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[User169]

hi everybody what a great site this is..iv just taken up cycling for the first time since when i had a chopper bike,i picked up an "old banger" for 65quid just to make sure i want to be doing this before i splashed out on a new one.i have been on some long rides on it already and this morning nearly killed meself going up a hill which was similar to the eiger.ok i had to get off and push for most of it but i loved it and have really got the bug.mind you time will tell when i get me first puncture,broken chain etcthis will show my character.

Top notch username!

 

[de kuip]

Top notch username!

thanks..my fave dutch team the MIGHTY FEYENOORD..hpoe to go soon its on my must do list as well as buying another bike

 

[de kuip]

Top notch username!

geen woorden maar daden..and i think it applies to a good bike ride too haha

 

[beastie]

Hallo everybody !! I have recently joined CC, it's nice to see so many committed cyclists. Restarted biking 6 months ago after 15 years of slothful living with the aim of losing weight and getting back to a decent level of fitness. Progress is varied - I lost 1.5 stone in the first 6 weeks but am sorta stuck now. My weekly mileage is about 35-50 dependant upon work and weather. I am now about to upgrade my Carrera Subway for a new road bike, thinking along the lines of a Specialized Secteur!? If anyone has any suggestions then feel free.

Cheers Steve

 

[peanut]

Hallo everybody !! I have recently joined CC, it's nice to see so many committed cyclists. Restarted biking 6 months ago after 15 years of slothful living with the aim of losing weight and getting back to a decent level of fitness. Progress is varied - I lost 1.5 stone in the first 6 weeks but am sorta stuck now. My weekly mileage is about 35-50 dependant upon work and weather. I am now about to upgrade my Carrera Subway for a new road bike, thinking along the lines of a Specialized Secteur!? If anyone has any suggestions then feel free.

Cheers Steve

well done Steve thats a very good start.
The best advice I've received is from Mrs Peanut (Nutricianist and fitness instructer)
keep a food diary for a week . Write down every single thing that goes in your mouth (food or drink)Calculate the calorific value of everything you've eaten per day .
Then look to see where the hidden calories are that you are eating.

Decide on the total calories you can afford to eat and still lose some weight ie 1500
Then construct a daily diet that doesn't exceed that figure.

For me I cut out my lunchtime chicken mayo sandwich (475 cals) and had an apple and cuppasoup instead (125cals)
Just that alone is worth 1750 calories a week or about half a pound.!

Its simple , you need to eat less than you burn and you will lose weight says he who has just put on 3 lbs

 

[watson89]

Hi, Just a quick hello from a newbie from Lincoln

 

[Sittingduck]

Hello my dear Watson

 

[Stenor]

Hi everyone. I've just started cycling again 2 months ago after a couple of years break. Enjoying it a lot. I used to go on the old C+ forum and recognise a lot of names from there so I thought I'd register and maybe throw the odd post in.

 

[beastie]

thanks peanut

well done Steve thats a very good start.
The best advice I've received is from Mrs Peanut (Nutricianist and fitness instructer)
keep a food diary for a week . Write down every single thing that goes in your mouth (food or drink)Calculate the calorific value of everything you've eaten per day .
Then look to see where the hidden calories are that you are eating.

Decide on the total calories you can afford to eat and still lose some weight ie 1500
Then construct a daily diet that doesn't exceed that figure.

For me I cut out my lunchtime chicken mayo sandwich (475 cals) and had an apple and cuppasoup instead (125cals)
Just that alone is worth 1750 calories a week or about half a pound.!

Its simple , you need to eat less than you burn and you will lose weight says he who has just put on 3 lbs

thanks for the advice Peanut

 

[pophs123]

how much is my bike worth?

Hello there!
Having thought mountain biking was for me I went out and bought a GTw avalanche 1.0 in april this year. However I've since decided that I prefer sticking to roads,cycle paths and now commute to work and school with my kids. My question to you guys is how much can I expect to get for this bike-its 6 months old and not been used much (I paid £595 for it). I would like to replace it with something thats a bit slicker on roads,paths-can you suggest a good women's hybrid ? What are trek like (as these are predominantely what my local bike shop sells)
Thanks for any advice,
Sophie

 

[Norm]

Greetings, peeps

I'm another recent returnee. I used to do a fair bit of road riding about a million years ago (in the 1980s) but marriage then brats then discovering bikes-with-motors moved me away.

Earlier this year, I went with my son (a.k.a. Small Norm) to get a new bike and ended up buying myself a Giant Talon MTB. I've been doing about 100 miles a month on it since, gradually getting hooked again, to the point of riding the 50 miles to Hampton Court and back a few weekends ago, and about 60 miles off-road last Friday. Most of my riding is relatively flat stuff, Thames tow path etc, although I get to Swinley Forest in Bracknell when possible.

Trouble is that I also love road work, and the Talon, as it is at the moment, isn't really best suited for that. I'm looking for a road bike around the same price range. Alternatively, I could get a set of road wheels and tyres as the Talon has a lock out on the front suspension.

I guess that's about me done. Great looking forums but geez, how busy are them! I'll have to quit work just to keep up with them!

 

[Sam the Eagle]

well I made my first and second posts here: http://http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=44898
Now trying to find the right section for my 2nd thread...

 

[amasidlover]

Its not quite my first post but I thought I should introduce myself...

I started my cycling career on a BMX, 20 something years ago and 'graduated' to mountain biking regularly. At university I started commuting by bike and have been cycle commuting regularly since - my current commute is 9.5 miles each way from Flixton to Levenshulme.

My bike history is; a red BMX that I can't remember the brand of - don't know what happened to that, an Emmelle mountain bike - still in parents garage!, a GT Tequesta - sold, a Trek 930 - stolen :-(, a Klein pulse - still using and a 2nd hand Bob Jackson steel framed road bike that is my regular commuting steed - frame is still original but all other parts have been replaced at least once...

Outside of cycling I trained in RF engineering but now run a small outsourced development company mainly doing software projects (lots of open-source stuff). I'm married and we have a 5 month old son.

Politically I'm socially liberal and economically quite left wing, and quite pro-European/world federalism.

That's me...

Alex

 

[canaryjam]

Hi There I am new to cyclechat!! I live in cambridgeshire and always have enjoyed cycling but now I am building a bike so need all of your knowledge if possible!!
Feel free to contact me if you want!!

Jeff

 

[Sittingduck]

Bonjour