Dunwich Dynamo

OK - a bit of a departure now from all that cycling in tweed I’ve been writing about of late. Fixed gear bikes. Yes I have one, and yes it’s lots and lots and lots of fun. I don’t know why. It. Just. Is. There’s just something about it that wires up my brain differently, and makes everything...
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Apart from a bank that is. I hear they pay you to take them off their hands. Well, you could get a little Nintendo thingumajig, like this: Or you could get yourself one of these handy two-seater bikes, which are MUCH MORE FUN: Here’s how my spend worked out: Purchase price: £50 New Tyres: £22 New mudguards: £24 New cables: £10 Bike...
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Yeah, I’ve been away for a while. Not, ahem, away - inside, doing time, a six-to-three stretch, a bit of bird, banged up, (fitted up, I say), detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, doing porridge, sewing mail bags, or even making little rocks out of big rocks. No. Just away, not blogging. There are some reasons...
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My photos are now on flickr, as are the ones that VonSmallHaussen took. However, the best picture, that really sums it up is from someone who I don’t even think was there. Check this out . . . and afterwards, I challenge you not to: Become a regular reader of Yehuda Moon & The Kickstand...
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So I’m always reading in the papers that cyclists are a bunch of Holier-than-thou, greenwashed, smug gits, who have no respect for the law. Apparently we’re always riding through red lights, causing traffic mayhem in our wake. Except that didn’t sound like any cyclists I know. And because I’m an engineer, with ice cold blood...
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Here’s another, much shorter video from the Dunwich Dynamo XVI - something that I only noticed when reviewing the film footage. Not that I’ve never done this sort of thing myself . . .
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I had my little video camera strapped to my handlebars for the Dunwich Dynamo on Saturday night. Here’s a little montage of the journey:
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I got the idea for doing this back in 2007, when I read about it on Adrian Fitch’s blog. Seeing as VonSmallHaussen lives only a short distance from the start, we could combine a visit to see her with a little light cycling: 119 miles. Actually my first century ride ever. Actually, 50% further than...
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