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

[moo]

10th ride down and almost 2 stone lost

First ride
Last ride

I'm enjoying it so much; it's great to be on a bike again after years of doing nothing.

Cheers

2 stone lost in one month is impressive. You can afford to enjoy a few more cakes after each ride and lose the rest at steady pace

 

[puffinbilly]

18.3 miles @ 14.85 mph av' over fairly hilly route - legs felt iffy up one very steep but mercifully only 150m long bit. I would've scared the crap out of pigs living in flimsy houses had there been any nearby......

Long day in mountains yesterday made me feel like not going out but heroically I did and I am treating myself to a slab of home made ginger cake as a reward.

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Good to see you returning to form @SpokeyDokey - your speed seems to be back - I've been doing some of the roads in the Lakes recently and some tough climbs so hard to keep a decent speed. Although Keswick to Grasmere over Dunmail pass was quick.

Mostly local rides recently and trying to average 25 miles a day for the month - already 32 miles behind - speed seems to be improving with the more miles put in.

 

[BAtoo]

2003 miles this year to date
Average ride 30 miles; 155 hours; 12.9 mph

I'm quite pleased considering I only re-started riding last August (450 miles last year) and had the Winter (Dec-Feb inclusive) off, am nearly 60 & work full-time.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Good to see you returning to form @SpokeyDokey - your speed seems to be back - I've been doing some of the roads in the Lakes recently and some tough climbs so hard to keep a decent speed. Although Keswick to Grasmere over Dunmail pass was quick.

Mostly local rides recently and trying to average 25 miles a day for the month - already 32 miles behind - speed seems to be improving with the more miles put in.

You'll be miles fitter than me then!

I would see Keswick to Grasmere as an expedition!

The climb out of Keswick town centre would be enough for me let alone the flog up to the top of the pass after Dunmail Raise!

I'll stick to the mountains in that part of the world - on 11 Aug my mate and I are doing the entire Helvellyn Ridge from Ambleside up over Fairfield then Helvellyn and all the way to Clough Head and finishing with a drop down into Threlkeld. Long, long day but I know I can manage that.

Cycling is hard work!

 

[Stonechat]

Well dspite any sceptic I say chapeau to Martin

 

[creashor]

2 stone lost in one month is impressive. You can afford to enjoy a few more cakes after each ride and lose the rest at steady pace

I'm losing at about 3lb a week now. The first week was a stone but that's not a surprise - mostly fluid.

I'm aiming for 3lb a week At my size it's a sensible rate of loss.

Thanks for replying, appreciated.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Tried a family ride this afternoon but the little one was having none of it, so we abandoned that idea and I went out with Max

http://www.strava.com/activities/165386370

The longest ride he has done so far.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I'm losing at about 3lb a week now. The first week was a stone but that's not a surprise - mostly fluid.

I'm aiming for 3lb a week At my size it's a sensible rate of loss.

Thanks for replying, appreciated.

You only lose roughly about 20-30% of the calories used as fat the rest are carbs, this is dependent on how you ride, keeping your H.R. down will burn more fat than a higher H.R. you will use approx 35-50 cals (both fat & carbs) a mile.
According to the Bryton site and using my Rider 20 (not the best for calculating anything like this) I used 3,800 cals (this is unusually higher than I think it should be)
2305 as carbs and 1498 as fat (this is unusually high as I had problems with the bike yesterday), any as to lose 1lb of body fat you need to burn off 3,500cals (of fat not total) so in yesterdays example over the 62 miles or so I would have lost just under 1/2lb
To summarise I rode 62 miles used 3805 cals of which 1498 were fat cals or 24 a mile its usually about half this, so to lose one pound of body fat at that rate I would need to do 3500/24= 145 miles. But remember The R20 is not the most accurate ( the cals tend to be high) and yesterdays ride was unusual. I reckon riding on its own I would need to cover about 300 easy riding miles or so to lose one pound of body fat, the thing is the more unfit you are the more you use, it starts to get complex.

 

[morrisman]

Tomorrow I'm going to try something I've failed at twice so far, if it goes well I'll tell you, if not I may well cry

Turns out no tears were needed.
On 24-Oct-13 I entered the St Cripins Day Night ride to ride m first 100 miler, as it turned out it was part of last years monsoon season so jacked it in after 25 odd miles soaked to the skin and frozen (so poorly equipped and, to be honest, not really fit enough.

Tried again on 11-Mar-14 but shipped the rear derailleur into the back wheel so ended up doing 40 odd miles, half off it on a single speed.
Today I completed the course, 101 miles, my first proper century
Average of 14.6 mph which seeing as 30 odd miles are in central London is OK by me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/165463232

 

[SpokeyDokey]

You only lose roughly about 20-30% of the calories used as fat the rest are carbs, this is dependent on how you ride, keeping your H.R. down will burn more fat than a higher H.R. you will use approx 35-50 cals (both fat & carbs) a mile.
According to the Bryton site and using my Rider 20 (not the best for calculating anything like this) I used 3,800 cals (this is unusually higher than I think it should be)
2305 as carbs and 1498 as fat (this is unusually high as I had problems with the bike yesterday), any as to lose 1lb of body fat you need to burn off 3,500cals (of fat not total) so in yesterdays example over the 62 miles or so I would have lost just under 1/2lb
To summarise I rode 62 miles used 3805 cals of which 1498 were fat cals or 24 a mile its usually about half this, so to lose one pound of body fat at that rate I would need to do 3500/24= 145 miles. But remember The R20 is not the most accurate ( the cals tend to be high) and yesterdays ride was unusual. I reckon riding on its own I would need to cover about 300 easy riding miles or so to lose one pound of body fat, the thing is the more unfit you are the more you use, it starts to get complex.

I take comfort from this.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Turns out no tears were needed.
On 24-Oct-13 I entered the St Cripins Day Night ride to ride m first 100 miler, as it turned out it was part of last years monsoon season so jacked it in after 25 odd miles soaked to the skin and frozen (so poorly equipped and, to be honest, not really fit enough.

Tried again on 11-Mar-14 but shipped the rear derailleur into the back wheel so ended up doing 40 odd miles, half off it on a single speed.
Today I completed the course, 101 miles, my first proper century
Average of 14.6 mph which seeing as 30 odd miles are in central London is OK by me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/165463232

 

[welsh dragon]

Turns out no tears were needed.
On 24-Oct-13 I entered the St Cripins Day Night ride to ride m first 100 miler, as it turned out it was part of last years monsoon season so jacked it in after 25 odd miles soaked to the skin and frozen (so poorly equipped and, to be honest, not really fit enough.

Tried again on 11-Mar-14 but shipped the rear derailleur into the back wheel so ended up doing 40 odd miles, half off it on a single speed.
Today I completed the course, 101 miles, my first proper century
Average of 14.6 mph which seeing as 30 odd miles are in central London is OK by me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/165463232

Well done. Excellent effort.

 

[morrisman]

One of the high spots was meeting Benjamin and his dad riding up the Mall. Benjamin was only 4 and a half but his dad was teaching him road sense and traffic awareness.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Turns out no tears were needed.
On 24-Oct-13 I entered the St Cripins Day Night ride to ride m first 100 miler, as it turned out it was part of last years monsoon season so jacked it in after 25 odd miles soaked to the skin and frozen (so poorly equipped and, to be honest, not really fit enough.

Tried again on 11-Mar-14 but shipped the rear derailleur into the back wheel so ended up doing 40 odd miles, half off it on a single speed.
Today I completed the course, 101 miles, my first proper century
Average of 14.6 mph which seeing as 30 odd miles are in central London is OK by me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/165463232

Congratulations. I know exactly how you feel because I completed my first imperial century on Friday!
It's a nice feeling isn't it?

 

[stevey]

@morrisman well done on the century