Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

In my experience........not very long.

didn't it say 27 yesterday Mo?

Somehow I am up to 34 at the moment... don't expect it to stay long either.

 

[Mo1959]

didn't it say 27 yesterday Mo?

Somehow I am up to 34 at the moment... don't expect it to stay long either.

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Yes, and it said either 30 or 31 a couple of weeks ago! Lol

I see you got lost today. That is usually my speciality. Even had a look at the Garmin Edge Touring but it doesn't get particularly good reviews.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Yes, and it said either 30 or 31 a couple of weeks ago! Lol

I see you got lost today. That is usually my speciality. Even had a look at the Garmin Edge Touring but it doesn't get particularly good reviews.

Getting lost is the perfect excuse for extending the ride in my experience

 

[Mo1959]

Getting lost is the perfect excuse for extending the ride in my experience

Suppose so, but knowing me I would end up heading for a motorway or something, plus I very rarely carry food or drink on my normal runs. I might die of starvation/dehydration before I got home. Lol

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I did this today and went up on the 40th middle, just sat spinning (well maybe not spinning avg of 83rpm) @ an avg 13mph not my best time on it but i was carrying a rear bag.

http://www.strava.com/segments/2782971

I am not saying what mileage I passed yesterday its a bit scary, well apart from @Supersuperleeds and @Mo1959

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Suppose so, but knowing me I would end up heading for a motorway or something, plus I very rarely carry food or drink on my normal runs. I might die of starvation/dehydration before I got home. Lol

Didn't think there were any north of the central belt, I did that once remember.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Didn't think there were any north of the central belt, I did that once remember.

Mo power would take her to the motorway easily

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Yes, and it said either 30 or 31 a couple of weeks ago! Lol

I see you got lost today. That is usually my speciality. Even had a look at the Garmin Edge Touring but it doesn't get particularly good reviews.

yep - we have a subscription to the OS getamap and had even printed a copy of the local area out (that way when we ruin it it does not ruin a good map, we can mark it, and also its only a sheet of A4 paper to put in your pocket...). It didn't help at all today because none of it was on the map! Well it was on the map, but none of the trails were and even taking into account the number of fallen trees we had to carry the bikes over life didn't work... Not helped by a landowner blocking off all the access to their land (permissive access only which has apparently been withdrawn, but you don't know this until you get there!) which had us repeatedly turning around and disorientating ourselves... somehow we managed to end up at the same point repeatedly and in the end gave up when we saw a road, headed for it, worked out where we were and headed home! Oh well, we live and learn!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Suppose so, but knowing me I would end up heading for a motorway or something, plus I very rarely carry food or drink on my normal runs. I might die of starvation/dehydration before I got home. Lol

motorways aren't that bad to ride on .... Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia and even Greece (OK the police were not happy but in the end conceded that our only route was using it (a local bridge was out because of something we never established and the only other route was the motorway - took a little explaining at the toll booths!)) I look at that wide open lane and it looks so inviting with a nice gentle gradient.

Mind you if you manage to find a motorway around you, you will be very off course Mo!

Dying of dehydration in Perthshire... hummm that would be an even bigger challenge than the Strava climbing challenge on the Cheshire Plains!

 

[Exile]

Enjoy your Birthday, Mo!

So today didn't all go as planned. Spent about an hour today giving the bike some TLC. Lubed the chain, fine tuned the brakes after noticing a bit too much "squish" in the levers yesterday and gave the rims a bit of a clean. All in preparation for the planned ride of many miles. OH and I get on the bikes and head for the gym, everything is fine. Get to the gym, it's hammered. OH decided to do a shortened routine, leaving me to try and work out a shortened route to ride in an hour and a half or so.

Ended up doing 28 miles all in, including 8 getting to and from the gym with him. About 3/4 of the way around he gave me a call saying he was done and ready to meet up and head home so didn't have the chance to boost miles doing loops of the park as I'd hoped. All in all though I'm pleased with making the 20 miles solo, even if I was a little off my usual pace. Wasn't too bad a route either given it was altered on the fly (although this did lead to the Garmin getting a little "shouty" when I took a turn the course it was following didn't).

Looking forwards to the commuting this week now I've got some miles under my belt. I think this has actually been my most successful start to a months cycling ever as I've racked up 111km in 5 days and am hoping to push it through 200 before Friday.

 

[Mo1959]

didn't it say 27 yesterday Mo?

Somehow I am up to 34 at the moment... don't expect it to stay long either.

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Ha, ha. Just got another email. Oh, oh you have lost your QOM on Dubheads. Totally smashed by 24 seconds. She is right up there with the top 3 guys!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

motorways aren't that bad to ride on .... Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia and even Greece (OK the police were not happy but in the end conceded that our only route was using it (a local bridge was out because of something we never established and the only other route was the motorway - took a little explaining at the toll booths!)) I look at that wide open lane and it looks so inviting with a nice gentle gradient.

Bloody long bridge that one.

Edit.
Something I saw today, a guy on a M.T.B. shape bike, carrying a hover mower over his back holding it one handed whilst riding with the other. It wasn't a small one either.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Ha, ha. Just got another email. Oh, oh you have lost your QOM on Dubheads. Totally smashed by 24 seconds. She is right up there with the top 3 guys!

I had one of those last week, only when I double checked the person was male... so I kept it after all!

 

[Nomadski]

Love the pics. If you use Instagram I think you can link your Instagram profile to Strava and the pics auto show in your ride. At least I think it does. I might try it myself and report back.

Didnt know that. I dont use Instagram but will certainly look into that, would be good to see pics of the ride, on the same page!

EDIT: Have an Instagram account, didn't realise lol! I've added pics, will they retroactively appear on the Strava page or do I have to take and upload them while I'm on the ride?

@Mo1959 - Sorry I missed the birthday, hope you had a great day. Spend you £££'s wisely!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski @Mo1959 is Scottish so that goes without saying.