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

[Supersuperleeds]

Did my first 100km ride today. 63.2 miles in total, takes the year to just over 1,000 miles

Completely shattered now, took just over 4 hours, so I don't think I am ready to do a 100 miler yet.

http://app.strava.com/activities/40947620

 

[simmi]

Did my first 100km ride today. 63.2 miles in total, takes the year to just over 1,000 miles

Completely shattered now, took just over 4 hours, so I don't think I am ready to do a 100 miler yet.

http://app.strava.com/activities/40947620

Well done mate!

See I knew you were setting your sights way too low at just 100 miles for the 4 days

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Did my first 100km ride today. 63.2 miles in total, takes the year to just over 1,000 miles

Completely shattered now, took just over 4 hours, so I don't think I am ready to do a 100 miler yet.

http://app.strava.com/activities/40947620

Well done.

Well done mate!

See I knew you were setting your sights way too low at just 100 miles for the 4 days

I thought he wasn't going out today as well.

 

[simmi]

I would like to do the strava 100 mile job next sat but just worked it out and allowing for a slower average speed of 13mph it would take over 7 3/4 hours non stop, don't think i'm up to that just yet but we will see.

 

[simmi]

is it cheating to do a 25 mile route 4 times so you can quit after 50 or 75 if you can't manage it?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

is it cheating to do a 25 mile route 4 times so you can quit after 50 or 75 if you can't manage it?

Dont think so,

 

[Supersuperleeds]

is it cheating to do a 25 mile route 4 times so you can quit after 50 or 75 if you can't manage it?

No it isn't. 100 miles is 100 miles whether it is in a straight line or 100 laps of a 1 mile circuit.

 

[RWright]

Be nice to get to 50 first.
Is it 24 hrs. Maybe do it in 2 stints. Sleep in between.

It is in 24 hours but it says in one ride. I don't know if two 50 milers in 24 hours would count if you slept then did the next 50. I think they want it in one long ride, taking a break is ok I would think. I think sleeping for any long period during might not be in the spirit of the challenge. Even sleeping, it would be a hell of a day for me.

I want to do it sometime but hope to be carrying a little less weight when I do.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wow, just taken the road bike for its maiden voyage, only 1.55 miles, boy are they different to a hybrid, much more responsive and a hell of a lot lighter, hopefully the weather will be dry tomorrow and I can take it for a longer ride.

 

[simmi]

Wow, just taken the road bike for its maiden voyage, only 1.55 miles, boy are they different to a hybrid, much more responsive and a hell of a lot lighter, hopefully the weather will be dry tomorrow and I can take it for a longer ride.

You will find a huge difference first time I took mine out I did a 12 mile loop 4 minutes quicker than my lads hybrid.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You will find a huge difference first time I took mine out I did a 12 mile loop 4 minutes quicker than my lads hybrid.

I think I will be slower until I get used to it. On the hybrid I am very confident, on the road bike it feels like I am learning to ride again.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I think I will be slower until I get used to it. On the hybrid I am very confident, on the road bike it feels like I am learning to ride again.

It wont take you long. I have never had a hybrid so I cant compare, mind I have never really had great road bikes (though not sure how the Gitaine fits in, about £150 in 1981/2, apart from it being dangerous as F***, gear shifters on the headstock good idea bad in practise, when you got out of the saddle you would catch the rear lever go from 1 or 2 to 5th with all that chain to take up, well let you guess where i ended up more than once.)

 

[Typhon]

Just did my first ride in two weeks because of the weather & work. Blimey, it was hard work. I had to almost kill myself just to get my normal 15mph average. My average heartbeat was 172!

http://app.strava.com/activities/40971573

I enjoyed it though. I finished work early and headed out for my normal training loop at quarter past three, that would have been unthinkable any time in the last 3 months because of the light. It almost felt like Spring already - 10C, sunny and dry (for once!) although some roads are still flooded as they have been since before Xmas round here.

Forecast is good for this weekend so hopefully I can get out more and regain the fitness I've lost!

 

[simmi]

It wont take you long. I have never had a hybrid so I cant compare, mind I have never really had great road bikes (though not sure how the Gitaine fits in, about £150 in 1981/2, apart from it being dangerous as F***, gear shifters on the headstock good idea bad in practise, when you got out of the saddle you would catch the rear lever go from 1 or 2 to 5th with all that chain to take up, well let you guess where i ended up more than once.)

Amazing some of the concepts that have come and gone I remember one of my first bikes as a kid had a pedal back brake, not much use other than for flat spotting the rear tyre.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Amazing some of the concepts that have come and gone I remember one of my first bikes as a kid had a pedal back brake, not much use other than for flat spotting the rear tyre.

It was a good idea, just the placement was bad, for runner in some ways to current gear shifting, I believe there are some cheaper bikes today with a similar set up.