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

Additional pit-stop confirmed:

Hi Alex,

I can confirm that we will be opening the shop and Weston's Cafe
practically next door will be open too!

We'll both be open from about 10 until approximately 4am which should cover
the majority of riders.

We are again not charging for labour for any repairs and this year have
stock from the whole shop to call upon incase spare parts are needed.

Weston's Cafe will be open with a selection of cakes, flapjacks, cold and
hot drinks.

Also onsite are large public amenities with free drinking water.

We will have signs out from Ballingdon hill (the A131) which is the big
downhill that rolls into town, its a sharp left at the bottom and we're
about 200-300 yards off piste. Our postcode here is CO10 7GB.

I hope that we can get the word out and help as many people as we did last
year.

Leighton
Torque Bikes

www.torquebikes.co.uk

Torque Bikes
Unit 5 Stour Valley Business Centre
Brundon Lane
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 7GB

Double Brooks tape? Fancy.

:)

Greetings Sparky,

Well the whole bike is a Rasta / mid life crisis mash up.
I like leather tape as it feels nice.
Look out for this bike and it's rider plodding steady eddie style through Essex and Suffolk... feel free to say hello as you all whizz past me...
Peace and Love,
Tim.

For those not in the know....
P.S. It's good to hear 'torque' of another pit stop en route. Sudbury is about 70 miles in so a great place to top up those bottles etc.
P.P.S. Once you have reached Sudbury you leave Essex and enter the glory of Suffolk and have circa 50 miles to go.

I'm heading to Croatia for a week of partying followed by a week of relaxing, flying back at Saturday lunchtime for a spot of food and sleep and then heading along for this with a mate. Looking forward to it, although I suspect the 2 weeks away will make it a touch harder to get through.

I need to pick up some cheapish lights for this, anyone have any recommendations?

Good reviews about these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cree-Q5-LED-bike-cycle-zoomable-twin-front-torch-head-light-set-FREE-back-light-/270884141119?clk_rvr_id=496918116296

Find the guy's FB account and you get a 5% discount.
Really really good and speedy service. Got mine within 20hrs of order.
He threw in rear light too which was ace. Chunky mounts and not little elegant lights like the tiddly Cateye ones but they'll get you through the night no problem.

Arse plaque is a serious problem and it's only right that he should deal with it.

It pays to be careful when flossing though...

A mate has double booked himself can't make DD now, spare £30 ticket going. Dibs/PM me and I'll pass you his contact details to arrange buying it from him

Hey, dibs on the ticket if its still going!

Does anyone know whether tandem is allowed on train or not? My friends are riding a tandem but still figuring out how to get back to London. We haven't got coach tickets back to London.
Any suggestion!! Thank you

Google is your friend:

From here: http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/travel-information/your-journey/cycling

Please also note the following aspects of our cycle carriage policy:

[]We cannot carry tricycles or bicycle trailers on any of our services. We simply don’t have room – sorry!
[]We are also sorry, but we can’t carry cycles on rail replacement bus services - again we simply don’t have room.
[]Please don’t ride or ‘skate’ your cycle on any part of our station platforms or concourses.
[]Tandems may be carried on the following routes and services (except where any relevant time restrictions apply):

[INDENT]Norwich - Ipswich - Colchester - London intercity trains
Ipswich, Harwich, Clacton, Colchester, Braintree, Chelmsford and Southend to London services
Norwich – Cambridge, Ipswich – Peterborough and Ipswich – Cambridge trains (except for the first and last trains of the day between Ipswich – Cambridge and vice versa and the 06.23 Bury St. Edmunds – Ipswich)[/INDENT]

[*]Unfortunately, tandems cannot be carried on any other services and we cannot carry bicycle trailers or double deck cycles on any of our services at all. We simply don’t have room – sorry!

I'm looking for a 2nd ticket if anyone's not going
?

A mate has double booked himself can't make DD now, spare £30 ticket going. Dibs/PM me and I'll pass you his contact details to arrange buying it from him
Missed this

Hey, dibs on the ticket if its still going!
doh, guess you got it.

Senor Bear has spaces in a luxury mini bus - check posting #398 back one page for details. Er £40 a pop if you get stuck for tickets home....

Hoping I don't end up on my lonesome for the whole ride.

Crispin Glover + 2

1. Whatok
   
2. Cafewanda
   
3. doppelkorn
   
4. Hefty
   
5. stedlocks
   
6. MrDrem +3
   
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
    
48. bothwell
    
49. Chung +6
    
50. umop3pisdn
    
51. Tenderloin
    
52. Hanuman
    
53. rwn + 1
    
54. DunLessCardigan
    
55. noiser
    
56. kc +1
    
57. ainsley.st.hubbins +1
    
58. JAH tim-on-sea
    
59. Mode
    
60. GRIMEIGHTIESALEX
    
61. whitebait01 +3
    
62. CaptainKirkby
    
63. fasih
    
64. Dull
    

Do you end up on your own because you are not a great person to ride with owing to being, you know, Dull?

Ramaye, Saying it as it is since 2001.

Do you end up on your own because you are not a great person to ride with owing to being, you know, Dull?

Greetings Dull,
I'm sure your name is purely ironic. Not that the number of friends you have on here is any indication of popularity or dull-ness for that matter. But I did notice that you do not currently have any friends on here.
So friendship request sent.
Come on you lot let us make Dull very welcome....
Dull please let everyone know what sort of bike you are on, so on the ride
we can cheer you on your merry way.
You won't be alone, just turn up at London Fields by 8 pm and you will have thousands of friends ready to ride with you to the coast.
Peace and Love, especially from Ramaye....,
Tim

Greetings Dull,
I'm sure your name is purely ironic. Not that the number of friends you have on here is any indication of popularity or dull-ness for that matter. But I did notice that you do not currently have any friends on here.
So friendship request sent.
Come on you lot let us make Dull very welcome....
Dull please let everyone know what sort of bike you are on, so on the ride
we can cheer you on your merry way.
You won't be alone, just turn up at London Fields by 8 pm and you will have thousands of friends ready to ride with you to the coast.
Peace and Love, especially from Ramaye....,
Tim

Aww, Tim's lovely.

Do you end up on your own because you are not a great person to ride with owing to being, you know, Dull?

I was just worried cause I haven't been to a forum event before and my friend who I was planning on riding with pulled out due to getting more into track racing!

Greetings Dull,
I'm sure your name is purely ironic. Not that the number of friends you have on here is any indication of popularity or dull-ness for that matter. But I did notice that you do not currently have any friends on here.
So friendship request sent.
Come on you lot let us make Dull very welcome....
Dull please let everyone know what sort of bike you are on, so on the ride
we can cheer you on your merry way.
You won't be alone, just turn up at London Fields by 8 pm and you will have thousands of friends ready to ride with you to the coast.
Peace and Love, especially from Ramaye....,
Tim

Thanks so much for being so welcoming Tim! I'll be on this bike, my one and only: i.imgur.com/N11ERIO.jpg

I'm hoping to ride but have been off the bike now for four weeks with a virus. I'll ride if I'm strong enough. I'll be in my Eagle Road Club kit - very distinctive - the Swedes nicked our jersey design for their National Flag

Might be a silly question but do people change their sleeping pattern a day or two before or not really? This is my first DD :)

The Eagle kit is probably the worst designed club kit in East London.

Might be a silly question but do people change their sleeping pattern a day or two before or not really? This is my first DD :)

I'm on a 3pm to midnight shift on Friday night - pain in the bum 99% of the time but will probably help out in this instance.

:)

Might be a silly question but do people change their sleeping pattern a day or two before or not really? This is my first DD :)

I just try and get a nap on the Saturday afternoon also reduce coffee intake for a few days before and bring a flask of strong black sweet coffee on the ride.

Crispin Glover + 2

1. Whatok
   
2. Cafewanda
   
3. doppelkorn
   
4. Hefty
   
5. stedlocks
   
6. MrDrem +3
   
7. Ludd
   
8. AllezSzmyd
   
9. Buckaroo
   
10. 
    
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
    
48. bothwell
    
49. Chung +6
    
50. umop3pisdn
    
51. Tenderloin
    
52. Hanuman
    
53. rwn + 1
    
54. DunLessCardigan
    
55. noiser
    
56. kc +1
    
57. ainsley.st.hubbins +1
    
58. JAH tim-on-sea
    
59. Mode
    
60. GRIMEIGHTIESALEX
    
61. whitebait01 +3
    
62. CaptainKirkby
    
63. fasih
    
    

Thinking about how to get back has put me off doing this - the coach sounds like hell on wheels, trains are a hassle, I can't be bothered to drive there the day before and riding to my parents afterwards is another 90 miles, which I can't be bothered with (erm, not to discourage anyone or anything). Instead I'm going to ride my turbo trainer at home and enjoy the final stages of Le Tour on tv.

Have a word with senior bear about the CS Gruppetto luxury minibus. You can spend the journey mocking their wannabe team sky kit.