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

[Supersuperleeds]

Make a fishing pole holder for your bike. Then you can try to catch a fish in the North Sea and the Irish Sea, in the same day, via bicycle. Just a thought.

After I get my riding fitness back a little more I might try to do a 100km a month ride but I won't be putting in quite as many miles as I was. I do think I am going to join a gym that has a pool though. I want to mix things up a little and see how that goes.

Wouldn't be the first time I had carried fishing gear on a bike

 

[dansanger]

View: http://youtu.be/VDnCXagnfzM

 

[Stonechat]

@Jhey the only pain I want is in my thighs when I am working to capacity thats usually when my HR is about 165-170 (not bad for a 50 year old male), the max I have record is 183 but that may be a wrong reading.

@moo it depends what I am climbing short climbs like this I will get out of the saddle
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My avg gear up that tonight was 78" or 50x17 closest I have is 40x14=75" or a 52x17=80" chances are I was on the 40th middle ring.

Highest HR I have hit is 192!
High hr always on hills, and I sometimes get out of the saddle on the steepest sections over 15%, and also to power over smaller hills to avoid slowing too much

The hardest I find is the short sprints_, seems to take it out of me disproportianately

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Highest HR I have hit is 192!
High hr always on hills, and I sometimes get out of the saddle on the steepest sections over 15%, and also to power over smaller hills to avoid slowing too much

The hardest I find is the short sprints_, seems to take it out of me disproportianately

So my 183 night not be wrong then, I think i would be out of the saddle on 15%+'s certainly with a 30x27, this is about as steep as i have done in terms of grade I think.
http://www.strava.com/segments/1138013
I think this is the longest steepest climb I have done I think
http://www.strava.com/activities/76702791/segments/1535145176
Though I did have a clipless moment at the junction turning right, though to be honest it was more a matter of not being able to get rotating.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Looking at trainers, anyone got one of these?
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/accessories/turbo-trainers/cycleops-fluid-2-trainer#tab3

 

[Mo1959]

Looking at trainers, anyone got one of these?
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/accessories/turbo-trainers/cycleops-fluid-2-trainer#tab3

It got a good review when roadcc tested it Brian. There's some reasonable spin bikes for around the same price but they would take up more space.http://road.cc/content/review/47632-cycleops-fluid-2-indoor-trainer

 

[Torvi]

wondering about painting my black and yellow carrera into red and white. how you feel it ppl?

id like to paint all blacks into red, all yellow spots into black and make inscriptions go white with black shade, also add white coloured tyres. Plan is to keep all the levers and mechanical stuff in their original colour.

 

[welsh dragon]

wondering about painting my black and yellow carrera into red and white. how you feel it ppl?

id like to paint all blacks into red, all yellow spots into black and make inscriptions go white with black shade, also add white coloured tyres. Plan is to keep all the levers and mechanical stuff in their original colour.

Its your bike, you can do what you want to it. But will you be happy with it when your done? I doubt it. It may well look like something out of a circus. But if it's what you want to do, then go for it.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

tis a tad windy out there at the moment. getting to my dr's appointment was a doddle. almost freewheel downhill all the way with a stiff tailwind. sadly coming home again was uphill into a +20mph headwind gusting even harder... & &

then I got flagged down by a motorist , now here's a first "do I know where the closest petrol station is?" well as it happened, yes because I happen to live locally but... guess I was the easiest target to 'catch'!

PS - next time will someone please remind me to take the correct key for my bike lock... thanks...

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I once forgot my lock going for a prescription, they have a parm park area at the entrance, where I lock my bike, so I just took the front wheel of for the few mins I was in there, different situation I know, blowy here too, still work to do in the garden.

 

[Effyb4]

No cycling for me this weekend, but Jeff did Ride 100 (or ride 86 as it should be more accurately called). The weather was absolutely atrocious. I'm so proud of him having made it round. On the way back to the station, the rain suddenly started falling very heavily again, so we sheltered in a doorway for a few minutes. Little did we know what doorway we were sheltering in. A very nice security guard in uniform and invited us in to shelter from the rain. We were only in Gucci, Bond street. It must have looked very strange, 3 dripping people (one in lycra) in that shop. I don't think I've had the balls to go into a designer shop before.

 

[Biggler]

I've been mega busy at work the last week so didn't get a chance to check this thread
Last Sunday I did my longest ride, and first metric century - http://www.strava.com/activities/174364406 - I learnt that I need to fuel myself better. At least I perked up after I stopped at a pub for a a pint of coke.

That was in preparation for yesterday, which was amazing.

Ride London - http://www.strava.com/activities/178798131

I was really worried about it, wasn't sure I'd manage the whole hundred miles within the time limit. As we set off they announced that the route was shortened to 86 miles which really took the pressure I placed on myself and I relaxed and started to really enjoy it.

Closed roads through London is amazing. I finally got to see Richmond Park that I've seen people mention, unfortunately we had to walk a third of that due to streams of water running on the road.

Riding past The Palace of Westminster and down the Mall was great, and the amount of support along the route was amazing.

The Start

86 Miles later

Almost a year and one month to the day since I started cycling. Just looking at Strava and my first ride was 1.8mile and I remember feeling like jelly afterwards.

I remember seeing a picture in this very thread (which I cant find) of a guy finishing last years Ride London and along with this thread it inspired me to do this.

Thank you all.

Edit:

Just looking back and it must have been @Nomadski , thanks for the inspiration!
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/show-us-your-newbie-progress.110413/post-2584955

 

[morrisman]

I've been mega busy at work the last week so didn't get a chance to check this thread
Last Sunday I did my longest ride, and first metric century - http://www.strava.com/activities/174364406 - I learnt that I need to fuel myself better. At least I perked up after I stopped at a pub for a a pint of coke.

That was in preparation for yesterday, which was amazing.

Ride London - http://www.strava.com/activities/174364406

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Well done that man! But the strava for the Ride London is the same as your First Metric Century one

 

[Biggler]

Well done that man! But the strava for the Ride London is the same as your First Metric Century one

Thanks for pointing that out, I've just edited the link.

Might as well put it here too. Ride London 2014 - http://www.strava.com/activities/178798131

 

[Nomadski]

I've been mega busy at work the last week so didn't get a chance to check this thread
Last Sunday I did my longest ride, and first metric century - http://www.strava.com/activities/174364406 - I learnt that I need to fuel myself better. At least I perked up after I stopped at a pub for a a pint of coke.

That was in preparation for yesterday, which was amazing.

Ride London - http://www.strava.com/activities/178798131

I was really worried about it, wasn't sure I'd manage the whole hundred miles within the time limit. As we set off they announced that the route was shortened to 86 miles which really took the pressure I placed on myself and I relaxed and started to really enjoy it.

Closed roads through London is amazing. I finally got to see Richmond Park that I've seen people mention, unfortunately we had to walk a third of that due to streams of water running on the road.

Riding past The Palace of Westminster and down the Mall was great, and the amount of support along the route was amazing.

The Start

86 Miles later

Almost a year and one month to the day since I started cycling. Just looking at Strava and my first ride was 1.8mile and I remember feeling like jelly afterwards.

I remember seeing a picture in this very thread (which I cant find) of a guy finishing last years Ride London and along with this thread it inspired me to do this.

Thank you all.

Edit:

Just looking back and it must have been @Nomadski , thanks for the inspiration!
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/show-us-your-newbie-progress.110413/post-2584955

Absolutely brilliant job finishing that ride, I live almost on the course, and I worked early on Sunday morning at Gatwick, so I know just how bad the weather got. It was torrential. Even the Sky packed in. So brilliant achievement, from where you've come, and I hope somebody reads your post and gets inspired to have a go too.

Well done, and Rule #5 most definitely fulfilled!