Supersuperleeds
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Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
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Haha, still a newbie in terms of what the hell I need to change crank and BB. Information overload online looking lol.You better get off this thread then
Supersuperleeds
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Take it into Websters on Welford Road, they will soon sort it out for you.
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SWSteve
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That's a good ride with some nice climbs
Only felt like 2 real climbs, and they're both 5 miles away from my house tops. Will be using them for the climbing challenge I WANT THAT ROUNDEL
RWright
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That is a great ride with with some nice elevation.
According to my calculations (and they could be wrong) you only need to do that ride once a day for seven days to get a Rapha Rising digital badge.
That was for wearing a Jets jersey on your Strava profile picture.
SWSteve
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That is a great ride with with some nice elevation.
That was for wearing a Jets jersey on your Strava profile picture.
I love that jersey, got a personalised one when in NY with my name on. I will manage that Rapha one. I reckon I could do 5000ft of climbing on a 30 mile ride without going too far from my house...time will tell.
It looks like I did a spoke in when out, will be going to the LBS on Monday
RWright
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Try the know how section, they will tell you what you need for adapting to hollowtech II
RWright
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Good luck with the challenge. I forgot you said you live where it is very hilly, it will be a little work but you can do it. I would have to just go find one hill and ride it continuously probably in my immediate area. Not to mention the fact that I would probably be walking funny for about a week if I tried it.
SWSteve
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The hills run in ridges E2W, so I head south to where there are 2 which are 3 miles apart and then do lots of climbing up coombes/straight up the side of it. If I head North after the first ridge I would be in the drinkGood luck with the challenge. I forgot you said you live where it is very hilly, it will be a little work but you can do it. I would have to just go find one hill and ride it continuously probably in my immediate area. Not to mention the fact that I would probably be walking funny for about a week if I tried it.
RWright
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Great riding conditions here today but I needed to do some things around the house that I needed to get taken care of so I just got a ride in on my normal 16 mile track. I like doing it even if it is on a fast highway, it is my only riding area really close to me with much of a nice panoramic view. Not being able to see much past 300 yards or so because of all the trees gets old after a while. I see some of the pictures y'all post and go wow, that would be nice. I like the big sky.
I had a great ride for me. I have done this route a lot and could never seem to get good speed out of it, there is nothing really difficult about it and traffic lights only slow me down at the return point. Wind can make it tough but today there was none to speak of. I got a PR on it today, I blistered it. One second short of 8 minutes quicker than any of my rides since I started using Strava this past December.
http://app.strava.com/activities/60589675
I know to you young fast whipper snappers it isn't that impressive but to me there is a lot more to the numbers today.
This past Monday my Cardiologist took me off an alpha blocker and a beta blocker, because my fitness is improving. For those of you that don't know what they are that is cool, just keep riding your bike and eating right and hopefully you never will need to know.
The numbers that I was happy with besides the time and speed are the cadence, yes, it is only 80 but that is good for me and I was trying to keep my cadence up today. I may could have been even faster time wise if I had been grinding more but speed was really not the objective today. The most impressive numbers to me today were my heart rate numbers. I was able to finally get them up and keep them up there for a while (and my head or chest didn't even explode
). It may not have been the smartest thing in the world to try after only a week off the old medications but I felt great and it wasn't very hot and I was well hydrated, so I went for it. I still have a ways to go with my conditioning and cycling but this was progress to me today, it took a lot of time and effort to get this far but I feel like I am on the way now.
I see some of the pictures y'all post and go wow, that would be nice. I like the big sky.I had a great ride for me. I have done this route a lot and could never seem to get good speed out of it, there is nothing really difficult about it and traffic lights only slow me down at the return point. Wind can make it tough but today there was none to speak of. I got a PR on it today, I blistered it. One second short of 8 minutes quicker than any of my rides since I started using Strava this past December.
http://app.strava.com/activities/60589675I know to you young fast whipper snappers it isn't that impressive but to me there is a lot more to the numbers today.
This past Monday my Cardiologist took me off an alpha blocker and a beta blocker, because my fitness is improving. For those of you that don't know what they are that is cool, just keep riding your bike and eating right and hopefully you never will need to know.
The numbers that I was happy with besides the time and speed are the cadence, yes, it is only 80 but that is good for me and I was trying to keep my cadence up today. I may could have been even faster time wise if I had been grinding more but speed was really not the objective today. The most impressive numbers to me today were my heart rate numbers. I was able to finally get them up and keep them up there for a while (and my head or chest didn't even explode
). It may not have been the smartest thing in the world to try after only a week off the old medications but I felt great and it wasn't very hot and I was well hydrated, so I went for it. I still have a ways to go with my conditioning and cycling but this was progress to me today, it took a lot of time and effort to get this far but I feel like I am on the way now.
Supersuperleeds
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Nice ride this morning, have now genuinely broken 20 hours on the Strava challenge, plus also averaged over 17 mph. I went a full 17 miles before the first vehicle went by me, so a very nice peaceful ride.
http://app.strava.com/activities/60631754#
http://app.strava.com/activities/60631754#
Mo1959
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Very fast ride there Chris. I thought I was going to get my first 16mph but just couldn't make it. Was a flattish route but I actually found it quite hard. At least when you have hills you get some respite coming down the other side, whereas a flatter route you are pretty much pedalling constantly.
Nice to see someone else enjoying the early mornings. Really is lovely getting out there before most people are up and about.
Supersuperleeds
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Sunday mornings are the best time, notice you had a "little" pootle this morning as well
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