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

[Supersuperleeds]

God. I'd sell my own mother to have somewhere flat to ride.

Don't sell your mother, you can have our spare room, nice and flat around here.

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't sell your mother, you can have our spare room, nice and flat around here.

yayyyy. Flat areas to cycle. To be honest, i wouldn't get much for her anyway. She's 92.? Bless her. But i dream of flat lanes

 

[Supersuperleeds]

assuming you mean rides there, not days... unless you are going to ride 72 miles each and every day for the next 6 days. If so can you please do my metric centrury for me this month... not sure I am going to be fit enough to complete it this month sadly, but will give it a good try later on. Hoping to be back on the bike over the weekend, but it will be a gentle ride nothing more!

Yeah 6 rides, hoping to get two or three of them done next week. Not done my own metric century this month yet (I only count them if I do it in one ride)

 

[Stonechat]

Hope you don't miss it. I like both. Some days I love going back to a hybrid and sitting up enjoying the scenery at a gentle pace. Gives the back a bit of a rest too.

My back has coped with road bike better t han I ever imagined

 

[L14M]

It's like eBay on here!!

 

[bigmig]

another 25 miler today.

http://www.strava.com/activities/153158906

Managed to improve on the last effort with an avergae of 15mph. Wasn't easy but felt much easier than the last one appart from this beast half way through the course !!!! http://veloviewer.com/segment/4886266/athlete/3242383

thanks god it was only 1km distance on that climb !!!!!!!!!!!!

going to try for a 35 next week see how I get on

 

[Effyb4]

I'm planning on doing a 50 mile ride tomorrow. Previous furthest 40 miles. It may also have more climbing than I am used to. Wish me luck I'm going to take it at my own pace. Hubby has been told we are not doing it at his pace,

 

[stevey]

Thanks one and all for the birthday wishes, had a good day got a new cycle top and some lights (small in size bit very powerful).

Also a dhb top which is very nice indeed and going to pick up a new helmet tomorrow.

 

[Mo1959]

Was pretty overcast and gloomy this morning and quite humid. Almost felt like the air was thicker........I'm sure it must have slowed me down. Lol.

First time up Dunning Glen since I fitted the new tyres and set a few pb,s so a lighter, faster rolling tyre definitely seems to help on the climbs. http://app.strava.com/activities/153269197

Hope it's nicer elsewhere and you all manage to get out for a while. Whether it's 5 miles or 50 miles it's all good

 

[Trevor_P]

Was pretty overcast and gloomy this morning and quite humid. Almost felt like the air was thicker........I'm sure it must have slowed me down. Lol.

First time up Dunning Glen since I fitted the new tyres and set a few pb,s so a lighter, faster rolling tyre definitely seems to help on the climbs. http://app.strava.com/activities/153269197

Hope it's nicer elsewhere and you all manage to get out for a while. Whether it's 5 miles or 50 miles it's all good

Thats some climb at 15 miles.

 

[Mo1959]

Thats some climb at 15 miles.

It's long but steady....no really steep ramps so as long as you pick a decent gear and just spin your way up it is quite pleasant. Normally gorgeous views looking back but it was very gloomy this morning.

 

[Goonerobes]

Was pretty overcast and gloomy this morning and quite humid. Almost felt like the air was thicker........I'm sure it must have slowed me down. Lol.

First time up Dunning Glen since I fitted the new tyres and set a few pb,s so a lighter, faster rolling tyre definitely seems to help on the climbs. http://app.strava.com/activities/153269197

Hope it's nicer elsewhere and you all manage to get out for a while. Whether it's 5 miles or 50 miles it's all good

Blimey, thats a bit of a hill @Mo1959 & done at a good steady pace too so plenty of kudos for that ride.

I'm off exploring new roads later so if I'm not back tonight you'll know I've still managed to get lost even with a satnav!!

 

[Trevor_P]

It's long but steady....no really steep ramps so as long as you pick a decent gear and just spin your way up it is quite pleasant. Normally gorgeous views looking back but it was very gloomy this morning.

We've nothing to match that down here. Maybe 0.5 miles at 10% and nothing over 500ft. It's a case of turn around and do it again, and again, and again.

 

[Mo1959]

Blimey, thats a bit of a hill @Mo1959 & done at a good steady pace too so plenty of kudos for that ride.

I'm off exploring new roads later so if I'm not back tonight you'll know I've still managed to get lost even with a satnav!!

Lol.....you must be like me. I have a terrible sense of direction and get lost very easily. Can't afford a higher range Garmin at the moment...maybe one day.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Thanks for the info. I reckon I'll leave it at 8 speed for the moment then. I'm sure I'll find plenty to trip me up swapping like for like let alone adding an extra sprocket to the mix!

It is quite easy, a 9sp cassette is 1.1mm wider than an 8sp one usually a free hub supporting 8 will support a 9 though you only need a spacers for 8sp on 11sp freehubs or 7sp on 10sp hubs . most 8sp RD will cope with a 9sp cassette (I currently run an old RD3300 Sora 7/8sp on my nine speed), changed the shifters twice from 7 to 8 and 8 to 9, M.T.B. are cheaper to do as you are only changing the shifters,

On my road bike the difference that one gear made was quite unbelievable my 8sp was 13-15-17-19-21-23-25-28, but I was finding sometimes especially into wind I was in either to high or too low a gear for a nice spin rate so when I upgraded it to 13-14-15-16-17-19-21-24-27 its much easier to find the right gear, I don't like the jump from 17-19, so when I can afford to I am going to change it to 17-18-20-23-27. and using the 30th front I have three gears in the 50-40" range compared with just the one on the 40th ring 30x16-17-19, its not a combination that's used often but it gives other options