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

[L14M]

Evening guys!

Got the gears done at the LBS today, so took it out for a short spin (14.1miles). Happy with the work done. The traffic was heavy, and i was kinda tired so was really just a spinning session :P That said I did set a KOM on the road i was trying on monday :P Quite happy with the bike now! Though the chain has stretched a little bit, that's the problem with these cheap bikes, but i suppose more expensive bikes have similar problems! I turned the garmin off at the lbs by mistake so strava put it into 2 rides.
http://www.strava.com/activities/143968252
http://www.strava.com/activities/143968253

Liam

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Gee it is hard keeping your cadence up above 90, and even harder uphill, doesn't matter how many gears or what ratios between them
a new p.b on this 1 mile 121ft climb http://app.strava.com/activities/143871081/segments/3288508763
cad 89rpm avg sp 12.2mph which is a 46" gear on my bike a 30x17 a compact 34x19 (keep tell folk the 30th is more than a granny ring).
http://app.strava.com/activities/143871081/segments/3288508763

http://app.strava.com/activities/143871081

My stats for the ride are 37.28 mile @ 16.46mph avg cad 88rpm (its going up) 1361ft 36.51ft/mile more than twice as difficult as both yesterday and the day before and faster than yesterday and almost as quick as Monday.

I actually find it hard to keep my cadence much below 90 on the flat - usually I'm in the 90-100 or slightly above 100 range.

I think this is partly to do with your basic physiology rather than fitness though - I think my aerobic capacity is stronger than my muscular strength - therefore I can spin easier (and conversely have to work a bit harder on low cadence high resistance work). It sounds like you may be further towards the other end of the spectrum?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I actually find it hard to keep my cadence much below 90 on the flat - usually I'm in the 90-100 or slightly above 100 range.

I think this is partly to do with your basic physiology rather than fitness though - I think my aerobic capacity is stronger than my muscular strength - therefore I can spin easier (and conversely have to work a bit harder on low cadence high resistance work). It sounds like you may be further towards the other end of the spectrum?

I can spin happily anyway from 85-100 maxed out at 120 today,

4.4 miles @ 18mph cad avg 91 max 99 HR 138avg max 146.
http://app.strava.com/activities/143871081/segments/3288508966

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Very enjoyable training session (my first) with my club this evening broken down into basically a 9 mile team time trial (2 teams doing laps in opposite directions), a 3 man group pursuing a larger group (the larger group which I was in got caught because we didn't work well together unfortunately) and a final single lap in groups of 3/4: http://www.strava.com/activities/144010465

Very happy with my riding today - we rode a very decent pace, I held in the groups well, felt I was stronger than quite a few riders and I felt I did more than my fair share of work on the front for the smaller group exercises.

This weekly session will definitely help my training I think - much more interesting than doing 2x20 sessions on the turbo or by myself in the park.

 

[Stonechat]

I actually find it hard to keep my cadence much below 90 on the flat - usually I'm in the 90-100 or slightly above 100 range.

I think this is partly to do with your basic physiology rather than fitness though - I think my aerobic capacity is stronger than my muscular strength - therefore I can spin easier (and conversely have to work a bit harder on low cadence high resistance work). It sounds like you may be further towards the other end of the spectrum?

Today I was finding my gearing not quite adequate - if I was of a mind like @Nigelnaturist then I might be changing cogs on the cassette

I was pedaling at about 105 cadence, if I changed up it was not quite comfortable, so had to leave it at that high rate

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Progress made - hallelujah!

So last year I was up to 20-25 miler's on pretty hilly terrain at around 15mph and then wobbly thyroid put paid to things.

Not been out since January and in March I could barely walk 100m without feeling blitzed.

Well tonight I did my first post-illness ride of 5.76 miles at 12.78mph - I deliberately kept it short as I still feel a bit crap - well, more than a bit really but I am getting better day by day.

Was very pleased as it was effortless although I may feel blitzed tomorrow.

Not a great distance and not a great speed but I am so happy to be back 'out there'.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Not a great distance and not a great speed but I am so happy to be back 'out there'.

Thats the main thing.

 

[Harv]

Progress made - hallelujah!

So last year I was up to 20-25 miler's on pretty hilly terrain at around 15mph and then wobbly thyroid put paid to things.

Not been out since January and in March I could barely walk 100m without feeling blitzed.

Well tonight I did my first post-illness ride of 5.76 miles at 12.78mph - I deliberately kept it short as I still feel a bit crap - well, more than a bit really but I am getting better day by day.

Was very pleased as it was effortless although I may feel blitzed tomorrow.

Not a great distance and not a great speed but I am so happy to be back 'out there'.

Excellent news. I know what it's like not being able to exercise for a long while. I had an injury myself a few years back.

Take it easy coming back and enjoy!!

 

[moo]

Bought a cheap second hand Triban 3 yesterday to tide me over until the end of year sales (can save more towards something fancy). My previous best commute was 18 minutes on a heavy hybrid and I'd be in agony the whole way. With much less effort I just got home in 16mins 20 and missed the rain by seconds

 

[Reece]

Well I'm off work today to get packed ready for the weekend. Just double checking routes etc and thought I'd share this image I've just come across of all 3 routes for the weekend. Suddenly dawned on me how much ground I shall be covering :/

 

[stevey]

@Reece all the best for the rides dude hope the weather holds ok for you.

 

[Reece]

@Reece all the best for the rides dude hope the weather holds ok for you.

Cheers mate, although the forecast is currently showers. Hopefully it'll brighten up though.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Reece Light
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[Reece]

@Reece Light
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Cheers nigel. Looks like Saturday may be the damp day. Sun and Mon look good

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Lakeland rain is falling steadily today!