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

[morrisman]

ps. Guess I am now fully assimilated in to the cycling Borg! When I get home from a ride I don't chuck the bike in the shed, I put it on my stand and baby wipe it clean, then wipe over with GT85. Then inside to upload and analyse the Garmin data.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Nigelnaturist Have you got the link to that Strava page that lets you see your ride compared to others that road the route at the same time, I thought I had bookmarked it, but I haven't.

 

[RWright]

@Nigelnaturist Have you got the link to that Strava page that lets you see your ride compared to others that road the route at the same time, I thought I had bookmarked it, but I haven't.

I just asked him for that very thing a day or two ago in pm. Same thing happened to me.
http://labs.strava.com/flyby/

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I just asked him for that very thing a day or two ago in pm. Same thing happened to me.
http://labs.strava.com/flyby/

Cheers Rocky

 

[RWright]

I actually saw another rider when I was riding yesterday, very rare for me. I put the ride in the fly by and he was on it. I was amazed.

http://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#137923390

 

[Stonechat]

@Nigelnaturist Have you got the link to that Strava page that lets you see your ride compared to others that road the route at the same time, I thought I had bookmarked it, but I haven't.

Find the activity on Veloviewer and click on the icon with two opposing arrows takes you straight to the correct activities flybys

 

[Leescfc79]

So far this year I've cycled about 250 miles more than I had at the same point last year but my average speed is down by about 1 mph.

I'm not sure if it's because most of my rides are now social, a couple of friends have taken up cycling so I chat away more and a few have been out with the other half so we plod along at about 12mph. It could also be the average length of my rides has gone up to 35-50 miles where last year they were mainly 10-15 milers, I'm also carrying a few extra pounds too.

The most important thing is I'm getting out and enjoying it but I thought buying a carbon bike was supposed to make me faster

 

[Supersuperleeds]

So far this year I've cycled about 250 miles more than I had at the same point last year but my average speed is down by about 1 mph.

I'm not sure if it's because most of my rides are now social, a couple of friends have taken up cycling so I chat away more and a few have been out with the other half so we plod along at about 12mph. It could also be the average length of my rides has gone up to 35-50 miles where last year they were mainly 10-15 milers, I'm also carrying a few extra pounds too.

The most important thing is I'm getting out and enjoying it but I thought buying a carbon bike was supposed to make me faster

They do, without it you would be 2 or 3 mph down on last year

 

[fivepence]

What headed out as a group ride ended a solo. Got separated at a set of temporary traffic lights and then wrong turned at the next junction as I tried to catch the group though was heading in a different direction. Its a regular occurrence for me so the boys know to keep firing on the pedals and I'll either catch up or end up in a different parish and solo the rest . A recent route out to Alderley Edge saw me take a few wrong turns and end up in Stockport but these things happen . I did though find Alderley Edge on the way back though

http://www.strava.com/activities/138219626

 

[50000tears]

2nd club run and first from Dorchester, club alternates from starting from my hometown in Weymouth and Dorchester which is 8 miles up the road. As a result the first 8.5 and last 8.5 miles were me getting there and back with club run the bit in the middle.

Struggled a little bit towards the end but stayed with the group the whole way. A fun ride.

http://www.strava.com/activities/138264217

 

[Nomadski]

Mine appeared retrospectively. However I did originally take the pics in Instagram. Not sure what happens if you load them after the event.

Cant get my pics to appear, so I guess you need to have had them on instagram during the ride or something. Shame there is no way to manually attach photos to a ride.

 

[Harv]

Cant get my pics to appear, so I guess you need to have had them on instagram during the ride or something. Shame there is no way to manually attach photos to a ride.

Silly question maybe but have you linked your Strava account to Instagram and then checked Instagram to check the authorisation/privacy settings?

 

[Stonechat]

Short blast to Chertsey today as per training plan, it was into the wind but went at it hard.
Did a few PRs mainly on return, including a 1/2 mile segment at 22.3 mph
Overall 13.2 miles at 16.2 mph
http://www.strava.com/activities/138428390
No climbing to sepak of other than a couple of bridges

Short outing suited me as off to another funeral this afternoon, noone so close this time
Edit
Just noted I am second in a new segment - then I checked and only two had done it!!!
However the 22.3 mph segment I am now 14th and 300 people have ridden it.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

The rear Sora works better than the Alivo did, for some reason I can't get the Alivo as close to the cassette as I can the Sora so there was always some lag in gear changes, so I will stick with the Sora till such time as it needs replacing or I can afford a Tiagra/105 R.D.

EDIT
On the handlebar front, much better.

 

[Effyb4]

I had a bike fit this morning. Result: narrower handlebars, shorter stem, saddle and handlebars brought up a bit and a women specific saddle. I'll have a short ride this afternoon to see how it feels. Apparently it could feel a bit twitchier than it did.