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

[Mo1959]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn show you later I have to go to my group therapy, but its the latter.

Never would have guessed!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Nigelnaturist if there was an event in the Olympics for gear fiddling, you would be bringing home gold for Yorkshire.

 

[MattMM]

Weather, amazing the difference it makes and having someone to pace yourself against. Roadie just ahead of me at start of ride, managed to stay with him until he turned off halfway through outwards leg. Sunny, light breeze, short sleeves with no baselayer required . Net result: PRs on 14 consecutive segments on outwards leg. My favourite road, the B769 is now reopened after resurfacing, so did my usual Clunch Road loop. Wee bit of headwind on way back, so speeds not so good, but can't beat a ride on your favourite road in the sunshine.

http://www.strava.com/activities/144578069

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Weather, amazing the difference it makes and having someone to pace yourself against. Roadie just ahead of me at start of ride, managed to stay with him until he turned off halfway through outwards leg. Sunny, light breeze, short sleeves with no baselayer required . Net result: PRs on 14 consecutive segments on outwards leg. My favourite road, the B769 is now reopened after resurfacing, so did my usual Clunch Road loop. Wee bit of headwind on way back, so speeds not so good, but can't beat a ride on your favourite road in the sunshine.

http://www.strava.com/activities/144578069

Come up here a try rain dodging good fun.

@Supersuperleeds

 

[Stonechat]

Well forecast for today here was always looking good. When I was getting ready to go out today, Mrs Stonechat said it looked like rain.
Met Office forecast said light showers so I still went out

Did my usual two x two hill repeats in fair rain, it dried a little, I went through the park, through Virginia Water, through Thorpe to XChertsey and across to Hampton.
I was going to go through Hampton Court Park, but road to get there was logjammed so turned off through Hampton and did a variation on the route
Latter half of the route was fairly wet
When I took my socks of there was a demarkation of dirty are above, and clean below

38.8 miles at 14.1 mph
1552 feet of climbing.
Doggy was overjoyed to see me, gave him a treat and had a quick shower
Now sitting with a cup of tea and a crumpet

http://www.strava.com/activities/144615195

Edit
Hill training must be working as got PRs on Tite Hill and Priest Hill, the two hillls I have been doing repeats on

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

wet here and windy... not a good combination to be cycling along the only ridge in the area... fast descent in the torrential rain and get to the bottom and....









it's dry.... how the blazes does that work!
At least hospital waiting rooms are warm which gave me ample time to dry out before cycling home and getting wet again!
Then I had to wash the bike down to get all the crap off it!

@Shaun where is that emoticons of a drowned rat with an inside out horizontal umbrella please?

 

[Stonechat]

Then I had to wash the bike down to get all the crap off it!
@Shaun where is that emoticons of a drowned rat with an inside out horizontal umbrella please?

Oh don't remind me!!!

 

[Shaun]

@Shaun where is that emoticons of a drowned rat with an inside out horizontal umbrella please?

Not quite what you asked for, but this one any good?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Not quite what you asked for, but this one any good?

nahhh doesn't show it being windy.... though it is a nice addition..

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn right here goes this is how it was set up

This is how it is

This is what I am thinking about

or

or even

The middle option gives much the same range (well all three do but slight variations) but a much closer cassette

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I got a 705 for £46, all I have to is either only use it in the dry (unlikely) or make the sd cover waterproof or source a non working good case.

 

[Effyb4]

Really missing going out on my bike, reading everyone's posts. I normally ride on a Wednesday, but had reports to write and family to ferry about this week. I tried a short spin last night and then the heaven's opened. I'm hoping to get out at the weekend, if I can, although hubby wants me to go with him to buy himself a new road bike.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn right here goes this is how it was set up

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This is what I am thinking about
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or even

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The middle option gives much the same range (well all three do but slight variations) but a much closer cassette

your 1st variation looks the best option to me.. but I have had a 30/42/52 chainset and didn't really get on with it that well tbh...
but the 28/38/50 with 12-24 cassette just feels odd an I can't help feeling that your bottom gear ratio may not be low enough (28/24...)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Really missing going out on my bike, reading everyone's posts. I normally ride on a Wednesday, but had reports to write and family to ferry about this week. I tried a short spin last night and then the heaven's opened. I'm hoping to get out at the weekend, if I can, although hubby wants me to go with him to buy himself a new road bike.

Isn't today a Friday? today was wet and windy if that helps - at least it was here!

 

[Effyb4]

It definitely is Friday, it's just that I've missed having a mid week ride and am feeling it now. Very busy week at work this week. It's looking lovely outside now, but I'm not sure I have the energy.