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Gosbeck village Hall are advertising that they're doing veggie rolls (along with bacon rolls, soup etc) the dynamo Facebook page. Obviously that could just means cheese...

Edit: they just posted confirming there will be vegan options.

Me too (although I went for the beans). Did the same last year. Even though there are plenty of food options along the way - but less after Sudbury - it was reassuring to know grub was guaranteed and you wouldn't have to queue.

I either missed that or the megaphone was drowned out by the violinist playing vivaldi to a dance beat.

He pretty much did - bought a round of tea and cake and tucked the loose change back in the sock.

I'm riding with a friend like that. Went for a 50 mile warm up on Sunday - literally the only thing he'd got with him was a tenner stuffed down his sock!

I used one of these last year (& will be again this):
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b0s38p3310/RIVA-SPORT-1200-Lumen-Front-Light

Great on the super dark sections.

This looks about right to me @SwissChap

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28157346

...Or the panic of coming to a junction with no visible riders in front and just guessing the way whilst being followed by a large group... luckily I guessed correctly!

Useful info for those wanting to get the train back from Ipswich:
https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/form/dunwich-dynamo-reservation

Looks like they putting a lot of extra spaces on.

This isn't going to stay cheap: late 50s (?)Cinelli Mod. B

Big 653 Reynolds Ribble.

I'm tempted by this 25" Pat Hanlon but can't justify it and don't have the room. The super rare Campag badged Brooks saddle has got to be worth a few quid.

Tiny Higgins trike.

tidy Bates Cantiflex in Middleborough . Currently £225

Probably more early '60s but this Southern Cross is quite lovely. £156 ono

Velo Orange do French threaded headsets and bottom bracket (not that you'd need them as the ones fitted seem fine) . The trickier thing to source are stems as these are 22mm rather than the standard 22.2mm. Sheldon Brown suggests that it's not a problem to sand the extra 0.2mm off a standard stem.

More information here:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

The plus with these era of French frames is they're designed for 700c wheels rather than 27"

Let me know if want any more info or pictures

I have this mystery late 70's French road frameset with vitus 172 tubing and nice chrome ends. Off the top of my head it's 58-59cm CTC with 126 rear spacing. Bars, stem, seatpost, BB (fairly new), headset and defunct crankset (chain rings are sheared from the crank arm - so will need removing and binning) included. I probably have a 700c front wheel I can throw in too. Import FYI: being 70's French it's French threaded. £75 pick up from Hackney

It now longer has the decals and is slightly scruffier from use (until the crank died).

Nice looking Flying Scot in Horsham

And a new one on me: an all chrome Chaz F Hill.

Very nice Pennine frameset . Probably overpriced in the current market but full of character.

Cheers. Yep, I'm gonna live with it. It was just that thing of putting it on for the first time and it not being what you imagined. I'm quite happy with it now. There's gonna be a lot of patina on the parts (I actually chose the colour with rusty parts in mind) so it's fine.

To be honest, I've not been very methodical and used different cleaning methods as I've gone along. At first the wd40 and tinfoil trick but I also soaked stuff in a citric acid and warm water bath and then rub them lightly a copper kitchen scrubber, which I think worked better with less elbow work (and less toxic). A lot of the parts weren't too bad under the layers of greasy dirt and the awful 70s 'gemtape.'

Thanks @7ven

Slowly building up my Ellis Briggs after a few false starts and generally laziness. Although I don't really have room for it as a full bike...

Pictures of it as bought and as a work in progress

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YUQiLkoeg2ceAumP6

I think you're right @7ven

Chrome is shot on my simplex shifter - live with it or sand it back to bare metal?

very tidy tiny mid-'50s(?) Hawkes of Stratford. Looks to have been sympathetically restored will a few '80s parts. In Torquey but the seller will post

@SideshowBob nice.

That reminds me: 1954 claud butler new alrounder under a lot of black paint herehttps://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F143238758509

Nice mostly original looking 22" Duckett in Forest Hill, £250.

Most of a very nice Holdsworth Zephyr with original paint, coronet lugs and chrome fork ends.