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

[Goonerobes]

A hail storm delayed the start of today's satnav tour & made the next 60 miles a bit of a jacket on jacket off affair!

However, it failed to ruin the enjoyment of exploring plenty of new country lanes & pretty little villages which I never even knew even existed.

http://www.strava.com/activities/159096317

 

[Kins]

I use cod liver oil when my pooches have an upset tummy.

A hail storm delayed the start of today's satnav tour & made the next 60 miles a bit of a jacket on jacket off affair!

However, it failed to ruin the enjoyment of exploring plenty of new country lanes & pretty little villages which I never even knew even existed.

http://www.strava.com/activities/159096317

Great ride, well done! Nice speed to.

 

[morrisman]

Shortly off for a 60 miler into that there London with train back from Marylebone. Planned route includes 17 crossings of the Thames

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

A hail storm delayed the start of today's satnav tour & made the next 60 miles a bit of a jacket on jacket off affair!

However, it failed to ruin the enjoyment of exploring plenty of new country lanes & pretty little villages which I never even knew even existed.

http://www.strava.com/activities/159096317

I came across this signpost yesterday on our, we are not cycling to the party, cycle ride to the party (we were originally cycling there, then my OH complained his legs were aching yesterday morning and didn't want to ride, he had ridden to work 4 times last week , so we made the decision to use the car, the car then decided otherwise and broke down, so we ended up cycling anyhow). I am considering making it my new avatar!

 

[morrisman]

Sad to relate my first clip less moment in front of a LT Double Decker as I arrived in the ASL box at a set of lights. Luckily a large 4x4 had also stopped in the box so it broke my fall and saved some of my dignity

 

[Trevor_P]

32.9 miles. comfortable ride, 69ft per mile average. Didn't stop on any hills except to let one car pass.

http://www.strava.com/activities/159450314

 

[Stonechat]

A group outing today with a cafe stop at Billingbear gold club - ths is Binfield- Wokingham direction
Some slightly pecilair navigation and moderate pace but a nice ride with a ham and cheese toastie to fortify me
http://www.strava.com/activities/159534110
43.7 mi at a meagre 14.8 13.8 mph (per garmin) with 1519 feet of climbing

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Why is it when I am carrying a rack & bag I get very few nods from road bikes but with out it quite a few more.

 

[morrisman]

Well that was fun. Wendover to Kew Pumping Station for a coffee and a muffin then 18 crossings of the Thames:

Kew Bridge
Chiswick Bridge
Barnes Railway Bridge (Push and a carry)
Hammersmith Bridge
Putney Bridge
Wandsworth Bridge
Battersea Bridge
Albert Bridge
Chelsea Bridge
Vauxhall Bridge
Lambeth Bridge
Westminster Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Millennium Bridge (Push)
Southwark Bridge
London Bridge
Tower Bridge

http://www.strava.com/activities/159557570

 

[spooks]

Did the Evans Ride near Reading today. Had food poisoning last week so found it really hard going, especially since I went out and did 40 miles yesterday as well. My legs had no power in them whatsoever and the hills were bigger than the ones you find on the New Forest!!! Got round though and treated myself to a bowl of chilli in the sunshine.
http://www.strava.com/activities/159565246

 

[fivepence]

A Non hilly ride for me today for a change though one with a group of around 20 whose pace was a little too hot to handle for me. Got spat out of the back of the group at around 70KM and made my own way round after that.

http://www.strava.com/activities/159505723

 

[moo]

Why is it when I am carrying a rack & bag I get very few nods from road bikes but with out it quite a few more.

Breaking too many of those "rules" I guess

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Breaking too many of those "rules" I guess

Like to see some of them catch me with or with out it

 

[matth411]

55 miler for me today. To be honest, I didn't even want to go out. Was feeling a bit clogged up and sinusey so I popped a pill and went out. Felt really bad at 22 miles, so turned round and came back home. Still got a banging headache. Highlight of the ride, a Down Syndrome teenager giving me a high 5 (gesture, not nutrition haha) as I went past him. Going to rest tomorrow and go back out on Tuesday. Today the plan was 65 or more, instead I got an easy 50. I say easy because I wasn't that tired afterwards. http://www.strava.com/activities/159555886

Edited to add: I hope the guy who had come off his bike on the Wirral Way today is recovering well. When I went past he had a bad cut on his head, a lot of blood and in the recovery position.

 

[fivepence]

May as well get the monthly summary out of the way as I wont be out tomorrow. Avg Speed is down but not too worried about that as had other goals . Due to not getting out much it was all pretty much squashed into three imperial tons ,one of which became my first double metric and recovery rides

Rides 8 down from 12
Miles 603 up from 497
AVG Speed 15.2 down from 16.0
STRAVA FT ELE 39671 up from 27717
STRAVA FT ELE Per Mile 65.78 up from 55.76