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

[RWright]

Sitting here at 5am wide awake as usual but it is chucking it down. Think I will feed the animals and go back to bed. Don't mind the rain coming on once I am out but feel a bit daft setting out in heavy rain when I am only cycling for fun.

I agree, I don't want the neighbors to see me take off in it and be thinking, 'he doesn't have enough sense to get in out of the rain'. Not really, but I don't like to take off in it if I can avoid it, which is pretty much always.

My TV station's weather radar on their web site works well and I can zoom up really close in my area, so a lot of times I will know if I am going to ride into it or not. I try to time my rides for it and don't always go the routes I would prefer because of how the clouds are moving. The past two days they are just moving too quickly for me to get a good window of opportunity to ride in so I take off and just be prepared to get wet, it actually feels pretty good with the temperatures we have here. I don't feel right taking off into a steady rain though and not really because of the neighbors. I hate when I am all suited up ready to ride and the bottom falls out just before I leave. It can happen, a lot of times the clouds form into storms very close to my house. Those are the ones that normally get me.

I saw a great rainbow last evening riding, while it was raining huge drops and the sun was shining, wish I had brought along my camera.

 

[Mo1959]

Looks like I made the right decision. It's absolutely bouncing off the roads now. Still have to get the dog out though so it will be waterproof overtrousers and goretex jacket. A few weeks since I have had these on!

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959
Does this count as a recovery ride then
42.1 miles @ 16mph (2hrs 37mins) avg cad 83

HRZ1 2:19:03
HRZ2 0:26:24
HRZ3 0:04:21
HRZ4 0:00:33

I stopped @ 31 miles for 10 mins or so

Don't know. I don't use a HRM. Don't want to start getting too technical.

I just go on perceived levels of exertion. I feel a true recovery ride, for me anyway, is one where I come back with no feeling of tired legs, no hot and sweaty feeling and not having got out of breath, ie virtually no effort.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Sitting here at 5am wide awake as usual but it is chucking it down. Think I will feed the animals and go back to bed. Don't mind the rain coming on once I am out but feel a bit daft setting out in heavy rain when I am only cycling for fun.

I use to be like that, but these days it makes no difference to me, I suppose because its warmer.
Re. H.R. I should have put the actually h.r. in as there are different systems.

I saw a great rainbow last evening riding, while it was raining huge drops and the sun was shining, wish I had brought along my camera.

Your storms can be very severe (mind so can ours, though they are usually different in nature), and frequent.
saw a beautiful rainbow the other week too, and loads of photographers taking pics of it.

 

[RWright]

I use to be like that, but these days it makes no difference to me, I suppose because its warmer.
Re. H.R. I should have put the actually h.r. in as there are different systems.

Your storms can be very severe (mind so can ours, though they are usually different in nature), and frequent.
saw a beautiful rainbow the other week too, and loads of photographers taking pics of it.

They do look nice, this one was very full and colorful, total arch too. The rain drops were huge and looked almost like ice, it was nice to watch. I stopped and chugged some water and hit my ecig for a couple of minutes looking at it.

Today is a big vacation day here, probably the biggest besides Christmas. I may ride out to the lake today and see some of the hoopla, there might be too many cars pulling boats and campers but I may just see how it is as I get closer. I may ride my bike around tonight watching fireworks, only problem is that people will be riding around in cars doing that too. Everyone have a happy Fourth, even if you don't celebrate it there! I hope Kate has the royal baby today.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

They do look nice, this one was very full and colorful, total arch too. The rain drops were huge and looked almost like ice, it was nice to watch. I stopped and chugged some water and hit my ecig for a couple of minutes looking at it.

Today is a big vacation day here, probably the biggest besides Christmas. I may ride out to the lake today and see some of the hoopla, there might be too many cars pulling boats and campers but I may just see how it is as I get closer. I may ride my bike around tonight watching fireworks, only problem is that people will be riding around in cars doing that too. Everyone have a happy Fourth, even if you don't celebrate it there! I hope Kate has the royal baby today.

It's doesn't have quite the same impact over here Rocky, remember we lost that one, mind had it not been for the French, who knows. What is also forgot is that a lot of Americans at the time went to Canada, because they didn't want the independence, and also the support from the Southern States.
Sorry wasn't putting a damper on your day, have a great one.
Is she pregnant, didn't know that, you learn something every day, guess that's my lesson for today.

 

[RWright]

It's doesn't have quite the same impact over here Rocky, remember we lost that one, mind had it not been for the French, who knows. What is also forgot is that a lot of Americans at the time went to Canada, because they didn't want the independence, and also the support from the Southern States.
Sorry wasn't putting a damper on your day, have a great one.
Is she pregnant, didn't know that, you learn something every day, guess that's my lesson for today.

Yep, she is due pretty soon.
I didn't quite know how to approach the 4th of July thing in a UK forum, I was not trying to start anything. It is pretty funny that now and for quite a while we have been closer to UK than to the French. In reality though mostly UK people started settlement here I think. So to a lot of people here, the UK is sort of like the motherland. Scots were very much a part of my state's development as well as English, there were lots of Tories in my state too. I can totally understand it not being celebrated there though. It is a fun day here however. Parades, fireworks, watermelon, swimming, cook outs. It's a good time.

 

[Smotyn]

My progress report lmao

Managed to get out on Tues and do 15 miles in an hour and twenty so was quite pleased planned to go out tonight again but have been struck down by a bug so currently moving from bed to bathroom in a muck sweat! Don't think I'll be out tonight some how bike shop has told me they have got a bigger frame in for me but it's the model down from mine as mine is sold out so now with just over a week to go im trying to decide whether I would be better to get my frame swapped out or get a more set back seat post and do the ride then get it changed what do you guys think?

 

[RWright]

My progress report lmao

Managed to get out on Tues and do 15 miles in an hour and twenty so was quite pleased planned to go out tonight again but have been struck down by a bug so currently moving from bed to bathroom in a muck sweat! Don't think I'll be out tonight some how bike shop has told me they have got a bigger frame in for me but it's the model down from mine as mine is sold out so now with just over a week to go im trying to decide whether I would be better to get my frame swapped out or get a more set back seat post and do the ride then get it changed what do you guys think?

That is a tough one. I would want the better components AND frame, but the frames could be the same. Correct size is important, maybe even enough so that waiting on the correct size and model to come in would be a consideration.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yep, she is due pretty soon.
I didn't quite know how to approach the 4th of July thing in a UK forum, I was not trying to start anything. It is pretty funny that now and for quite a while we have been closer to UK than to the French. In reality though mostly UK people started settlement here I think. So to a lot of people here, the UK is sort of like the motherland. Scots were very much a part of my state's development as well as English, there were lots of Tories in my state too. I can totally understand it not being celebrated there though. It is a fun day here however. Parades, fireworks, watermelon, swimming, cook outs. It's a good time.

It's along time ago now Rocky, it's a little like Yorkshire and Lancashire (Wars of the Roses) friendly banter between each other, i.e. if someone is born in Lancashire they are said to be from the wrong side of the Pennies well from a Yorkist (my home County) point of view. Also a lot of people dont understand what it's on about, though I suspect most will in this forum, as on the whole most seem educated, most people don't even know when it's St Georges day is (23/4).

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It's along time ago now Rocky, it's a little like Yorkshire and Lancashire (Wars of the Roses) friendly banter between each other, i.e. if someone is born in Lancashire they are said to be from the wrong side of the Pennies well from a Yorkist (my home County) point of view. Also a lot of people dont understand what it's on about, though I suspect most will in this forum, as on the whole most seem educated, most people don't even know when it's St Georges day is (23/4).

No swearing please! They are from the wrong side of the Pennines. Look at a map, Gods own Country is on the right. Opposite of right is wrong, hence they must be from the wrong side of the Pennines.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

No swearing please! They are from the wrong side of the Pennines. Look at a map, Gods own Country is on the right. Opposite of right is wrong, hence they must be from the wrong side of the Pennines.

I wondered if you might put your two penith in at some point.

 

[madferret]

As a Mancunian........you can keep Lancashire and Yorkshire, Republic of Mancunia it is then......

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I wondered if you might put your two penith in at some point.

Glad I didn't disappoint.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Glad I didn't disappoint.

When could you ever, being in unforced exile you need as much support as you can get. Mind the amount you ride you'd be back here in an afternoon.