I started about 4 months ago, pretty unfit and did some 5-10 mile rides for a couple of weeks and have gradually built up. I started out on a hybrid, but got my first road bike a couple of weeks ago, which I LOVE. Other than having a couple of weeks off last month, I have done between 3-4 rides per week, and have noticed improvements most weeks in terms of distance and average speed. I am now up to around the 35 mile distance on a weekend ride, and shorter 15 mile ones during the week. I still find the longer rides quite tiring though, which slows my average speed down. It's pretty hilly where I live too, which does not help the average speed lol! Anyway, I have a question for anyone on this thread who has been cycling longer than 4 months. Will I continue to see improvements for the next few months too? when does one reach a fitness peak? I would like to improve both my average speed and distance, but the last few rides I have done haven't felt any easier. Having said that, it has been pretty windy, so maybe that has slowed me down a bit. I use strava too, which I have to say has been a very good motivator on the whole :-)
Hi everyone, I am new to cyclechat and also fairly new to cycling. I have read this thread with interest
i have started doing some more climbing than I used to, and whilst my speed is down doing this, I know I am getting better, for instance the last km to my house is a pretty steepish climb for me, and 2 days in a row last week I set p.b.'s even though the rest of the ride was dwn on avg sp (set a few more p.b.'s on that ride too if I remember), and yesterday too I set p.b's even though it was my slowest avg for awhile. So its all relative, the one thing that will improve will be your endurance at what ever speed that may be.Well done.
Welcome to CC Sally. I'm still waiting for my road bike, making do with my Hybrid for now.Hi everyone, I am new to cyclechat and also fairly new to cycling. I have read this thread with interest
Hi Brian. Thanks for the welcome. My hybrid has been great for getting me into cycling, I love it still. I haven't used it since getting the road bike, but I think I will switch back to it now and again to help with training
Well Sally, I do pretty well against the women too, and not the men. The other thing about doing the same route/roads is you know whats coming s o can plan how to take the hills ect, on an unknown road/route, you will be slower because you dont know it, even with the trial on the garmin I still sometimes miss a junction and have to go back which slows you, if I do 30 miles to the east of here I know them pretty well (and its flat) if I go west I dont know them so well though I am learning, also towm traffic slows you too, and I have done a bit of that of late.
So was mine, it would do endomondo though, but the tracks were all over really, the bryton was very accurate more so than the garmin (apart from elevation), but the garmin is more functional.
Oh and welcome Sally.
