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

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

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I also got a question cuz i dunno if i do it properly cause everytime i do downhill and i know there is no turns ahead and uphill again then i do fullout and just go for big cog sit on my saddle lean my body really low and hands on drops, that way i find myself gaining about 2 to 5 mph average compared with standard riding position but it requires hell of a power from my thighs i wonder what would happen if i would do the standing downhill sprint (trip over?)

Life it too short to sprint downhill. relax and let gravity help and enjoy your riding.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi I tried it once in the wet and the front wheel decided to give me a scare, mind you they weren't great tyres.

 

[Mo1959]

Life it too short to sprint downhill. relax and let gravity help and enjoy your riding.

Agree. Mine nearly became quite a lot shorter sprinting downhill!

 

[Carolineg]

Some hills that I go up regulary make me feel sick, where as others that are (in my opinion!) worse don't produce that effect. I think it's a combination of the level of hydration vs sweat, but that's not a scientific theory, just something I think up in those moments!

Did a personal best up the hill today yeyyyyy still felt rough but better at the beginning, its already easier

 

[moo]

I've just done the monthly weigh-in - 5ft 9 and exactly 10st. At what point do you start eating more cakes?

 

[Carolineg]

Agree. Mine nearly became quite a lot shorter sprinting downhill!

No sprinting for me trundle down the whopper hill just gratefull no wheel wobble now thanks to tips ive had! and hand close on the back brake im chicken

 

[Carolineg]

i,m only doing 11 and a half miles in 55 minutes i enjoy it its ok for me at my age 55 only my fourth ride today

 

[Stonechat]

i,m only doing 11 and a half miles in 55 minutes i enjoy it its ok for me at my age 55 only my fourth ride today

Reply anything is better than not riding, and sure it is ok for fourth ride!
Welcome

 

[Stonechat]

Wanted to do longer than this but going away tomorrow had some admin to do
Had a short window before lunch so have been out for a quick blast round Shepperton Laleham Loop
10.42 miles at 17.5 mph (Maybe my fastest ride yet!!) Only 125 feet of cclimbing
Despite good speed, no PRs

After Lunch going (by bike) 1)to see Mum and 2) over to Windsor and back, where Mrs Stonechat is involved in a fuchsia flower show

Edit - I does after all decide I did a PR - which is good as I did the original PR with a following wind, and now beaten in with little wind

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I've just done the monthly weigh-in - 5ft 9 and exactly 10st. At what point do you start eating more cakes?

Well my last known weight in April was 79Kg (12 1/2st) and 6ft, I don't eat enough really, I guess I am about 12st now, and I do 150+ miles a week @ an avg of 15.5 (ish) mph.
Though 3 of the last 6 week have been 200+ (all three were 217 miles unplanned) one at 190 miles one 73 (thats when the shifters broke), this week 140 miles though I need to get out today, not sure I will do what I had planned, a lot to do around the house, but I will do the Shimano Summer challenge (23Km)

 

[Nigelnaturist]

i,m only doing 11 and a half miles in 55 minutes i enjoy it its ok for me at my age 55 only my fourth ride today

My fourth ride was 26 miles @ 11.64mph in 2hr14min
My first was 8.53miles at 9.32mph just less than an hour.I was 48 two years ago, so as @Stonechat says its good for a fourth ride.
@Stonechat p.b.'s become a problem on shorter rides as you tend to do them more often, I did a segment yesterday where I was 7's behind my p.b. but only placed 17th out 55 attempts.
http://www.strava.com/activities/177277589/segments/4139652066

 

[Stonechat]

My fourth ride was 26 miles @ 11.64mph in 2hr14min
My first was 8.53miles at 9.32mph just less than an hour.I was 48 two years ago, so as @Stonechat says its good for a fourth ride.
@Stonechat p.b.'s become a problem on shorter rides as you tend to do them more often, I did a segment yesterday where I was 7's behind my p.b. but only placed 17th out 55 attempts.
http://www.strava.com/activities/177277589/segments/4139652066

Think maybe it took a time to work it out, it is showing now.
Am now 9th equal on v short segment.
http://www.strava.com/segments/7342764?filter=overall

 

[Goonerobes]

With the new football season nearly upon us I thought I'd better make the most of a free Saturday & try to do my first 100 mile ride.

The route didn't end up with a much elevation as route planner had suggested but a howling wind more than compensated for that & I managed to end up beating my target speed of 16 mph with a final average of 16.8 mph.

http://www.strava.com/activities/177748770

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Goonerobes Its along way to the Six Nations.

 

[RWright]

With the new football season nearly upon us I thought I'd better make the most of a free Saturday & try to do my first 100 mile ride.

The route didn't end up with a much elevation as route planner had suggested but a howling wind more than compensated for that & I managed to end up beating my target speed of 16 mph with a final average of 16.8 mph.

http://www.strava.com/activities/177748770

Very nice ride! It is going to be a little while before I am ready to try another Imperial Century.