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

[Goonerobes]

That's amazing for the length of time you have been riding. Really well done. If you take the weekend off your legs should recover nicely ready for the next one.

Thanks Mo, a nice hot bath awaits now & the next planned ride will be Tuesday, work permitting, although it may be a more sedate affair!!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Well thanks to some wonderful encouragement & great advise on here I have now gone & done my 1st 30 mile ride in just over 2 hours @ 14.9mph.
The strange thing is I felt fine at the end but despite taking it easy at the start the hill (or was it a mountain) at 8 miles absolutely killed me!
How some of you do 100 miles in a day is beyond me, I've done 70 in 6 days & that is it for me this week, the winds can do their worst down here this weekend I'm putting my feet up!!

http://app.strava.com/activities/61880528

Really well done - I wouldn't worry about 100 milers etc; to do 70 in 6 days is a damn good effort in my book.

There are some fantastic mileages on here in this thread and every credit.

One of the ultimate limits though is how much you want to do and/or how it fits into the rest of your life. Some people have lots of time to cycle (I do). Some people want to spend lots of time cycling (I don't).

I'd just be happy with what you are doing as you are doing really well.

 

[SWSteve]

Just had my telephone appointment with the doc. There is narrowing between L4 and L5 vertebra so she is going to get me an MRI and check for disc pressure on nerves causing my leg and foot numbness. Mind you, the thought of back surgery doesn't exactly excite me if it comes to that! On the other hand, don't want to cause any permanent nerve damage I suppose. No doubt it will take a while for the scan to come through anyway so I will worry about it then.

Good luck re: scans etc. Back surgery is a big decision as previously mentioned. I would seek as much advice from doctors as possible.

 

[SWSteve]

Well thanks to some wonderful encouragement & great advise on here I have now gone & done my 1st 30 mile ride in just over 2 hours @ 14.9mph.
The strange thing is I felt fine at the end but despite taking it easy at the start the hill (or was it a mountain) at 8 miles absolutely killed me!
How some of you do 100 miles in a day is beyond me, I've done 70 in 6 days & that is it for me this week, the winds can do their worst down here this weekend I'm putting my feet up!!

http://app.strava.com/activities/61880528

100 miles is nothing compared to cycling day in day out when starting. Well done

 

[SWSteve]

Today's journey home took me over the 1500 mark
The 3000 target was set as a 'I probably couldn't do this, but let's set it anyway' and I am amazed with my athletic ability. I'm more or less Cadel Evans

 

[Mo1959]

Really well done - I wouldn't worry about 100 milers etc; to do 70 in 6 days is a damn good effort in my book.

There are some fantastic mileages on here in this thread and every credit.

One of the ultimate limits though is how much you want to do and/or how it fits into the rest of your life. Some people have lots of time to cycle (I do). Some people want to spend lots of time cycling (I don't).

I'd just be happy with what you are doing as you are doing really well.

Yes, ditto this.......and it can even change as you go along. Most days I have enough time and inclination to put in a fair few miles but I, along with many others, can go through spells when I can't be bothered doing as much. As long as you are not leaving weeks in between, your fitness shouldn't suffer too much.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Thanks guys for the well wishes for my back. It's aching a bit now as I have spent the last 2 hours bent over fitting mudguards

Take it easy Mo.

 

[stevey]

My first ride on the new beast i liking this a lot, little effort for good speed KOM well i am the only doing it so i was bound to be .

Happy with average speed as well

http://app.strava.com/activities/61942841

 

[Smotyn]

Ok so how do I get one of those miles done thingy's that you all have at the bottom of your profile?

 

[Mo1959]

Ok so how do I get one of those miles done thingy's that you all have at the bottom of your profile?

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/ho...m-mycyclinglog-ticker-in-my-signature.131488/

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ok so how do I get one of those miles done thingy's that you all have at the bottom of your profile?

Follow this

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/ho...m-mycyclinglog-ticker-in-my-signature.131488/

 

[Mo1959]

Follow this

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/ho...m-mycyclinglog-ticker-in-my-signature.131488/

Great minds and all that. Lol

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Just got back, from the best ever 6 mile ride I have ever had. 6.51 miles at the massive speed of 7mph avg cag 42 this bit surprises me 160ft in 6.61 miles in York.
The ride back was a little slower that maybe I was expecting 31mile @ 14.8mph but as the bike weighed in at 19Kg's I can live with it.
Overall 72.12miles @ 13.9mph, the other data is really irrelevant as today wasn't about performance.
Take the ride in York out and it was 66.61miles @ 15.3mph for the day.
York WNBR 2013

 

[SWSteve]

Just got back, from the best ever 6 mile ride I have ever had. 6.51 miles at the massive speed of 7mph avg cag 42 this bit surprises me 160ft in 6.61 miles in York.
The ride back was a little slower that maybe I was expecting 31mile @ 14.8mph but as the bike weighed in at 19Kg's I can live with it.
Overall 72.12miles @ 13.9mph, the other data is really irrelevant as today wasn't about performance.
Take the ride in York out and it was 66.61miles @ 15.3mph for the day.
York WNBR 2013

Why was the bike so heavy?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Why was the bike so heavy?

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