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

[Mo1959]

Got up early again (5.30) for an early ride and guess what - it's pouring down.

Also it is only 13C out there and only 17C in here so I have put the central heating on as it is chilly!

Quite nice looking out of my Den window watching all the birds plus two Squirrels, one rabbit (wild) and a big fat pigeon getting on with their day.

I'm surprised Nigel hasn't told you just to get the wet weather gear on and get out! Lol. Around 13C here too but the sun is out and looks like a much nicer day. I've got stupid storage heaters so I resist putting them on as long as possible. I toughed it out last year until around the end of November I think it was and got a nice rebate on my leccy. Pretty sure it went on something bike related

Just having brekkie and will get a decent dog walk shortly.

Hope it dries up and you get out later and let us see your ride on Strava now you have your new toy.

 

[Boo]

I've found that once I get home in the evening, we're both hungry, so I want to get on with making dinner, and once we've had dinner... well I'm flumped out on the sofa and not feeling much like going out for a ride.
I do try and get out at the weekends, but it's usually a struggle, so a few weeks back i decided (against my better judgement), to set the alarm for 6am on Mon, Wed & Friday, and go out for a ride.
So far it's worked really well. I only do about 7 miles, so I'm back just as Mrs Boo is finishing in the bathroom, so I jump straight in the shower and then off to work.
While it's a struggle getting up, it's always nice out on the bike, but the thing that's surprised me most is how good I feel for the rest of the day. I'm wide awake on the train, rather than semi-comatose, and during the day I just feel like I have more energy.

Just hope I can stick with it when the mornings are dark and wet. I've just got tiny little Lezyne lights at the moment, to make myself a bit more visible when it's not so bright. Will need to invest in a more substantial set of lights before too long.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I'm surprised Nigel hasn't told you just to get the wet weather gear on and get out! Lol. Around 13C here too but the sun is out and looks like a much nicer day. I've got stupid storage heaters so I resist putting them on as long as possible. I toughed it out last year until around the end of November I think it was and got a nice rebate on my leccy. Pretty sure it went on something bike related

Just having brekkie and will get a decent dog walk shortly.

Hope it dries up and you get out later and let us see your ride on Strava now you have your new toy.

The upload to Garmin Connect is easy peasy via Garmin Express and this then appears on Strava via the back door almost instantly. So it works well.

It hasn't yet picked up my Garmin Connect 'legacy' rides (all two of them!) like it's supposed to - but I can manually upload them if needs be.

The GC activities details for each ride are very similar to Strava although they do not have the privacy radius feature of Strava.

I am trying to work out whether I want to 'maintain' both GC & Strava plus my spreadsheet that produces nice graphs that I can easily zip around as opposed to ploughing around the two online databases.

I like the GPS feature as I now get better elevation gain figures as opposed to either none or finger in the air calculations.

The mileage figures and maximum speed figures seem more generous than my Cateye computer.

I have probably ridden 2-3% more than I thought since I got my bike - wow!

Also I was very surprised by my maximum speed being in the 35-37mph range - my Catey rarely gave me above 32mph although this is far from an important metric for me.

 

[Torvi]

is this normal to make my tyre go down to the sewings in less than a full month? if not then should i complain about them to halfrauds or just dont bother and buy new ones?

 

[Steady]

A fellow lady taking the QOM for a few segments I like inspired me to get out today. Whilst I didn't beat her, I'm only a second behind so I've a goal for the next few weeks. ;-)

Distance isn't whopping, not even ten miles, but it's all I could squeeze in between hospital visits.

http://app.strava.com/activities/179547556


Learning to Lip read my Dad is quite interesting in its own right!

 

[BrianEvesham]

Out at last! http://www.strava.com/activities/179549907

Just a short loop with Max, OH out riding at the moment (tag parenting) then I might get chance for a ride on my own before family lunch.

I now just log in to Garmin connect, it then uploads automatically from the 200 and then shares it with Strava instantly.
Result!

 

[BrianEvesham]

is this normal to make my tyre go down to the sewings in less than a full month? if not then should i complain about them to halfrauds or just dont bother and buy new ones?

Tbh, I would just replace them with some better quality ones.

 

[Mo1959]

The upload to Garmin Connect is easy peasy via Garmin Express and this then appears on Strava via the back door almost instantly. So it works well.

It hasn't yet picked up my Garmin Connect 'legacy' rides (all two of them!) like it's supposed to - but I can manually upload them if needs be.

The GC activities details for each ride are very similar to Strava although they do not have the privacy radius feature of Strava.

I am trying to work out whether I want to 'maintain' both GC & Strava plus my spreadsheet that produces nice graphs that I can easily zip around as opposed to ploughing around the two online databases.

I like the GPS feature as I now get better elevation gain figures as opposed to either none or finger in the air calculations.

The mileage figures and maximum speed figures seem more generous than my Cateye computer.

I have probably ridden 2-3% more than I thought since I got my bike - wow!

Also I was very surprised by my maximum speed being in the 35-37mph range - my Catey rarely gave me above 32mph although this is far from an important metric for me.

Even if you are not interested in the challenges, segments, etc it is still nice to look back at your rides and compare your own figures. Nice for others that you add to be able to google map some of your roads and see the scenery too.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

is this normal to make my tyre go down to the sewings in less than a full month? if not then should i complain about them to halfrauds or just dont bother and buy new ones?

probably not, but we would need a photo to give an opinion really.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

A fellow lady taking the QOM for a few segments I like inspired me to get out today. Whilst I didn't beat her, I'm only a second behind so I've a goal for the next few weeks. ;-)

Distance isn't whopping, not even ten miles, but it's all I could squeeze in between hospital visits.

http://app.strava.com/activities/179547556


Learning to Lip read my Dad is quite interesting in its own right!

that made me go and check how many I still have.... none missing ...

 

[Torvi]

 

[Mo1959]

that made me go and check how many I still have.... none missing ...

Mine are rapidly disappearing. Lol

 

[Mo1959]

Too much skidding and doughnuts I think!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Mine are rapidly disappearing. Lol

I've been watching and they are holding steady at 22 at the moment Mo... so not too bad

Is it like that in more than one place because that looks like a skid to me...
Edit: Mo beat me to it!

 

[Torvi]

skidding is not my fault those sunday drivers and their oh ill stop in the middle of the road made me. It is only in this place tough there are other minor slices to tyre but not as much as that one