Nigelnaturist
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Cycling, not had the wheels 2 1/2 months and a rear spoke has just gone
Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
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Trevor_P
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- Hawkinge Kent
Tried for 50 today. Bonked at 40, managed 44.1 need to sort out fueling properly. Still 14 more than I've done before. Felt really good at 37 then just hit a wall. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
http://www.strava.com/activities/148095054
http://www.strava.com/activities/148095054
Stonechat
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- Staines, Middlesex
I don't even know how to tell if any wall I hit it is bonking or not, I have eaten a little more and with general improvements in fitness I seem to keep going now
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Trevor_P
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Eighteen years ago, I went for 65 miles with no training and did exactly the same thing. I vowed I'd never do that again. I remember why I made that vow now. lol. Trouble is these days, I take a diuretic as part of the BP meds, which makes me want to P if I drink. Caught between a rock and a hard place. Will just have to eat earlier and stop frequently I suppose.
RWright
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- North Carolina
Bummer, I have been fortunate with my wheels so far. I have a set of lower end Easton wheels made more for training and a set of older Shimanos that are the inverted spoke type. I think a lot of it is luck, my roads may be a little smoother. I don't hit a lot of potholes. Get a few spokes I guess and I hope you have better luck with them....it could also be all that power you are putting out now too.
RWright
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44 is still a nice ride. I bet it keeps improving for you.
Nigelnaturist
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Bummer, I have been fortunate with my wheels so far. I have a set of lower end Easton wheels made more for training and a set of older Shimanos that are the inverted spoke type. I think a lot of it is luck, my roads may be a little smoother. I don't hit a lot of potholes. Get a few spokes I guess and I hope you have better luck with them....it could also be all that power you are putting out now too.
To be honest some times you can't help but bounce off them around here, though I try and avoid the worst ones
The p.b.'s toward the end were nice to get though.
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Trevor_P
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Lets hope so. On another note, I used the shorter 60mm stem today and the whole ride felt much better. Some of the smaller hills felt so much easier, I didn't have to stop for any of them today. Even standing was doable when I had to. Oh and I got some Bontrager RXL gel gloves from the LBS. They are so much more comfortable for me than the Specialized BG gel gloves, so I have a pair of them to get rid of now.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Can't you replace them yourself?
BrianEvesham
Mask is gone!
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- South Littleton, Evesham.
Fat FAT, I DONT THINK SO,
Well I'm only down to about 16 1/2 stone (from about 21st) and over the moon with my weight!
Shrinking by the week as my clothes cupboard will show.
Just a short slow ride with Max this afternoon as I've been busy ticking off the list of jobs;
Service the Car
Replace gear cable on Alfie's bike
Mow lawn (well maybe later!)
http://www.strava.com/activities/148185484
Nigelnaturist
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Yea at £4 + £1.50 for the nipple and postage and nearly a week to get one, its nearly a 1/7 of the price of the wheel set. I can't even use the old XR18's so they are off in the bin, better still just weight the lot in for scrap, or at least recycle the lot will have plenty of room in the bike shed (which I am still pay the O.H. for), right I am going to stick the lot back together and start drinking again far cheaper a lot easier and I dont have to go out.
Nigelnaturist
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One bit of good news at least the garmin rebooted, it now doesn't have all sorts of weird file names and folders, might cure the little errors I have had, thats if it ever gets used again.
Mark1978
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- Shouldham, West Norfolk
I want to know how you get an avg speed greater than your max speed, well done.
Haha, yeah, looks like that happened because i had to manually add the last sector of the track with an online tool. Not sure how it calculated the average, but that's obviously way out!!
Mark1978
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- Shouldham, West Norfolk
On a closer look, it appears that in stripping out some of the points to simplify the route, it's mis-calculated my speed all the way through. Wonder if that's fixable.
puffinbilly
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Not to be insensitive but I'll have your bike - Nigel's reaction
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I have heard it all before from @Nigelnaturist and @Mo1959 - turn of the year comments "
I'll not be doing much mileage..... Etc - 2000 and 3000 so far and just warming up.
Managed to get out today and put in 58 miles on the hybrid at 15mph in hilly Northumberland - well and truly scalped twice - once by girl in mid twenties adopting tt pose uphill and then by guy in mid 20s who passed me as if I was going backwards, as I was hitting 20 over a mile and chuffed with myself.
[ QUOTE="Nigelnaturist, post: 3111422, member: 22708"]I am giving up, it just to expensive.[/QUOTE]
.I have heard it all before from @Nigelnaturist and @Mo1959 - turn of the year comments "
I'll not be doing much mileage..... Etc - 2000 and 3000 so far and just warming up.
Managed to get out today and put in 58 miles on the hybrid at 15mph in hilly Northumberland - well and truly scalped twice - once by girl in mid twenties adopting tt pose uphill and then by guy in mid 20s who passed me as if I was going backwards, as I was hitting 20 over a mile and chuffed with myself.
[ QUOTE="Nigelnaturist, post: 3111422, member: 22708"]I am giving up, it just to expensive.[/QUOTE]
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