Dunwich Dynamo 4th July 2009

[Tynan]

You're sorted bikewise and up for it Jedi?

Excellent, yes to lunches and yes to a weather eye on trains, it might not go past stations but they'll be chances to divert to stations surely, a proper map might be in order

17 hours, hmmm, not sure I got as far as doubling the single trip hours, I kinda of figured that the day trip would be nicer than the night one and with the chance of some nice stops

whatever, if you never try ...

what you bought in the end then jedi? I remember you posting elsewhere ruminating on several very expensive bikes

 

[redjedi]

Haven't got it yet, but I've decided on the Bianchi 1885

I was very happy with my last Bianchi. It took a coulpe of falls and a side on impact from a car and kept on going.

I'll be ordering the voucher this week, but it won't be here before the weekend.

Hopefully Aperitifs offer of lending me a bike is still open, so I'll have something to use.

The coach is definately out of the question (I won't be letting one of 'Teef's bike out of my sight) and I'm not sure his bikes "do" trains. It might be like trying to get a cat into a box

 

[stevevw]

Hopefully Aperitifs offer of lending me a bike is still open, so I'll have something to use.

The coach is definately out of the question (I won't be letting one of 'Teef's bike out of my sight) and I'm not sure his bikes "do" trains. It might be like trying to get a cat into a box

Perhaps you will be lucky and it will be a tandem.

 

[redjedi]

Perhaps you will be lucky and it will be a tandem.

With Aperitif at the front

 

[Aperitif]

I polished + oiled the Look on Saturday and tried to stop it creaking.
Only stopped when I got off.
Peddles Luke? Peddles peddles peddles

 

[Tynan]

250 miles on a borrowed bike not yet seen with four days to go

you have to admire that sort of gung ho

 

[redjedi]

I polished + oiled the Look on Saturday and tried to stop it creaking.
Only stopped when I got off.
Peddles Luke? Peddles peddles peddles

You must be overdue for a service teef?

Peddles....I can either use my SPDs and bring some pedals with me (I've just ordered some so they should be here before the weekend) or I can go and buy some road shoes, which I was planning on getting with the bike on C2W voucher.
But I don't mind getting them early and using the balance of the voucher on other things.

 

[stevevw]

SPDs

Shimano on Aperitifs bike are you

 

[4F]

Looking a bit breezy now especially for the cycle back to the smoke posse

 

[arallsopp]

For the endurance readers amongst you, ride report of last weekend's Dun Run route and back here.

 

[redjedi]

Shimano on Aperitifs bike are you

He's also trying to lend me some shoes so I don't have to soil his Look with Sh***ano. I may have to lose a toe or two but as long as 'teefs happy


Good read Andy, You've got me raring to go now, but also scared about the return.

 

[Tynan]

sort out the mental attitude jedi

I'm going with confident determination for the outward and blase whatever for the return, I've convinced myself the return leg is all downhill

 

[Aperitif]

..do what you like red...the sonic timer on the explosive in the tubes will not activate for the first hour, but if it doesn't hear that clunckik, clunkik of Looks, but instead the 'parp' of Shimano..."BOOM!"

See you about 19:30 or so this evening...or whatever

 

[Tynan]

assuming he can get the pedals to go round at all with all that extra weight

tsk

 

[Andrij]

Barry is predicting 800 bikes at London Fields on Saturday, so get there early if you want a pint.