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

[Nigelnaturist]

Finally got out last night after nearly a week of not being able to find the time, went over to Kent and rode with a friend, they have a few more hills than we do in Essex but it makes a nice change.

http://app.strava.com/activities/193201300

From what I remember quite a few more.

 

[Dom_500]

so my holiday starts tomorrow and due to an injury last week have not been out on the bike for 2 weeks, fell a little short of my target of a stone by the 13th but i am down 11lbs overall and feeling better. target when i get back is a 50km ride, longest so far is 48 so should be doable then thinking of doing the short course at the wiggle event in the new forest in October which is 44miles. anyone else doing/done the event?

 

[Leescfc79]

From what I remember quite a few more.

I can get a similar ft per mile in a Essex as I live in one of the hillier areas and have a few routes which take in all the hills (saying that I can't really get over 40ft/mile so not massive but as good as it gets) but what I can't get is 0.5 miles with a average gradient of 9%, i don't think I've ever rode anything in Essex that peaks at 9% never mind averages it!

Going to go for a play on the hills around Sevonoaks in the next few weeks which should be fun!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Leescfc79 average this year according to my stats 37ft/mile, though last month it was up at 40ft/mile and a two mile trip into town and back has it up about 80ft/mile

 

[Leescfc79]

Mine has been 32ft/mile for the year and just under 40ft/mile over the last 2 months, at the beginning of the year I was going out a lot with a friend who had just started cycling and was heading to the coast where I'm lucky if I get 20ft/mile.

Hills are funny old things, I'm probably the slowest person in the world going up them but still love them!

 

[BrianEvesham]

Hollibobs over, seems I've gained a couple of pounds, hey ho!

Glad to be back out for a spin this morning
http://www.strava.com/activities/193390343

Took a while to catch up with this thread.

 

[morrisman]

Day 4 of my no-bicycling family holiday in Suffolk, I want my bike and I want it NOW!

Home yesterday late, 16 miles this morning

And relax!

 

[Stonechat]

Ride out to Box Hill this morning
Kept up a good pace
Beat most of my PBs on Box Hill apart from the maiin one I use as my time up the hill
Missed a turning coming back - added a couple of miles maybe

Cadence sensor not working despite havinf new battery
Will fiddle this after noon might need a new one

40.38 miles @ 15.25 mph Climbed 1775 feet
Happy with that speed considering the climbing

http://www.strava.com/activities/193400814

 

[Stonechat]

Shifters last time i looked were about the £130-140 mark for a double, I am not sure they do a triple though, also most cassettes start at 11 a couple at 12 both in the 105 and higher
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The only ones that fit how I ride are the 12-25.
If you are looking for a low gear on a 50/34 it would need to be one of the cassettes with a 32th so an 11-32

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Seriously who rides a 120" on a compact, would it not be better putting a 15th in the middle and drop the 11th.
Compare it it with the triple I just set up

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and 105 10sp triples are £125
Having said that it is a very viable option over a triple for the same (slightly extended) range.

Oops your were just talking about the rear mech.

Wll it's interesting
I was keen on a triple until I got this but have been ok on Compact with 32t largest on rear
It does mean wider ratios, why I have been looking at these
would obviously have to change shifters , rear mech, cassette, maybe the chainwheels/ cranks would need to be narrower.

 

[Stonechat]

Shifters last time i looked were about the £130-140 mark for a double, I am not sure they do a triple though, also most cassettes start at 11 a couple at 12 both in the 105 and higher
105
View attachment 55901

CS-6800
View attachment 55902

The only ones that fit how I ride are the 12-25.
If you are looking for a low gear on a 50/34 it would need to be one of the cassettes with a 32th so an 11-32

View attachment 55903

Seriously who rides a 120" on a compact, would it not be better putting a 15th in the middle and drop the 11th.
Compare it it with the triple I just set up

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and 105 10sp triples are £125
Having said that it is a very viable option over a triple for the same (slightly extended) range.

Oops your were just talking about the rear mech.

Also I don't know how tro fiddle with cassettes and the individual gears, don't realy need 11t I suppose but they all seem to come that way (if you're looking for 32

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat if the cassette is like the 10sp ones all but the three low gears are separate cogs (Tiagra is a little different) and the three low gears are on a fix mounting, 9sp's you could split the cassette and use what you wanted (even 8sp cogs with 9sp spacers, not perfect but at only 0.02mm difference in thickness) but as a 10sp cog is 0.18mm thinner it is a little more unlikely it will work well, so on a 9sp providing you start with the right lockring for the bottom cog you could make up what you want with plenty of cassettes to choice to make up your ratios, an 11sp compact will actually have a good range and looks to be very viable over a road triple, but the triple will still be better as a touring set up, not looked into this but as the 5700 and 5800 shifters are pretty much the same if you have a 10sp triple shifter get an 11sp rear shifter and see if that works. all depends if the triple cage will shift the chain and the chain will fit 10sp chain rings, not looked up the specs of an 11sp chain.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hollibobs over, seems I've gained a couple of pounds, hey ho!

Glad to be back out for a spin this morning
http://www.strava.com/activities/193390343

Took a while to catch up with this thread.

Nice and speedy still

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Mine has been 32ft/mile for the year and just under 40ft/mile over the last 2 months, at the beginning of the year I was going out a lot with a friend who had just started cycling and was heading to the coast where I'm lucky if I get 20ft/mile.

Hills are funny old things, I'm probably the slowest person in the world going up them but still love them!

Are we talking Strava feet or real feet?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat I quick browse suggests the internal width is the same so should fit a 10sp chainrings however there may be other issues.

 

[moo]

The largest hills for 50 miles in any direction climb by no more than 400ft. I'd love to do some low 2-5% gradient climbs that go on for miles.