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

[AndyPeace]

Keeping it slow today but noticed I just past 100,000ft of climbing for the year so far Turning out to be a good week for me, my new bike fund got a small boost from the Taxman telling me I've given him too much money

 

[Nomadski]

@RWright Have you tried angling the seat, or moving it forward or back? There are so many combinations of position that can be changed with these, plus the seat post its baffling really where to begin, its why Im going for a bike fit next month.

@AndyPeace - well done on the climbing, great achievement. Bet its the one time you were glad to hear from the taxman!

 

[RWright]

@RWright Have you tried angling the seat, or moving it forward or back? There are so many combinations of position that can be changed with these, plus the seat post its baffling really where to begin, its why Im going for a bike fit next month.

@AndyPeace - well done on the climbing, great achievement. Bet its the one time you were glad to hear from the taxman!

Yes, I am in a constant state of bike fitting. I just got it a little too high yesterday.

 

[deadpool7]

Got cabin fever and hopped out for a second ride today on the mtb for 5.8 miles, putting today's total at 22 miles and 57 miles for the week. Whooooo! Great weekend for me!

 

[Mo1959]

Got cabin fever and hopped out for a second ride today on the mtb for 5.8 miles, putting today's total at 22 miles and 57 miles for the week. Whooooo! Great weekend for me!

Well done. Sometimes it is nice to swap bikes and take it easy.

My back plays up a bit and it ached all day yesterday so took the hybrid this morning and did a gentle 23 miles. Being more upright gives a change of position and sometimes lets you recover a bit. It feels heavy and a bit wooden compared to the road bike though but still good training I suppose

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Keeping it slow today but noticed I just past 100,000ft of climbing for the year so far Turning out to be a good week for me, my new bike fund got a small boost from the Taxman telling me I've given him too much money

That's an impressive climbing figure there! Very well done to you.

I think you need to shift to miles climbed as the number of feet climbed is getting unmanageable. I'll help you:

18.94 miles so far.

Good luck with achieving your 'Vertical 20'.

 

[Ciar]

Well this weekend I did two rides, late saturday afternoon my usual loop from home to Epping, this time the family & dog joined me, they drove i rode then we pootled around in the forest for 20 minutes or so with my daughter screaming daddy, each time i vanished out of sight, that was a 10 miler.

Sunday kicked off at 8.30am on my mountain bike, first ride out on it, getting used to the somwhat wide handlebars, great ride through trails and nice and muddy in parts totally different to saturdays ride, only downside, found myself a nice grass covered hole, which I didn't spot until i was already flying into the headset luckily not over the bars, as i fell sideways.. somwhat battered legs and a sore shoulder, that was a short 9m,but i made it back home hah

all in all lovely weekend, but must be more wary of small grass covered holes!

 

[Dan Allison]

Haven't been on here for a while,

Staying in Angus this week and finding out how flat Suffolk is!

http://app.strava.com/activities/57903588#

http://app.strava.com/activities/57267448

 

[BrianEvesham]

Tag and co did another 10 mile loop this morning in glorious weather.

Then we pulled in to our favourite park for a rest.

 

[AndyPeace]

@SpokeyDokey

1.06 miles to go! Not sure I could do it in a single ride though

 

[deadpool7]

Well done. Sometimes it is nice to swap bikes and take it easy.

My back plays up a bit and it ached all day yesterday so took the hybrid this morning and did a gentle 23 miles. Being more upright gives a change of position and sometimes lets you recover a bit. It feels heavy and a bit wooden compared to the road bike though but still good training I suppose

Yeah, the MTB feels like a tank after riding so much on the road bike. I actually prefer the positioning of the road bike, oddly enough.

 

[sleaver]

What's this "cream" that people keep talking about?

 

[Mo1959]

What's this "cream" that people keep talking about?

Chamois cream maybe??? To ease the friction between your skin and shorts.

Or it could be sun cream since we are finally having something that resembles a summer

 

[SWSteve]

Left work and my horrible chest wasn't as bad as it had been all day - fresh air/no air-con must have helped it.
Had a bit of a tailwind, but didn't feel it until I got to my house. I could have maybe got an extra mph on average if I had gone for it from the start/didn't get stuck behind someone on a cycle-path

http://app.strava.com/activities/57959352


p.s. cyclist in full team lycra decided to pass a runner between me and another cyclist in-front of me. I bit my lip whilst parts of me tensed, thank superman I didn't crash as I would need a new bottom lip

 

[monkeylc]

first run to new job and back...... (training and crap food)

http://app.strava.com/activities/57894014
and back
http://app.strava.com/activities/57951288