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

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I have often gone on about it
When you plan a route, the clibing is shown as e.g. 2000 feet. If I were to do the route, it would show say 1500 feet, and some would loose more than others
HOwever no matter what I did - accepting altitude corrections , you never get near to what the planned route said in the way of feet
even the same route ridden on two separate occasions can give different elevation results
 
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Thinking of getting this setup, as its pretty standard sizings, and whilst it would look better with a black inner ring I already have a 26th and 28th ring to set it up.
It would need a new BB as its 113mm and the one I have is 115mm.

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the 50/38/28 and my 12-27 rear would have a range of on the left compared with current on the right

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BrynCP

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Hull
Having concentrated on "climbs" the last few weeks, I had to prove to myself today I still had the endurance for a "long" ride!

Rode 58 miles today, timed it for the wind in the first half, and although the weather forecast said it was 10mph winds it felt a lot worse in parts! Rode up to the coast, then down the coast for 15 miles then back in a loop. For some odd reason my left hand was feeling very cold on the hoods, more than anything else in my body, but gripping the tops or drops seemed to help - perhaps time for thicker gloves. Was a nice flat ride though.

Statistics wise I am now 40 miles short of having ridden 4000 miles since Nov '13 and I have ridden 3500 miles this calendar year. I'd like to achieve 5000 miles by November; if anybody had told me last November I'd have ridden 4000-5000 miles I would have laughed. Weight wise I am also on track to have lost 5 stone by November, over 25% of my starting body weight.
 
Well as a former service engineer (well last role for many years was tech support), hope I can get that right.
No old one deffo bust, so got new from Cycle Surgery in Chertsey, new Garmin type without magnets
Front one mounts on the hub, rear on the crank, and working now
 

Effyb4

Veteran
For the first time in ages, we went for a family cycle ride with all 5 of us. It wasn't without it's problems though. We were supposed to be meeting the club at 10.30 am, which meant catching the 10.07 train. Eldest son didn't manage to get up in time,:cursing: but the rest of us tried to catch the train. We got to the station in time, but didn't manage to buy the tickets before the train arrived:cursing::cursing:. We decided to go back home, collect eldest son and go by car to the start point (with husband cycling to the start point). Me and the boys arrived at 11.00 and thought we had missed the others. :ohmy:

We set off for our destination and arrived there at 12.00, but no sign of the rest of the group.:eek: Eventually they turned up at about 12.30. Turns out they had all gone to a café near the start of the route and had been trying to ring me. I had accidently left my phone at home.:blush:

Reunited at last and after hotdogs all round, we went back. This time managing to all stay together.:bicycle:

http://www.strava.com/activities/193863793
 
So hows that work then.
Not sure really (no tech info in the pack) there are many ways it could work with accelerometer (ie motion sensor), maybe as simple as a small (tiny) weight attached to a strain gauge
 
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Not sure really (no tech info in the pack) there are many ways it could work with accelerometer (ie motion sensor), maybe as simple as a small (tiny) weight attached to a strain gauge
Have to look that up, bit more convenient than magnets.

Edit should work with my R20 but not the 705.
 
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Nomadski

I Like Bikes
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LBS, Usually
Had an interesting day. Popped round to help friends finish off building a bike for the young one in the group, a few dérailleur frustrations sorted, and cups of tea drunk we went on our way for an easy jaunt to help test the new bike.

All went well till heading back through Croydon, crossing the road and over some tram lines, when my front wheel latched inside the lines and threw me off. Hit the ground pretty hard and had some cuts and grazing on my knees and elbow (and later I found my hips), my bikes chain came off, the handlebar was pushed to one side, the brakes went askew and the left brake hood was bent inwards. All was sorted on the spot by my awesome company, had a nice couple stop to ask if I was ok where she commented the same thing happened to her a while back.

Went to East Croydon station to use the toilets, and they wouldn't let me in as the toilets were beyond the barriers, despite me stood there with bleeding knees and elbow.....

So the guys went into the local shop, got some wipes, the young lad in the group got me a bar of chocolate as he believed it makes everything better (awesome :biggrin:) and headed back to get cleaned up properly.

I'm fine and will no doubt be riding in a week or so, but the next couple of days will probably be a bit sore. The bike has some new war marks,

Most importantly the sheer awesomeness of my riding company shone through, still had a cracking day.

Cheers @themosquitoking and friends. :smile:

http://app.strava.com/activities/193996063
 

Mo1959

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Had an interesting day. Popped round to help friends finish off building a bike for the young one in the group, a few dérailleur frustrations sorted, and cups of tea drunk we went on our way for an easy jaunt to help test the new bike.

All went well till heading back through Croydon, crossing the road and over some tram lines, when my front wheel latched inside the lines and threw me off. Hit the ground pretty hard and had some cuts and grazing on my knees and elbow (and later I found my hips), my bikes chain came off, the handlebar was pushed to one side, the brakes went askew and the left brake hood was bent inwards. All was sorted on the spot by my awesome company, had a nice couple stop to ask if I was ok where she commented the same thing happened to her a while back.

Went to East Croydon station to use the toilets, and they wouldn't let me in as the toilets were beyond the barriers, despite me stood there with bleeding knees and elbow.....

So the guys went into the local shop, got some wipes, the young lad in the group got me a bar of chocolate as he believed it makes everything better (awesome :biggrin:) and headed back to get cleaned up properly.

I'm fine and will no doubt be riding in a week or so, but the next couple of days will probably be a bit sore. The bike has some new war marks,

Most importantly the sheer awesomeness of my riding company shone through, still had a cracking day.

Cheers @themosquitoking and friends. :smile:

http://app.strava.com/activities/193996063
I'm not liking that you came off, but liking that your companions sound so brilliant......and yes, chocolate definitely helps with everything.
Isn't it weird why the chain seems to come off when you have a bad tumble???? Same happened to me and I have never been in so much pain trying to get it back on. Could feel the jaggy bone sticking into my shoulder. Bleuch.
Maybe a wee stroll would be good for you tomorrow just to stop you from stiffening up.
 

RWright

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North Carolina
On my Thursday evening ride I managed to screw up my front derailleur so I just finished the ride on one front ring. I thought the cable had come loose or snapped or something. I only had a couple of miles so I didn't even stop to investigate since it was dark. I forgot to check it after I got home so naturally on Friday, I took off on the broken bike and had to return home to switch bikes. After I got home I did check the derailleur and found that I had actually broken the derailleur itself. The metal that pushes the chain up and down on the rings had snapped on one of the corner bends. I had noticed it was a little hard to push up to the big ring but had lubricated it and thought it would be ok. So now I am shopping for a new front derailleur. Some of the 105 11 speed group set deals they are having at Merlin make that a tempting alternative. I have spent very little on cycling this year and was hoping to keep it that way. :rolleyes:
 
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