Dunwich Dynamo, 1st July 2023.

[Wowbagger]

Getting in early. I had withdrawal symptoms on Saturday and Sunday, and the earlier in the month the ride falls, the better it tends to be.

I really want to ride next year.

[SpaceBadger]

There is a confirmed date already? I know it’s an objective thing, just can’t remember what the reference is for setting the date.

[Wowbagger]

It was published on the back of this year's route sheet, a photograph of which I saw on Facebook.

[toontra]

There is a confirmed date already? I know it’s an objective thing, just can’t remember what the reference is for setting the date.

Early July Saturday nearest a full moon - I think.

[Tomsk]

  I'll keep my post PBP-qualifying events clear of late June/early July, so the DD can be part of the ongoing build-up.

[Wowbagger]

Full moon on 3rd July 2023. As long as the sky remains clear, it should be a cracker.

[ravenbait]

I am considering this. It depends on how many gazillions of molluscs it will cost to get from THE FROZEN NORTH to THAT LONDON. Also on what's going on with teh pLaGuE and the results of my foot x-ray on Friday.

Sam

[rogerzilla]

I think we should all do it, like the C+ forum days.  We'll be dead soon enough.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

I may have done it this year, except for the Mersey Roads next weekend. It is in my calendar for next year, assuming it is dry.

[rogerzilla]

Spacebadger will book a coach to and from Swinedun (useful for Bristol, Oxford, Chippenham, Bath, Cheltenham etc) like he did in 2019 if there is enough to half fill it.  You get an easy journey direct to London Fields and from the beach, with a reasonably early departure so you don't get hypothermia.  Please register your interest.

[geraldc]

I'm tempted to have a crack at it on my e-bike.  Out under my own power, and then use the battery assist to get me to a working train line... dare I try back to London?

[davelodwig]

I'd love to especially as the coach option from Swindon would work for me.

Alas with the boys birthday on the 2nd and a trip to Switzerland earlier in June I don't think I can make it work.

[rock bus]

This is definitely on my to do list next year

[rt]

never ridden it but its on my to do list. 2023 is the year I think. Time to drag the penny farthing out of the garage again I think, one or two of us hoping to do that. What do riders do about getting back?

I just know the first response to that will be 'ride back'

[Pickled Onion]

If you don't want to ride back  then the sensible option is to ride to a station other than one that everyone else is riding to.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

In recent years, the local train company tends to restrict carrying bicycles on Dynamo weekend. Getting a Southwark Cyclists’ coach ticket back is probably the easiest option.

[rogerzilla]

In recent years, the local train company tends to restrict carrying bicycles on Dynamo weekend. Getting a Southwark Cyclists’ coach ticket back is probably the easiest option.

It's certainly cheap and reliable, but I wouldn't put a bike with nice paint in those vans.

[SpaceBadger]

In recent years, the local train company tends to restrict carrying bicycles on Dynamo weekend. Getting a Southwark Cyclists’ coach ticket back is probably the easiest option.

It's certainly cheap and reliable, but I wouldn't put a bike that I give two shits about in those vans.

Fixed it for you.

[Jethro]

Did it this year (2022) for the first time and really enjoyed the whole experience so hoping to do it again next year too.

[SpaceBadger]

I was enjoying the article about someone's DD ride in the current Cycling UK magazine, until I got to this: "As the evening gave way to the night, we decided it was an appropriate time to produce the single most important item for a joyous Dynamo: a Bluetooth speaker."

I stopped reading at that point.

[Kim]

Ugh.  Bluetooth squeakers are appropriate to use onna bike in exactly two (2) situations:

1) Critical Mass, if and only if the BFO sound system has been waylaid or suffered an unfortunate failure.
b) Playing carols and cheese at modest volume on the Christmas ride to ye pubbe.

Sleepy villages at sleep o'clock is right out!

[Jurek]

I would've been interested to see Barry's response  to this sort of thing.

[Wowbagger]

I hate the fucking things.

[Kim]

They do occasionally function as a sort of passive sonar for locating unlit BSOists.  But they already had chains for that.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It's a question of time, place and volume. They can be excellent, as can any outdoor music:

50km on the Monday night social ride, which is apparently now a thing you do when the Wednesday night pub ride is either too fast or too slow, depending which one you pick. This marks a dangerous return to socialising (party Saturday, pub yesterday) as well as riding (must have been my longest ride since July and certainly fastest for a long time). But riding back from the pub at 9:30 when it feels like 11, with Bairdy's velosound system blasting out Steppenwolf, is like being in one of those trendy gravel videos, but with a pub and without gravel, and real. Better all round!

Seeing as DD departs at midnight, time is likely to be inappropriate, though it probably doesn't matter in open countryside and is swamped by other city sounds in the urban core. High volume rock at 2am in Suffolk Parva is going to be unwelcome but apart from that, it's up to your riding companions.