dan W
    
42. Sherbertflyingsaucer
    
43. Porter Pearson
    
44. lemonade
    
45. Jackbepablo
    
46. PeterS
    

Thinking about it.

Anyone on here ever do it without stopping? If I do it, I'd like to do the whole thing in one go at a moderate pace, and only stop for a piss the odd time. Stopping for half an hour or more in the middle of it seems a bit silly - I'll just cramp up and feel wrecked getting back on again.

Last time I did the DD I did pause at Finchingfield for a proleptic pint of Adnams but then skimmed past the feed stop at ?Sible Hedingham as there were too many cyclists around and I didn't need a break. To be honest, in a ride of 7 or 8 or even 9 hours, you're unlikely to need more than an occasional pee stop. But if you're with a bunch of friends, the stops can be a laugh.

Thinking about it.

Anyone on here ever do it without stopping? If I do it, I'd like to do the whole thing in one go at a moderate pace, and only stop for a piss the odd time. Stopping for half an hour or more in the middle of it seems a bit silly - I'll just cramp up and feel wrecked getting back on again.

You're getting the whole reason for riding a bike wrong.
Start at a pub, ride to Moreton and stop at a pub, ride to finchingfield and stop at a pub, options then are to ride straight through to the pub at the end or to stop for a kip at sible whatsitcalled. But you should have a minimum or two stops while the pubs are still open, otherwise they may stop opening late for us and those with a real rehydration need will be stuck.

I dont like drinking and riding my bike much, makes me feel ten times worse the next day.

I think the main point here is Dunwich can be done however you want. Non-stop at a steady roll is a perfectly good idea, as is fast as you can between pubs.

Some will race for sun-up on the beach, some will take their time in the dark. My favorite time is rolling along as the pre-dawn glow strengthens, painting the Suffolk countryside in ever greater detail.

I will be doing it pissed. Possibly dressed as a pirate.

Mostly rolling.
I had 47/17 last year which is 74gi ish.
Was fine. I was riding with people on lower gearing and it got to be hard work riding/spinning more slowly than I wanted.

Very charitably put! You're just an animal. With a bad knee.

I think the main point here is Dunwich can be done however you want. Non-stop at a steady roll is a perfectly good idea, as is fast as you can between pubs.

Some will race for sun-up on the beach, some will take their time in the dark. My favorite time is rolling along as the pre-dawn glow strengthens, painting the Suffolk countryside in ever greater detail.

You're just supposed to look at it, not paint it.

This year I'm going to help with catering. I reckon helping DD happen isn't a bad thing to volunteer for.

Thinking about it.

Anyone on here ever do it without stopping? If I do it, I'd like to do the whole thing in one go at a moderate pace, and only stop for a piss the odd time. Stopping for half an hour or more in the middle of it seems a bit silly - I'll just cramp up and feel wrecked getting back on again.

Few people do it without stopping, as the main attraction of the ride is socialising. The oldest hands do the ride as slowly as possible and stop frequently (outside of built-up areas, please). But do it however you want. You will find people to ride with whatever you do.

I think the main point here is Dunwich can be done however you want. Non-stop at a steady roll is a perfectly good idea, as is fast as you can between pubs.

Some will race for sun-up on the beach, some will take their time in the dark. My favorite time is rolling along as the pre-dawn glow strengthens, painting the Suffolk countryside in ever greater detail.

You just want to spend more time in the middle of nowhere.

I'd like to make sun-up. I really would. But to be honest that would mean not enjoying the ride as much.

I get your point about the social aspect of the spin Oliver, but when I ride for four hours, and then stop for half an hour, I seize up. I'm wrecked afterwards.

But, I can ride for eight hours, and then stop. I'll still seize up, and I'm wrecked afterwards, but no more than the four hours.

I find that once I keep moving, I'm fine.

If you start later (bit of a risk riding through Hackney in the wee hours), aim to pass Sible Hedingham at say 1.30 then you have a good shout of joining with the stopping crew on the early morning section when very few, if any, stops are made and still get some social time in.

Hackney's fine. It's in Waltham Forest, along the Lea Bridge Road, where people have occasionally been bike-jacked over the years. Not many, mind you, and it's never been a great risk, but the route sheet still warns about it.

^^ good advice.

I wouldn't worry about Hackney or Lea Bridge. Epping is full of teenage drunk drivers.

Oliver
It's all the same area to me. East of Green Lanes there be drug addled muggers everywhere.

Leaving Hackney was a top laugh last year, lots of the drivers seemed to just be amazed at what was happening as opposed to angry.
Epping was a fucking nightmare though, and the potholes littering the cycle path don't help.

1. Whatok
   
2. Cafewanda
   
3. doppelkorn
   
4. Hefty
   
5. stedlocks
   
6. MrDrem
   
7. Ludd
   
8. AllezSzmyd
   
9. Buckaroo
   
10. hats
    
11. Chainbreaker +3
    
12. OldSkoolRacer +1
    
13. Hovis
    
14. laner
    
15. Tricitybenix
    
16. pt
    
17. Doctor Cake
    
18. Howard
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Hairy
    
21. Tanya g
    
22. Ed!
    
23. T4
    
24. hms
    
25. Arben Zilci
    
26. jakemcree
    
27. FixedCheese
    
28. Poots
    
29. Mr Poots
    
30. TooTallTim
    
31. Benj
    
32. ap8006
    
33. Soul
    
34. bombadil
    
35. BenJam
    
36. Luje
    
37. kattiep
    
38. edscoble
    
39. Eyebrows +1
    
40. HatBread
    
41. Dan W
    
42. Sherbertflyingsaucer
    
43. Porter Pearson
    
44. lemonade
    
45. Jackbepablo
    
46. PeterS
    
47. Dglshrn
    

Took a little Aeropress coffee maker last year.

Was lovely, sitting in the dawn light halfway up the hill in Coddenham, sipping a decent brew and watching people quietly wind their way towards the coast.

There's lots of ways to ride the Dun Run, but however you do it I think trying to soak in as much of the atmosphere as possible is part of the experience.

how decadent