Dunwich Dynamo (Sat 16th - SUn 17th July)

[Tynan]

weather looking much better today, some rain up to 7ish on Sat and then almost clear all night with a 15mph almost tailwind, rain Sun afternoon

which would nicely continue my three DD run of almost perfect weather after just missing the great flood the preious year

 

[Auntie Helen]

It was so cold last night in this part of Essex that I decided I'd need to get out my winter cycling boots for the Dun Run.

I wore them today (haven't worn them in months) and they weren't as comfy as I remember. I clearly also need to move the cleats down a bit to be the best fit for a recumbent.

Can I unscrew the cleats - no I cannot. Full of 3 years' worth of grime and snow and salt and grot, and they weren't real Shimano ones anyway but cheap replicas.

I have had lunch and will now have another go with my Very Sharp Knife and see what happens...

I have a spare set of Shimano cleats so it doesn't matter if I wreck these ones, but if I can't even get 'em off...

 

[Auntie Helen]

Finally done it, took 45 mins in total.

Would have been better to spend the extra on the Shimano cleats originally - I seem to have blunted the penknife in my multitool. But at least I have cleats in the right place now!

 

[zigzag]

i'd like to give my new bike a proper test ride. do i get crud racers and 23c tyres, or just ride 25c tyres which i have and no 'guards?.. i also need a pair of summer weight overshoes - any good ones (ideally thin softshell)?

last year i rode back via ipswich, manningtree, colchester, tiptree, billericay.. managed to clock 577km including fnrttc the night before. if the weather is really bad on sunday i'll hop on the train in colchester or billericay.

 

[PoweredByVeg]

this is apparently the 2011 cue sheet, gpx etc

Thank f*** I checked the route I'd gone a bit mad with my adding up of the miles and from 50 miles onward I was 9 miles out at each turn

Is the village hall stop at Sible Hedingham I take it?

Just noticed, what is that little turn into and out of "St. Etienne" at 88.3/88.4 miles?

 

[User10571]

Thank f*** I checked the route I'd gone a bit mad with my adding up of the miles and from 50 miles onward I was 9 miles out at each turn

Is the village hall stop at Sible Hedingham I take it?

Just noticed, what is that little turn into and out of "St. Etienne" at 88.3/88.4 miles?

Yep. The half way stop is the village hall in Sible Hedingham.
It'd be prudent for you to bring your own food - don't rely on the half way stop for anything more than a cuppa.

Please be sure to dispose of your litter thoughtfully, when there.

The diversion to Saint Etienne is simply a tribute to the band of the same name for knocking out some banging tunes in the nineties.

 

[Tynan]

I've just about got a gpx now with the halfway stop and the bacon stop marked as waypoints, the halfways stop is a couple of streets off the route from what i can see, is that correct?

One of my mates used to like St Etienne, dutch or something?

 

[StuAff]

One of my mates used to like St Etienne, dutch or something?

Brits, actually...

 

[Aperitif]

...from Croydon!

[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4[/media]

 

[PoweredByVeg]

The diversion to Saint Etienne is simply a tribute to the band of the same name for knocking out some banging tunes in the nineties.

Mmmmmmmmmm........Sarah Cracknell


Although, that's not her in the vid tho', now I'm confused

Ahhh, good old wikipedia

 

[Tynan]

St Etienne the place is Dutch? football team? it was a long time ago, I found them a bit sappy myself

GPS now all sorted with track and waypoints for all turnings, cor, remains to be seen how it'll work in the dark mind, now to sort the head torch out I suppose, fix the broken strap mounting on the helmet, fit new tyres, tsk

 

[StuAff]

St Etienne the place is Dutch? football team? it was a long time ago, I found them a bit sappy myself

GPS now all sorted with track and waypoints for all turnings, cor, remains to be seen how it'll work in the dark mind, now to sort the head torch out I suppose, fix the broken strap mounting on the helmet, fit new tyres, tsk

French team.

 

[Aperitif]

Stop 'nibbling' Stu - Tynan will not be able to hlp himself!

 

[iZaP]

Anyone has a gpx for the way back?

 

[StuAff]

Stop 'nibbling' Stu - Tynan will not be able to hlp himself!

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