The Dunwich Dynamo 2015 thread
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Shame. I'm up for cycling both ways then. Happy if J wants to join at Brentwood, giving him a later start from home and a lot fewer miles to ride.
I'm near J24 M25. It'd add a good 1-1.5 hours to someone's drive to/from Sussex to go via here, if that's what you're thinking. Besides, I'm sold on the double century now. Happy to transport a body to/from anywhere vaguely along my route in either direction, but I've only space for the one bike in the boot.
I'm near J24 M25. It'd add a good 1-1.5 hours to someone's drive to/from Sussex to go via here, if that's what you're thinking. Besides, I'm sold on the double century now. Happy to transport a body to/from anywhere vaguely along my route in either direction, but I've only space for the one bike in the boot.
Edited by SixPotBelly on Thursday 4th June 10:12
Options for one-wayers - hitch a ride with us back London-bound or ride on to Ipswich Station with
your pre-booked cycle reservation.
Got a gps file Justin? Don't want to end up like this seasoned traveller chap
http://longroadhardlessons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/...
I'll be doing it again this year , will be my 4th time. Absolutely love it!
I've always dropped a car off at Dunwich on Saturday and not had to wait for a coach. I should be doing that with my brother this year, and as he lives near Sudbury, just an hour drive back to a bed.
I couldn't imagine driving all the way back to London afterwards..ask Swerni who drove me back a couple of years ago!
A mate of mine said he's keen to do it this year as are some of his work mates. He's a bit of a plodder so may just take it easy and enjoy it, stopping off now and then.
I need to up my mileage as the weekend before I will be at Glastonbury, on the sauce and off the bike for 5 or 6 days!
80sMatchbox said:
I'll be doing it again this year , will be my 4th time. Absolutely love it!
I've always dropped a car off at Dunwich on Saturday and not had to wait for a coach. I should be doing that with my brother this year, and as he lives near Sudbury, just an hour drive back to a bed.
I couldn't imagine driving all the way back to London afterwards..ask Swerni who drove me back a couple of years ago!
A mate of mine said he's keen to do it this year as are some of his work mates. He's a bit of a plodder so may just take it easy and enjoy it, stopping off now and then.
I need to up my mileage as the weekend before I will be at Glastonbury, on the sauce and off the bike for 5 or 6 days!
Will you be in a PH jersey? On the Dun Run, not at Glastonbury. I've always dropped a car off at Dunwich on Saturday and not had to wait for a coach. I should be doing that with my brother this year, and as he lives near Sudbury, just an hour drive back to a bed.
I couldn't imagine driving all the way back to London afterwards..ask Swerni who drove me back a couple of years ago!
A mate of mine said he's keen to do it this year as are some of his work mates. He's a bit of a plodder so may just take it easy and enjoy it, stopping off now and then.
I need to up my mileage as the weekend before I will be at Glastonbury, on the sauce and off the bike for 5 or 6 days!
I have to admit, the thought of driving into central London afterwards (and back out again) wouldn't appeal to me either. I find that knackering enough normally, when I haven't just spent the vast majority of the preceding 24 hours riding a bike! Sitting with the cruise on down the A12 & around the M25 isn't too daunting though.
SixPotBelly said:
Will you be in a PH jersey? On the Dun Run, not at Glastonbury.
I have to admit, the thought of driving into central London afterwards (and back out again) wouldn't appeal to me either. I find that knackering enough normally, when I haven't just spent the vast majority of the preceding 24 hours riding a bike! Sitting with the cruise on down the A12 & around the M25 isn't too daunting though.
No, I don't have a PH jersey, too much white on them for me. 😊I have to admit, the thought of driving into central London afterwards (and back out again) wouldn't appeal to me either. I find that knackering enough normally, when I haven't just spent the vast majority of the preceding 24 hours riding a bike! Sitting with the cruise on down the A12 & around the M25 isn't too daunting though.
If Swerni's going, he's easy to spot even without a PH smiley on his shirt.
Definitely up for all meeting at the start, but not sure if we'd stay together due to differing speeds a d leaving g times. I've always tended to leave just after 8. I wouldn't mi d Lea ing a bit later as part of the fun is riding with others and seeing trails of tail lights over the rolling hills ahead.
Good on you lot for doing the double but I'd rather not. That said, I did the 1st half last year at quite a slow pace, much quicker on the 2nd half after my brother got over "bonking"(not like that!) And so at the end, I felt like I could have carried on riding.
I wouldn't recommend stopping at the official midway stop(about 60 miles in) but to rather stop afterwards at one of the many pubs that stay open. There's less crowding, you may even get a seat. ☺
Can't wait, it's a great night, can't imagine a year without doing it.
How about this for a first draft?
Dun-bridge route draft I
I've used unclassified country roads almost exclusively, avoided Stowmarket, Bury and Newmarket, and tried to pick sensible places to cross the trunk A roads.
One of the problems I found is there are very few, if any, roads that go east-west in that part of the country. So there'd be zig-zagging much of the way whichever route we took. But that'll stop it getting boring
Comments, complaints, criticisms?
Dun-bridge route draft I
I've used unclassified country roads almost exclusively, avoided Stowmarket, Bury and Newmarket, and tried to pick sensible places to cross the trunk A roads.
One of the problems I found is there are very few, if any, roads that go east-west in that part of the country. So there'd be zig-zagging much of the way whichever route we took. But that'll stop it getting boring
Comments, complaints, criticisms?
This is an old route but not much further to London!
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Dunwich-Dynam...
I think your first bit is maybe too zig zaggy, not that I know owt about the area. How does that route I linked look following their Dunwich to the 105km marker then up to Haverhill then Cambridge?
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Dunwich-Dynam...
I think your first bit is maybe too zig zaggy, not that I know owt about the area. How does that route I linked look following their Dunwich to the 105km marker then up to Haverhill then Cambridge?
edit - scratch that. There's an obvious back road I missed via Balsham. Stand by...
via Balsham
But I take Justin's point that riding both ways is no longer necessary. I'll put these on ice pending further developments.
Edited by SixPotBelly on Thursday 4th June 22:11
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