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

[BrianEvesham]

Most use allen keys and are pretty robust, my bike is six year old and I have only had problems with one, one of the bottle cage bolts and I may have cross threaded it, mind you it was in the winter of 2012 so it my just have been frozen.

Just Another Winters Trial. by nigelnaturist, on Flickr

Love your Winters Trail picture Nigel.

 

[matth411]

I think it was just a series of them, hit a part of road that resembled Roubaix at speed. Come to think of it, the mud up my back may not be mud....
Moving on, around here it is mainly drains that are the culprit. Probably because we just cover the old road with new tarmac, so the drains are about 4 inch drops. I did hear a prang coming from my back wheel, but I thought that if I stop and investigate I will end up walking just in case. I was about 20 miles away from home and didn't have a clue where I was so just tentatively carried on waiting for the next thing to bugger up.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Love your Winters Trail picture Nigel.

I like this best, but it took ages doing the spokes, and this is why I now how low count spokes, got nothong to do with weight speed looks ect, just easier if ever I have to cut out.
This is when I still had clips, the chainset was 26-38-48 and the cassette probably 12-13-15-17-19-21-24 or something like that 48x12 is the same as 52x13 105.2"

Viking O.O.B. by nigelnaturist, on Flickr

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I think it was just a series of them, hit a part of road that resembled Roubaix at speed. Come to think of it, the mud up my back may not be mud....
Moving on, around here it is mainly drains that are the culprit. Probably because we just cover the old road with new tarmac, so the drains are about 4 inch drops. I did hear a prang coming from my back wheel, but I thought that if I stop and investigate I will end up walking just in case. I was about 20 miles away from home and didn't have a clue where I was so just tentatively carried on waiting for the next thing to bugger up.

We have the same problem with top dressing, to be honest they would do better saving it and put it towards repairing the roads properly section at a time, designed to take the current traffic load ect ect.......... I think most of us could put up with the conditions if we could see some improvement over time, because top dressing just doesn't work within a week of it being down, any holes that haven't been repaired properly just show has new dips in the surface only set to get worse, the edges break up you know what I mean anyway.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Sadly no cycling today but had a great day with most of the family round for an indoor barbecue Loads of cycling related presents to help me along into my 53rd year

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Sadly no cycling today but had a great day with most of the family round for an indoor barbecue Loads of cycling related presents to help me along into my 53rd year

I might have a decent bike by the time I am 53 .
Got a great idea for losing weight off the bike drill some holes, I remember seeing it in a boys comic (boys mags didn't exist in cave man days).

 

[RWright]

Sadly no cycling today but had a great day with most of the family round for an indoor barbecue Loads of cycling related presents to help me along into my 53rd year

Another birthday? Wow, some of y'all are getting really old! J/K, I am still a few years your senior.
Happy Birthday

 

[alans]

My blind stoker & I are relatively new to each other so I reckon we qualify to post on this thread.
We recently had a 4 week break from riding each Friday after a similar period of getting acquainted on her tandem.
Yesterday we resurrected the habit & did 20-odd km.The significant progress was that Carol acquired the technique for clipping into spdees.This made our starting/stopping/re-starting technique much more efficient because I encouraged her to remain clipped in at junctions,r'bouts & traffic lights etc..
Additionally there was a detectable increase in Carol's input while ascending hills.l think this fact was not coincidental in relation to Carol being clipped in.
It's all good.

 

[Effyb4]

Really windy and cold ride this morning, still several PR's on the way home
http://www.strava.com/activities/139821757

 

[MattMM]

My favourite B road, the B769 has been closed for roadworks so unfortunately couldn't do my usual hilly Sunday morning run. A repeat of my weekly Fenwick flatty then, in decent conditions with the exception of a hail shower half way through. Decent pace, kept up with a few roadies en route - they tend to drop me on uphill stretches but I can usually match them on flat or undulating bits - reflected in the 8 PRs and my best ever average speed for this ride - pushing 14mph now

http://www.strava.com/activities/139828823

 

[Deleted member 18052]

Since the weather is c**p I thought i'd head to the gym for the 10am spin class..
Got to the gym to find out the timetable has changed and it now started at 9am...ffs!

Headed into the main gym and the only spinning bike in there was free so happy days!

load up app on phone and off we go!

45mins


Click for larger img


45mins down, time for some leg curls and leg extensions, with them done I was still feeling fresh, so lets go for round 2 of the above

Totals
Duration: 116mins
Avg HR: 125
Max HR: 168
Cals burnt: 1116

Clicky: https://www.polarpersonaltrainer.com/shared/exercise.ftl?shareTag=331671a19b4698dd3ecd07b8a2ff5ea6

I'll enjoy my home cooked fish and chips later

Daz

 

[Trevor_P]

Week 3 since starting completed. Very windy this morning. Took longer than I anticipated, but 45 minutes after finishing I feel OK. A little saddle sore and tired neck. But the legs n lungs are recovering nicely. Out in the garden with the missus in a mo.

http://www.strava.com/activities/139829320

 

[fivepence]

Proper Chucked down all the way round - It was one of those "You gotta love it to be out in that crap" days

Slightly short (165m) of the climbing challenge so back out after the Giro - once gear dries out to complete

http://www.strava.com/activities/139843754

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Never thought of these before

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOWA-BOTT...K_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item20e4c9e89d

I'm having a red day!

what about replacing your cable ends and those chainring bolts with red ones as well?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/1306...f11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-X-Red-b...sure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item233a2551e9

 

[Exile]

Weather was/is completely pants. Sunshine one minute, belting it down the next. Had planned on getting out and putting in 25 miles or so but decided that last thing I fancied was getting soaked through. I've been doing enough of that commuting so I think I've the right to refuse it on my weekend jaunts. Plus I only cleaned the bike last night and it'd be a shame to get it filthy again so soon...