Dunwich Dynamo - coach back

Cafewanda wrote:

*Makes a note to let down the tyres on Redvee's bike in the near future*



Wicker basket - :roll: :P

Makes a note to self that when out on a bikeride with CW, stop with the valves at the top of the wheels

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Oh deary, deary me, I'm tempted, very tempted to join in on this ride. I'm just not sure that I have the stamina to complete the ride. I haven't done a 120 miles ride since I was a lad.

I think I'll have to do a trial daytime Deptford to Deptford-on-Sea (Whitstable) to see how I fare on that before signing up. 70 miles alone must be equivalent to 100 miles accompanied, surely, and then there''ll only be a 20-mile home stretch to add on and it can't be uphill to the sea, can it?

It's surprisingly rolling- self and three others did a midnight-start rerun in October (halfway stop was Tesco in Sudbury), Garmin data here. Great route.
You'll be fine if you do it at your own pace, taking breaks as and when you need to.
As for night ride practice, might I suggest you follow CW's fine example and join me and a hundred or so others on an FNRttC?

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

As for night ride practice, might I suggest you follow CW's fine example and join me and a hundred or so others on an FNRttC?

Are you referring to the 13th May ride to Brighton, Stuaff? Because it so happens that I will be gainfully unemployed on that date.

Simon posted on the CC thread that registration was closing for that one today, on account of the CTC affilate thing, which you might have already read on the blog (any new 'Fridays' members would need to get their CTC affiliate membership sorted out prior to the ride). if you have CTC full or affiliate membership already, you'd probably be OK. Might be worth dropping him a line anyway...
If you can't make that one, registration for Whitstable (17 June) opens today.

I've booked the coach. This will be my first DD.

I did this last year and I drove down in the very early hours of the morning, left my car at a train station only a short distance from dunwich beach, got the first train back to london, slept for the rest of the day did the event and drove myself and a friend back. I highly reccommend the ride it was great fun and the route is a nice rolling one where you can sustain a hard and fast pace if you are that way inclined or chill and take it easy. Dont be scared of it, it's harder than most sportives as there is only one food stop but riding 120 miles is much easier than running a marathon (Iv done both) and you will see people on all sorts of bikes. You get lots of cheers from people in pubs along the route and its quite surreal flying past in the pitch black and silence with the glow of red flashing bike lights in the distance. My reccomendations are make sure you have something warm with you for when you get to the beach and make sure you have a very good front light. I have a hope vision and on the bit where I was on my own i did not think it illuminated enough of the road.

Can't go this year due to being in Scotland. Can't do the Fnrttc to Brighton either as I'll be at Roger Waters the night before so won't be in fit state. Next year hopefully.