ride had 700 participants but was marred by the death of a 38-year-old participant, Andrew Rawling, in a head-on collision with a Ford Transit van in North Weald Bassett. The organisers suggested that the 2007 ride could take the form of a memorial event, but Rawling's family requested that it continue as normal without any dedication, as they did not wish the ride he had enjoyed to become a campaign or protest. In 2018, 39-year old Dominic Turner collapsed and died. Turner was a keen cyclist and that helped him to help combat the encroaching effects of muscle-wasting disease Myotonic Dystrophy, but after collapsing outside Great Dunmow fellow cyclists and the emergency services, who performed first aid and CPR at the roadside, were unable to revive him. Route The ride starts at London Fields and passes through Walthamstow, Epping, Moreton, Great Dunmow, Finchingfield, Sudbury, the Waldingfields, Needham Market, Cretingham, Framlingham, Peasenhall and Westleton, ending at Dunwich Beach. Other rides Following the popularity of the Dunwich Dynamo, similar rides have been organised elsewhere in the UK: Darkmoor, a circuit from Plymouth over Dartmoor Exmouth Exodus which runs from Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol (until 2013) and later Bath (from 2014) to Exmouth seafront. Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride, a fundraiser for British Heart Foundation Ride to the Sun, from Carlisle to Cramond near Edinburgh Solstice Sunride, from Cambridge to Lowestoft. Scarborough Scramble, from Doncaster to Scarborough. See also Challenge riding Brevet or Randonnée References External links Dunwich Dynamo - London School of Cycling Dunwich Dynamo - The Facebook Group Moving Target (magazine for cycle couriers) Ride reports: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2007 Video 2008 report 1, report 2, report 3 GPX route (LT/RT/SO) Festivals in London Cycling in London Cycling events in the United Kingdom Annual events in England