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

[Nigelnaturist]

No need I'll get their one day...I'm not sure about Martin, but the man who took 2nd place (Simon Wixs) is in the 50yrs+ category...knocking out a 25mph avg. So I have a decade to beat his time I have often thought of joining this club (it's the most local to me) but am unsure if I'd be currently be fast enough to keep up with their club runs...they advertise a min speed 17mph/50miles; though they do a second ride at an easier pace of 15mph.

Not sure I could cope with the second one either

 

[spooks]

Not sure I could cope with the second one either

It's amazing what you can keep up with when you push with a group. I usually average 14mph (occasionally15mph) on my own yet because there wasn't a slow group going out today I joined a group going about 16mph and managed to keep up fine. Legs a bit weary now but nothing too dreadful.
Trying to decide if I want to drive 150 miles to do a 70 mile sportive tomorrow or just go around my usual (boring) 40 mile route at home. I need to increase my distance but really fancy a lie in!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@spooks if I dropped 3kgs of the bike I would be doing 17-18mph on my tod , I only very very rarely ride in a group and then only because its to raise awareness , and thats usually at less speed that it makes it difficult staying up right. http://www.strava.com/activities/61975359/segments/1164639276
I find getting involved with people very difficult.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ok not quite work on the bike but bike related, I have just requested an OSM of Yorkshire and surrounding areas, not that I am likely to do much of them but needed to created a complete map of Yorkshire, this I am hoping will fit on a 2Gb micro S.D. card I have ( saves having to get a new one just yet)

How ever it will take about 14 hours.

@Nigelnaturist If you know where to look, memorymap and all its OS maps are available online

 

[Effyb4]

Sunny ride to a local country park today with a friend. I was going to just do 14 miles but he convinced me that it would be fun to go out for a slightly longer ride (24 miles nearly). I wish I had taken a camera. The views over the Thames were fabulous.
http://www.strava.com/activities/145311016#kudos

 

[Effyb4]

@spooks if I dropped 3kgs of the bike I would be doing 17-18mph on my tod , I only very very rarely ride in a group and then only because its to raise awareness , and thats usually at less speed that it makes it difficult staying up right. http://www.strava.com/activities/61975359/segments/1164639276
I find getting involved with people very difficult.

I know how you feel Nigelnaturist. I find it very difficult to talk to people. I often prefer my own company.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist If you know where to look, memorymap and all its OS maps are available online

Its a route able map for the garmin I am getting, but trying to keep costs down by keeping size down for it to fit the 2GB SD card I have, besides I have to get a new rear tyre gatorskins run fully inflated with pieces of rubber the size of a 5p missing showing the kevlar layer, bummer is there is plenty of rubber left on the rest of the tyre.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I know how you feel Nigelnaturist. I find it very difficult to talk to people. I often prefer my own company.

I can talk with people, I just don't seem on the same plane as most ( but I suspect we all feel that to some degree), its long and complex, part the reason I go to group therapy, amongst others.

 

[stevey]

Just a little ride today as going with the local club tomorrow (50 miler)
New stem fitted all seems ok sitting better on the bike dont feel as squished.

http://www.strava.com/activities/145340248

 

[AndyPeace]

Not sure I could cope with the second one either

Well I've bit the bullet and sent an email to see if I can join their Tuesday ride. I figure worse case, I get dropped 25 miles from home. It's about time I challenged myself a bit more...both in terms of cycling fitness and socially. Now I just need to get well, pronto!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@AndyPeace I wish you well with it, and get well.

The map is just less than 1Mb so should fit and work.

 

[RWright]

Feeling a little sad today. I just sold my Electra Townie. I was accumulating too many bikes and a man was looking for a Townie and gave me a fair price, so I sold it to him. It was the bike that helped get me through the initial pain that comes with beginning cycling. It was still fun to ride and I hope I don't regret selling it. It was beginning to need some new components (I made the guy aware of everything it might be needing, he works on all his bikes too) and since I don't ride it very often anymore I though he might would enjoy and use it more than I would. It was still kind of sad seeing Fireball leaving in the back of the man's pickup truck.

On the bright side, I am getting the road bikes dialed in for some summer riding.

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Very enjoyable club ride into the Surrey Hills today with the medium/fast group - http://www.strava.com/activities/145350743

5 climbs - Staple Lane (long, annoying false summit), Hound House (not steep, bu goes on forevvvvvvver), Leith Hill from the south (nice climb, don't know what everyone complains about!), White Down Lane (18% bastard ramps) and Box Hill (new personal best here, just, which I'm happy with after all those other climbs). Plus a ridiculously quick run back to Hampton Court, where me along with half the group got dropped by guys gunning it at 27mph for half of the way back...

A great way to enjoy the day and I was back just in time to catch the climb on today's Giro stage. Ideal!

 

[Stonechat]

Did a long run today though not quite what I planned
Plan was a loop including Newlands Corner (a Hill)
Somehow I started on the wrong way round the loop and the Garmin was hard to use.

So when I cam to Farnham on the return journey, used a route I knew up the hill past Farnham Castle towards Yateley and took the route from Frimley back down the Red Road (so much nicer to be going down it!)

Did 74 miles which is a record by far and first metric Century
2690 feet of climbing
A bit stiff but not running out of energy
Further end was lovely coutryside, sepcialy around Frensham Ponds
Average Speed was 14.9until I ht sStaines when Garmis said it dropped to 14.1 and Strava 13.9.
As far as I am concerned I did most at 14.9 mph, I often cross the river at Chertsey instead of Staines for just this reason
A good ride and proved my endurance now

http://www.strava.com/activities/145390751

 

[Stonechat]

Very enjoyable club ride into the Surrey Hills today with the medium/fast group - http://www.strava.com/activities/145350743

5 climbs - Staple Lane (long, annoying false summit), Hound House (not steep, bu goes on forevvvvvvver), Leith Hill from the south (nice climb, don't know what everyone complains about!), White Down Lane (18% ******* ramps) and Box Hill (new personal best here, just, which I'm happy with after all those other climbs). Plus a ridiculously quick run back to Hampton Court, where me along with half the group got dropped by guys gunning it at 27mph for half of the way back...

A great way to enjoy the day and I was back just in time to catch the climb on today's Giro stage. Ideal!

Ah @Mr_K_Dilkington I know those hills and have done them all!! Maybe your Staple Lane Hill is different to mine though!
Good distance and speed