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

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Mo1959

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How long are you expecting to still be off the bike?
I think it's supposed to be 3 months before any serious exercise so that wouldn't be until beginning of October :sad: I will ask the surgeon on 15th August if I can start back a bit sooner if it is healing ok and I take it easy and maybe use the hybrid and take most of the weight on the good arm and see what he says.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Had my first crash on Friday - front wheel of hybrid let go while turning on wet gravel. The loss of skin and blood doesn't bother me. The bruised hip and ribs will keep me from doing any decent mileage for a week or so. I might get bored and just dose up on pain killers mind you.

I guess I should be grateful that the inevitable first crash was relatively minor, with no animals involved :smile:

Ow. That must hurt. Hope you get well soon.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.

RWright

Guru
Location
North Carolina
I think it's supposed to be 3 months before any serious exercise so that wouldn't be until beginning of October :sad: I will ask the surgeon on 15th August if I can start back a bit sooner if it is healing ok and I take it easy and maybe use the hybrid and take most of the weight on the good arm and see what he says.
Looks like someone may be shopping for turbo trainers soon. :heat:
 

Torvi

mr poopmechanic
Location
Wellingborough
oh gosh im dying yet i feel so happy, damn you endorfines!

i did today 29.2 miles had 2 small breaks for something to eat and 3 dismounts from bike, yet when i dismounted i still kept walking with bike,
first dismount was forced because of the roundabout on big hill pike i didnt wanted to make cars slow down so i dismounted and walked thru the crossing,
second dismount was forced again because i got lost :rolleyes: i been cycling and cycling and i realized that im already in northampton when i asked some older lady if i wouldnt do it i would get totally lost :laugh:
third dismount was when i used highway because i caught rain in nhpton and i "cut" my sheulde by taking sideway thru highway lol that was pretty funny every lorry gave me a nice wind and they somehow pulled me thru ~5 mile slight highway uphill.
Today i faced all weather condition, on the beggining i had full sun on me, then i had wind blowing against me (if uphills alone aint hard, fk you wind) and rain. By all means i called this trip Tour de Northamptonshire :laugh: all in all i got lost 2 times :wacko:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5456274

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Been out for what was planned as a ~50 mile low heart rate, fat burning ride which turned into a 64 mile rather higher heart rate ride. My luck seems to be in because I skirted around Uxbridge and Denham and only received a few drips of rain so seemed to have missed the biblical standard rainfall earlier. Unfortunately The Sainted Mrs Morrisman (TSMM), who was setting off to visit a chum for a few days got caught in the traffic and spent ~2 hours going nowhere much and is now on the way home to try again tomorrow. Thought my luck had run out when I got home to find I had no door key on me and with TSMM being away was in a pickle but happily found neither of us had thought to shut the back bedroom window so was able to break in.

http://www.strava.com/activities/172103592 - prefer to Garmin Connect Time Riding of 4:11 and average speed of 15.3 which both agree with my Garmin 800, not sure where Strava got its version of both from.
 

spooks

Senior Member
Location
Cardiff
Pretty sure this doesn't count as newbie riding anymore but I just finished my London to Paris ride at the weekend and had a fantastic time. Got to see La Course and the end of the Tour de France whilst stood right on the barriers at the arc du triomphe. Amazing!

http://www.strava.com/activities/172129734
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129668
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129657
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129655
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
oh gosh im dying yet i feel so happy, damn you endorfines!

i did today 29.2 miles had 2 small breaks for something to eat and 3 dismounts from bike, yet when i dismounted i still kept walking with bike,
first dismount was forced because of the roundabout on big hill pike i didnt wanted to make cars slow down so i dismounted and walked thru the crossing,
second dismount was forced again because i got lost :rolleyes: i been cycling and cycling and i realized that im already in northampton when i asked some older lady if i wouldnt do it i would get totally lost :laugh:
third dismount was when i used highway because i caught rain in nhpton and i "cut" my sheulde by taking sideway thru highway lol that was pretty funny every lorry gave me a nice wind and they somehow pulled me thru ~5 mile slight highway uphill.
Today i faced all weather condition, on the beggining i had full sun on me, then i had wind blowing against me (if uphills alone aint hard, fk you wind) and rain. By all means i called this trip Tour de Northamptonshire :laugh: all in all i got lost 2 times :wacko:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5456274

:angry:

Well done. As long as you're laughing and having fun then everything is good. Well done.:cheers:
 

Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
Pretty sure this doesn't count as newbie riding anymore but I just finished my London to Paris ride at the weekend and had a fantastic time. Got to see La Course and the end of the Tour de France whilst stood right on the barriers at the arc du triomphe. Amazing!

http://www.strava.com/activities/172129734
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129668
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129657
http://www.strava.com/activities/172129655

No it doesn't count as a newbie ride, but who cares, brilliant ride that
 

moo

Veteran
Location
North London
Went to the docs this morning and the ribs aren't bruised or fractured, it's just muscle strain. She said I can't do any further damage and simply to take it easy. A good dosing of ibuprofen all day and the pain has mostly gone away. I even managed a reasonable 11 mile commute home.

TBH it was my fault. I was riding a hybrid far too big with a temporary 23mm tyre on the front. Disaster waiting to happen.

I decided to strip the bike and put all the good parts on my other clunker. That's 2 bikes I've now completely rebuilt. I'm amused that 6 months ago I was scared to change a frayed cable :smile:
 
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