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

[Stonechat]

So your looking for how difficult each is I take it, if you have the stats for each height and distance you can always use the climbbybike formula, this will work out how difficult each climb is. The top one looks more diffcult to do.

Top one definitely harder, the second one you can get a rhythm going

 

[Mo1959]

New summer bike fresh out of the box

Lovely bike......now, get yourself out there while it's still nice and report back. We will be waiting with bated breath!

 

[stevey]

Some more



It does feel a tad small compared to the revenio though think i need a slightly longer seat post

 

[stevey]

Lovely bike......now, get yourself out there while it's still nice and report back. We will be waiting with bated breath!

It's gonna have to wait Mo gotta prep tea in a bit oh domestic bliss.

 

[Mo1959]

It's gonna have to wait Mo gotta prep tea in a bit oh domestic bliss.

Och, you tease......and we have all been waiting all afternoon on it being delivered. Lol

 

[Biggler]

I hadn't heard they had, it was shame they had closed there were some good external apps, some hopefully will resurface,

I will have a proper read of your post when I get home but this site says they made the API available again in Jan this year. http://engineering.strava.com/get-your-strava-api-here/

 

[BrianEvesham]

Superb weather here, now I know I've been out this morning but would love to go out again.
Ideas for blagging a sickie tonight?

 

[Mo1959]

Superb weather here, now I know I've been out this morning but would love to go out again.
Ideas for blagging a sickie tonight!

Tell them you fell off your bike. Lol
Maybe not....too much like tempting fate!

 

[Stonechat]

New summer bike fresh out of the box

Hope you have good riding on it
Looks Good

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I found out what was creaking after ordering a new headset (seems I am destined not to get a gps unit with mapping before the York WNBR next month) you guessed it wasn't the headset, but the skewer, so having got one from chainreations for a fiver 75% off I though since I had to pay postage I would get another cassette so postage was free, I have ordered an HG50 12-27 (12-13-14-15-17-19-21-24-27) which will not only give me more options ( as I find the jump from 21-24 a little big) but also a higher gear with the 12th to see if I can break that 40mph, I have found the road to do it on, but it will mean a jump from 12-14 instead of 13-14 but as the 40x13 is covered with the 52x17 its not ideal but for a couple of rides to see if i can do it it should be ok. It will also all me to make up a
12-23 (12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21-23) because even the steepest bit yesterday @7.4% I went no lower than 34.76" or a 30x23 or for those of you riding compacts a 34x26 the most likely setup will be 13-14-15-16-17-19-21-23-27, the 27 not likely to used much again for those on a compact 34x30 (the 30x27 being 0.6" shorter)
Back to the skewer, every time I tried to clamp it gave way, so I got the one from the Carleton although covered in rust (one of the few items I haven't clean) it worked pretty well and at least proved what was creaking, the headset (providing it fits, I know its right size, but bikes being bikes ect.....) wont be wasted as those who have been on here a while recall the current one nearly cost me a monthly challenge back in Aug/Sept or was June/July, which ever it was its done about another 7,000+ miles since then so I cant complain to much, it does however feel very rough now and feels a little jerky in operation.

@stevey I am not saying I am jealous but

couldn't see one for jealous, so sick with envy will have to do, enjoy and be safe.

 

[stevey]

@stevey I am not saying I am jealous but

couldn't see one for jealous, so sick with envy will have to do, enjoy and be safe.

@Nigelnaturist i am sure you will upgrade soon

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist i am sure you will upgrade soon

Not really Steve, I really don't have much, I like tinkering to much and just the cost of bits for the Viking is pretty scary even though they are the lower end, remember it has been upgraded from 7 to 8sp, that was easy as it was just the right shifter that was needed and a new cable, that was last Oct cost about £20, begining of last month 8 to 9sp £40 for the shifters and two new cables cassette and chain total cost about £75, thats before brakes tyres ect..... and as you know there is always clothes to buy, and i am trying as I just said to get a slightly better gps unit than I have.
However the bike is about as good as it is going to get, the rear Sora seems to be doing well and if I do settle with the 27th I don't see the need to change that till it either brakes or wears out, and as I reckon it hasn't done more than 4,000 miles it should be good for the rest of this year, the front is less likely to wear out but a previous one the return spring did brake, and as the current Sora Tiagra and 105 front only do a 20th range unless I source an old Sora FD 3300 it will have to be an Ultegra for the 22th range I have. I will in time get GS rear 105 for it, but the next thing are new tyres and brake blocks thats going to set me back £65 that to me is a month saving every penny.
Having said all that, the current state of the bike is new wheels in March, chain & cassette in April, BB back in Oct/Nov (though looking at changing this, but need to give it some thought due to the shifting from the 30th to the 40th) new middle chain ring this month (though bottom end Dural it will last a while yet) its pretty much a new bike, the only other real thing I can do to improve it are some carbon forks, but to be cost effective they would need to help shed up to 2kgs and I dont think that is likely as I have no way of weighing my current ones whilst they are off the bike as a comparision.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I quick read through the net, I can't see the benefits of getting carbon forks for the bike in terms of cost might gain upto a Kg, so the money would be best spent else where, I still have the Carlton to build up, struggling with the forks at the moment they are stuck, I have most things for it, chainset a 28/38/48 possibly coupled up to the Alivio RD, I could use the wheels I have for it with a free wheel 8sp but they will need tyres, I have the shifters, bars if I can get the headset apart (though I dont like them), it will need a FD and painting.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well seems I dont need the 12th to achieve the 40mph barrier as I did this evening, though strava has it as 39.3, RWGPS, Bryton and Garmin all have it at 40.3mph. Only went out to get skewers and whilst it brought my avg speed down for the day I guess it was worth it.

 

[Deleted member 18052]

Came the long way back from work, on a couple of country roads, a load of climbing 305ft

http://www.strava.com/activities/141497109/overview

HR also played up a bit on the way home, stopped and moved the strap up and then all was well.

Daz