New obese cyclist + experience of Decathlon

[skudupnorth]

Welcome aboard the mad house,we will all support you and enjoy your new found love of cycling.Weather is pants at the moment but when it's good,it's good to be out on two wheels !

 

[skudupnorth]

with the gusts we are having right now, take my advice and stay put on your bum! 96mph was recorded at the local weather station earlier today... -23C wind chill factor... generally around the 60-70mph at the moment and due to get worse overnight. Not sure we will be seeing much cycling tomorrow either if the forecast is anything to go by...
Today's highlight has been 3 batches of scones (2 chocolate chip & 1 plain). I have been out, only to recover our road bikes. bikes are not meant to be tossed around like leaves... and that was my T3 . shall have to get the helicopter tape out and check her over tomorrow - she's got a holiday home to herself right now and with the door opening easterly I don't want to fill that holiday home full of snow unnecessarily. luckily the mountain bikes were attached to the bike rack so they have not gone anywhere yet....

Scones again ??? I really need to come and visit I am out with the Forest school in Delamere next week "helping" kids find Easter Eggs.....Honest,i will help them find some

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Scones again ??? I really need to come and visit I am out with the Forest school in Delamere next week "helping" kids find Easter Eggs.....Honest,i will help them find some

fraid I am currently in another forest on the shores of Loch Rannoch in Scotland. tis a 2 week holiday... but any other time you are around the area, I am certain my scones will be nicer than the ones at Delamere and you are more than welcome to make a comparison

 

[skudupnorth]

fraid I am currently in another forest on the shores of Loch Rannoch in Scotland. tis a 2 week holiday... but any other time you are around the area, I am certain my scones will be nicer than the ones at Delamere and you are more than welcome to make a comparison

I won't tell anyone else about the scones,especially that Potsy bloke

 

[RiflemanSmith]

Welcome fatty, hope you get bitten by the bug.

 

[fatCyclist]

Thanks for all the excellent advice and warm welcome, everyone. Very eager to get started now, but still have to wait until Wed/Thur! Going to be a long week.

 

[BrumJim]

Started yet?

 

[fatCyclist]

Started yet?

Yeah, I've been out twice. Only short rides as the saddle hurts quite a bit at the moment as I get used to it. Here's my Strava profile: http://app.strava.com/athletes/1886036

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I lost 8 stone on this forum....course cycling had something to do with it too....welcome!

 

[Kies]

You have cycled further than i did for my first 2 rides :welldone

Won't be long before your posting that you did 10 miles with a good average speed!

 

[daddypaul3]

hi and welcome
i myself are of the larger breed of men about 18.5 stone, just got back from doing 13.8 miles in an hour and 20 mins !! not the quickest bloke in the world but im getting there , and that's on a Trek MTB .................have convinced the boss to join the bike2work scheme so im going into the roadie world soon

 

[tiswas-steve]

Hi fatcyclist
First of all, welcome !! As regards of you finding someone to go out riding with, have you tried www.cyclingbuddy.com ? All you have to do is enter your town or area and the nice website shows you like minded people near you willing to go out with.

Good luck

 

[fatCyclist]

Thanks for all the encouraging words, everyone. Cheers for the link tiswas, I'll definitely check that out.

Here's a questions to the heavier peeps: how long did it take for you to be able to sit on the saddle without your sit bones being extremely painful? I can't really sit on it for more than a few minutes without fidgeting or standing to relieve the pain. Even sitting on it stationary hurts. I will measure my sit bones and perhaps look for a new saddle. The one that came with the bike has almost zero padding and is just under 130mm wide.

 

[Recycle]

'Avoid wet weather if possible'? What kind of advice is that from a bike shop? For some reason, new bikes come with not-very-good tyres but they do work in wet weather. Just look at them when you get home, and pick out little sharp bits of flint and glass. And when you can afford it, buy some tougher tyres. Don't worry about this too much!

Oh, and welcome! Cycling will change your life I expect.

+1
Rain is just a change from being air cooled to water cooled.

 

[Recycle]

Here's a questions to the heavier peeps: how long did it take for you to be able to sit on the saddle without your sit bones being extremely painful?

Everyone has a different experience. It took me about a week but it depends on you saddle and physique. You can make you life more comfortable by buying padded shorts or liners. There are also good padded saddles, or if you don't want to change your saddle you can buy padded saddle covers.