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

[Nigelnaturist]

Not to be insensitive but I'll have your bike - Nigel's reaction.
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.

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You can blame @Mo1959 & @Supersuperleeds for that badgering me into that flipping challenge,
I did that today http://www.strava.com/activities/148132217/segments/3399292353 and got 10th out of the segment I made up, maybe it was that that did the spoke.
You wouldn't want my bike the heap of s*** it is, weighs as much as a battleship and handles like one.

 

[Harv]

Normally cycle on the flat. Thought I'd climb a hill.

Had to walk part the way up. Think I need a bit more practice.

http://www.strava.com/activities/148235272

 

[Supersuperleeds]

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.

If it is just one spoke the bike should be okay to get you to the lbs and back, will be cheaper and quicker

 

[Nigelnaturist]

If it is just one spoke the bike should be okay to get you to the lbs and back, will be cheaper and quicker

There are only 20 on the rear when they are all there, so I wouldn't really want to take it anywhere on 19 besides its pretty out of shape at the moment
They are not so easy to source Evans dont have them in stock (what do they have in stock) I think the best bet is if the LBS has a normal straight pull ( I think its 203mm) I will go with that, hardly make any difference to my performance, the last one I had to get from SJS

I was looking at the tyre and apart from the rubber now beginning to come of in bits there is a little bit of damage to the side wall where the spoke is broken (though it is drive side) however it broke like the front on the RS10 at the nipple seems to be a weakness. I cant get a tyre till Wednesday anyway, the XR18 (even though its a 7sp) has a crack in the rim, well it looks like it so they are off in the bin.

I dont know how planet-x do these for the price they do both wiggle and chainreactions both priced about the 120-140 mark. Ok I rephrase it did.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I feel a bit calmer now having dug up the roots of an old conifer, so @puffinbilly no you can't have the bike.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

I feel a bit calmer now having dug up the roots of an old conifer, so @puffinbilly no you can't have the bike.

Welcome back Nigel. Glad to hear you are feeling better and more positive.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Welcome back Nigel. Glad to hear you are feeling better and more positive.

Thanks Lesley, I don't mind being poor (though a burden on the state sometimes, well a lot really) but I hate the bike not working and can't fix it, most things I can fix as they go wrong, my stuff isn't expensive which is why I can ride but like £5+ for a spoke and nipple is something I cant afford to have just in case when there is so much else needed.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

I can understand your frustration, but I'm really pleased that digging up the conifer helped your head. Much better medicine than sauce

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I can understand your frustration, but I'm really pleased that digging up the conifer helped your head. Much better medicine than sauce

That doesn't agree with my meds, that is the time I do really become a burden on the state, and local hospital resources and sometimes police ect which is why me is so good for the country as none of that happens , so I think the government should fund me as it could be cheaper in the long run, not that it would happen though

 

[fivepence]

More of a scouting mission today as I went searching for new hills in a new neck of the woods. Found one decent one which I'll try incorporate into my midweek climbs but not much else. Did find a very nice coffee shop tho

http://www.strava.com/activities/148072184

 

[Nigelnaturist]

More of a scouting mission today as I went searching for new hills in a new neck of the woods. Found one decent one which I'll try incorporate into my midweek climbs but not much else. Did find a very nice coffee shop tho

http://www.strava.com/activities/148072184

Another thing I cant afford , why do you think my bike is so heavy.

 

[Mo1959]

Another thing I cant afford , why do you think my bike is so heavy.

I've never stopped anywhere yet either Nigel. Don't possess a bike lock and don't usually carry money anyway. Although there is plenty of places where you can sit outside if the weather is nice and keep an eye on your bike I suppose.

Bit of rain overnight here and in for a showery week. Didn't get up till 7.15am which is a long lie for me! Still feeling kind of tired and can't be bothered cycling. Having my tea and toast while the dog digests her breakfast then we will get out a walk.

 

[Stonechat]

I rarely stop
Think to date I have only stopped at (1) Top of Box Hill (2) Top of Newlands Corner and (3) In Ascot High Street at typical coffe place
I do not carry the lock so has be be somewhere the bike will be in sight.
p.s. missed out one Cafe near canal in Mytchett.

Makes it sound as though I stp often but I really don't
May be out on the hybrid today for a change

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 you have to have a lock here sometimes, though 95% of my rides I don't, usually only on commutes or shopping, thats another thing I have hardly had the rack on this last 6 weeks or so (not that you can tell speed wise) so weight on the bike is down.

@Stonechat I usually stop for 10 mins on anything longer than 25 miles, sometimes twice.

 

[Mo1959]

I rarely stop
Think to date I have only stopped at (1) Top of Box Hill (2) Top of Newlands Corner and (3) In Ascot High Street at typical coffe place
I do not carry the lock so has be be somewhere the bike will be in sight.
p.s. missed out one Cafe near canal in Mytchett.

Makes it sound as though I stp often but I really don't
May be out on the hybrid today for a change

Makes a nice change. I think it does your body and mind good to ride a bike with a different position occasionally.