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

[welsh dragon]

Enjoyment is what matters in all sports. I ride horse, but never compete, am not interested in pushing myself beyond my comfort zone or that of my horse. I am capable of more, he is capable of more but we enjoy life and our relationship as much as our riding.

I'm hoping to commute - including two hills.. so that is something I have to consider as only just returned to riding and to be honest have never been a regular rider, I do want to really enjoy riding for pleasure too - with scenery like I have around here it'd be daft not to make the most of it. Horseback doesn't always make it accessible.

Sounds perfect. Have lots of fun.

 

[Batgirl]

Sounds perfect. Have lots of fun.

You too!

 

[Mark1978]

Good progress tonight, even with a nasty wind managed a 19.3 mph average over 19.3miles. Just a few seconds over the hour. The sweat was literally raining from my head towards the end. Did the first 10 miles at a 20mph average which i was well chuffed with.

http://www.strava.com/activities/186158474

 

[Deleted member 18052]

Spin out for 15 after getting home and scoffing my face.

I'm trying to stay in low HR and build some base miles for next year rather than going all out and just smashing it as fast as I can and end up being knackered, so:

http://www.strava.com/activities/186177037

14.9mi Distance
53:01 Moving Time
217ft Elevation (?)
23 Suffer Score

89% - Z2
11% - Z3

Daz

 

[Torvi]

not too positive progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

 

[Deleted member 18052]

not too positive progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

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even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

Pick yourself up mate, I know everyone deals with personal stuff differently, get a set of headphones in, get on some back roads and just unwind works a treat for me, hope hands heal quickly and your not too badly hurt, hope it doesnt cost too much to fix bike either

 

[Torvi]

it's only the shifter that it's angled and well i think i wont be riding tonight anymore, gotta wake up at 6:30 and work, hopefully i can just forget of everything there


now im quite disoriented. should i buy new shifter for current gearset or just carry on in current state and save for planned better gearset, choices and choices.

 

[Batgirl]

not too positive progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

Really sorry to read this. Hope you can fix up your bike and clear your head somewhat. Glad you're not injured too badly.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

not too positive progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

Ouch! Get better soon - I hope you haven't stiffened up overnight and found more aches and pains today. I often find my head buzzing with thoughts while out on my bike, but I find that mine slow me down rather than speed me up. Mind you, I'm not a 'blaster' anyway.
Take care, keep calm and cycle (more slowly)

 

[Stonechat]

Ouch! Get better soon - I hope you haven't stiffened up overnight and found more aches and pains today. I often find my head buzzing with thoughts while out on my bike, but I find that mine slow me down rather than speed me up. Mind you, I'm not a 'blaster' anyway.
Take care, keep calm and cycle (more slowly)

Fortunately the cycling - for me at least- defuses my more negative emotions
It's been my escape valve over this whole flooding thing

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

not too positive progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

the shifters are attached to the bike using one of the metal clamps that tightens using an allen key which can be found when you peel back the rubber (from the top of your levers). The probability is that all you have done is pushed the lever around the drops and that allen key needs slackening off, the lever moved back and then tightened again. You may be able to do this by 'brute' force, but I wouldn't recommend that approach unless it is already quite loose - in which case you will want to tighten it up afterwards... If you jump to 3-4 mins in on this video you will see what I mean. you will only need to watch 2-3 minutes to see how easy it is to reposition them with the bar tape ON.... (Don't go off and remove your bar tape, it is not necessary for what you need to do...)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UvjI_lPtU

 

[welsh dragon]

not tooreplacee progress tonight

Whole day i was full of mixed emotions due to one personal stuff and i just couldnt handle it more and went for a sprint, well it ended up quite badly when i tried to cut into sharp corner with about 30+mph i didnt make it and in the last moment i pushed brakes and went into drift so i hit curb with side instead of colliding head-on. Result is few scratches on my hands, thank god i wore softshell and long trouses so its only on my hands but my bike was much more unlucky than me...

even tough it's got pretty nice hit and angled hard, everything still works and thanks to that, that i hit with side, my front wheel is still pretty much true.

Lesson learnt, do not try to ride when ur full of emotion if you cant handle them or at least do it with turbo trainer...

I hope you get well soon. Your bike can be fixed or replaced, as long as your al right, thats the main thing

 

[Ciar]

Small progression not so much commuting but MTB, me and a few friends took the bikes and headed to Afan, Rode the Ywal trails Friday lots of fun some nice downhills and of course painful up hills, Saturday onto riding the blade, which starts with a lovely trail full of roots and rocks all over the place, proper test of gear picking skills some lovely downhill parts scary and not so scary all in a 6 hour day, Sunday we rode Penhydd which was lovely a nice cat 4 climb to the top then plenty of nice wide downhill trails bit slippery at times but again great fun.

topped it all of on Monday by visiting Bike Park Wales, rained all day but we carried on by riding to the top of the beast of burden which hurt lots! due to my body and legs reaching the end I decided to pick blue trails to head back down on, so sixtapod followed by willy waver, nice and fast and lots of burms

all in all an amazing time hardest I have ever ridden to date, hopefully to be repeated in the near future and the best part is I stuck with my HT 29'r and touch wood no crashes!

 

[Torvi]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn thanks for post, im just back from halfords and they fixed it right away even they can be usefull sometimes, true with this vid i could do it myself but its already fixed, thanks again
@welsh dragon thanks dear, im all fine, nothing hurts by now but i think i will need to replace wheels after all, it feels somewhat heavier to ride it now even tho wheels are true (checked it). This or the problem is in me (slept for 3hours, slight fever and work)

 

[welsh dragon]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn thanks for post, im just back from halfords and they fixed it right away even they can be usefull sometimes, true with this vid i could do it myself but its already fixed, thanks again
@welsh dragon thanks dear, im all fine, nothing hurts by now but i think i will need to replace wheels after all, it feels somewhat heavier to ride it now even tho wheels are true (checked it). This or the problem is in me (slept for 3hours, slight fever and work)