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

[Stonechat]

Have you changed it? Didn't notice.

It is now two images - animated gif, (not really an animation just two different images)

 

[Nigelnaturist]

All that fettling and tinkering you must have had plenty of practice.
Think it would take me twice as long

PS anyone notice the change in my avatar

Still needs a little,.
Didn't know you could upload gif's,

 

[welsh dragon]

Still needs a little,.
Didn't know you could upload gif's,

Mine is a gif.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Mine is a gif.

Of coarse it must be, or a png i think they do animation.
Get the f'ing gears sort garmin plays up.

 

[welsh dragon]

[QUOTE="Nigelnaturist, post: 3185011, member2708it]Of coarse it must be, or a png i think they do animation.
Get the f'ing gears sort garmin plays up.[/QUOTE]

It never rains but it pours. Im glad I can't hear you swearing. You'd turn the air blue . On a serious note though Nigel, hope you get It working

 

[Effyb4]

@Nigelnaturist What's the matter with the garmin? I hope it's fixable.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

All that fettling and tinkering you must have had plenty of practice.
Think it would take me twice as long

PS anyone notice the change in my avatar

Kept catching my eye, but took me a few scrolls down to work out what had happened. Clever @Stonechat

 

[Biggler]

Welcome @Robjps !

I've just achieved a couple of milestones today after I really couldn't be arsed with my Tuesday night ride of only 6 miles.

First up, I've just clocked over 1000 miles since I took up cycling last year
and what I'm more proud of is I've just managed to average over 15 mph on a 25 mile ride. I don't even think I averaged over 15 mph on a short ride even.
Well chuffed - http://www.strava.com/activities/167267397

I hope your cat turns up Mo, they are survivors.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

@Mo1959 - I'm guessing no news yet?

Sending sparkles your way in a hope they help

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959 - I'm guessing no news yet?

Sending sparkles your way in a hope they help

No, sadly not Lesley. I haven't slept much the last couple of nights as I have been going out around 1am and then again about 5am when it is quiet but I really need to try and rest up tonight I think. Will put fresh food in the garage again and have left a bed and one of my worn sweatshirts to try and attract her and will sleep with my window open wide enough that she could jump in if she made it back. From what I have been researching, they are invariably not far from home but just holed up and too scared to move, especially during the day. The thing that is concerning me is that she is such a delicate and slender wee thing, she must be so hungry unless she has managed to catch anything or found any food anywhere. Can't lose hope yet though, as I keep reading of stories of similar situations and the cat suddenly turning up after longer than this so fingers crossed.

Wish I could cycle as it would be a great way of covering a bit more ground and would be nice and quiet too.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 my thoughts are with, even though I am have sort of a good and bad day.

It never rains but it pours. Im glad I can't hear you swearing. You'd turn the air blue . On a serious note though Nigel, hope you get It working

Only sometimes, not had chance to look at the garmin just changed the 42th back to 40th middle ring, and made slight adjustments, put up three 3m lengths of bamboo trellises type thing.
A quick trip to Hemsworth not a record breaking ride, thats what convinced me to change the middle ring. that 12th might be more useful than I thought, though would and 28 rather than 27 but I will change things, at some point as it is 29.22" is low enough for most of what I do. I need to tweak the right shifter position but it will have to wait. Garmin is not essential at the moment I still have the Rider 20.

 

[Harv]

PS anyone notice the change in my avatar

Nice. How did you do that?

On a separate note I finally managed to get off my rear and go out for my first ride of the week. Seeing others post rides on Strava motivated me to get out.

 

[Stonechat]

Nice. How did you do that?

On a separate note I finally managed to get off my rear and go out for my first ride of the week. Seeing others post rides on Strava motivated me to get out.

Well I have photoshop elements - it does have some problems with windows 7 but works enough to do most of what I want. Create an image with more than 1 layer, save for web, select animate, and select the time interval not hard really.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I have photoshop elements - it does have some problems with windows 7 but works enough to do most of what I want. Create an image with more than 1 layer, save for web, select animate, and select the time interval not hard really.

I have a little utility that converts avi's to animated gifs.
Thats much better on the 40th, whats more it shifts on to it much better from the 30th than it ever did on the Sora FD 3300, not sure if its the FD or the shifter, If i hadn't had so much to do I would have tested it, but now I have the new one on, I won't bother, many many thanks to the O.H. without whom it couldn't have happened so quickly, thing is she is unwear of how much of an improvement it is, even I can't belive how much better it is, it probably won't improve my speeds much, but I can see my avg going up a little due to better shifting and being in the right gear more often, it is so much easier on the drops, I almost want to stay there all the time, I have read loads about how much of an improvement they are over the thumb shifter Sora's ect but i really wasn't expecting this much on an improvement. I also know I said I would never make the Viking a 10sp well I have, can't be to many 105 kitted Torino's knocking about, even if it is only the shifters and mechs, I am not sure if the new 105 11sp will ever be a triple, with 11 gears on the back its almost doing away with the need for a triple the Sram 11-12-13-14-16-18-20-22-25-28-32 on a 34/50 gives 28-119.5" with good spinning gears on both.

 

[fivepence]

Pre Rapha Rising challenge warmup for me tonight given how nice the weather was, thought it would be rude not to stick a wheel out on the tarmac. Nothing too lumpy - keeping that for the week ahead.
Had a minor breakdown but was able resolve , definitely time for bike service , though after the rapha challenge

http://www.strava.com/activities/167306113