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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
MOI
Regular
- Location
- Douglas, Isle of Man
Was going to get out early after yesterdays debacle (the fairy visited the Viking and it wasn't one of the Manx ones), but overslept, still got out around 9:00 for 19 miles in 1:27:53 on the Synapse, kept in one gear as I had a lot of tension in my back from yesterday, very enjoyable and was going to do a few more loops but had to go to the LBS to get a new inner tube and the twonks where starting to appear, now to get ready for the late shift at work.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I found this simple explanation as I was intrigued:
http://thecycleway.com/?p=32
My climb the other day was a tad under 14% over the 1.4 miles.
Not quite the 15% plus that is deity praying territory! And how on earth anyone can do it over long distances beats me.
I was hyperventilating like mad after my effort!
Hey guys! I am absolutely buzzing just back from an 8 mile ride. This is such a big achievement for me considering I never thought I would cycle again 
Biggest thing is realising I can't go as fast as I used to! But it will come. Hopefully soon once I've got my fitness up I'll get the old road bike out.
Lovely weather, great surroundings on the canal towpath. Love it
Biggest thing is realising I can't go as fast as I used to! But it will come. Hopefully soon once I've got my fitness up I'll get the old road bike out.
Lovely weather, great surroundings on the canal towpath. Love it
boybiker
Guru
Hey guys! I am absolutely buzzing just back from an 8 mile ride. This is such a big achievement for me considering I never thought I would cycle again
Biggest thing is realising I can't go as fast as I used to! But it will come. Hopefully soon once I've got my fitness up I'll get the old road bike out.
Lovely weather, great surroundings on the canal towpath. Love it
Well done the speed will come just enjoy being out on the bike in this lovely weather!
I got my first strava KOM. Last night I went joint top without really pushing it so I had to go and have a proper go at it today. I'm now top by a fair way so I'm pretty happy!
http://app.strava.com/activities/66723327
philinmerthyr
Über Member
Im doing My longest training ride for the London 100 tomorrow. Hoping to get 80 miles done before reducing the mileage and doing shorter hillier routes in the last couple of weeks. It is 30 degrees in South Wales today. It's oing to be a warm one. Hope to be on the road by 7am.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Get out as early as possible, otherwise you'll sweat buckets and get into badly dehydrated territory
Out for the fast club run today. Nearly all my riding buddies have gone on holiday so was in 2 minds about doing the fast one. 19.4mph avg to the cafe over 40miles. Met a friend there who did the slower ride out so we rode straight home at a slightly steadier pace with a few extra miles thrown in. Was far too hot to inside and outside at the cafe and the service is that never that quick due to the number of us in there.
http://app.strava.com/activities/66729437
Hoping to have a blast at getting the Rapha Rising Strava challenge from tomorrow, Hill reps up Polly Botts, Beacon Hill and Warren Hill I think.
http://app.strava.com/activities/66729437
Hoping to have a blast at getting the Rapha Rising Strava challenge from tomorrow, Hill reps up Polly Botts, Beacon Hill and Warren Hill I think.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
I'm a little worried about how I will cope with hill repeats, there's one hill near me I could end up riding 60 times to complete the challenge if my adventures to further hills don't come off too well. I think I could do 500m every day after work easily on my commute, so that'll have to be a 'keep the motor running' until next weekend when I can mop up any remaining miles.
My problem is I have about a 8mile ride out to the hilly area. I've made a small circuit of 10 miles incorporating all the above hills. Going to do a few laps of it tomorrow (get a 100km while I'm at it) then calculate how many reps are needed.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
It's ridges around here, I'm 1mile away from one which is a bonus and then I could either take the long route home to relax or just barrel down it and the crawl home to soak my legs.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Cheers, was lovely temperature, just starting to get really warm as I got back. The hill I went out to do was just over 20% at one point, wouldn't have wanted to do that in any heat.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Good luck Reece, at least you are going for it, I saw the height and thought sod it, going to get the distance one though (fingers crossed)
23500ft ish over 8 days should be interesting. Just hope not to busy at work so get time to get out everynight
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