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

[stevey]

Yes full distance. Around 112miles a day approx. Looks to have some great climbs according to the elevation data.

Good luck with that Reece don't think you'll have any probs

 

[Reece]

Good luck with that Reece don't think you'll have any probs

Cheers. Got 10months to train so hopefully all goes well.

 

[stevey]

Cheers. Got 10months to train so hopefully all goes well.

And you see how quickly 10 months goes from now

 

[boybiker]

I have been out for a few rides this week and weekend. I have managed to clock up 284 miles this week! I have also just gone over 2,0000 miles for the year.

I'm well on track for 1000 KM's for the month .

 

[philinmerthyr]

Great work on the weight! What's with the slice out of the hill on the return section?

A dodgy Strava reading probably. I don't remember that hill.

 

[DaveyM]

I completed my first 80 mile ride today. I did have a couple of mechanicals. I think I need a new bottom brackets. There is a loud creaking when I stand on the pedals. I also had a puncture and my spare inner tube had a faulty valve. This led to a walk to Halfords.

Despite this I am really pleased to have done it especially with the long up hill ride from Cardiff to Merthyr starting after 50 miles. Riding time was under 6 hrs with a 13.5 mph. Not too long ago I would have been happy with that average on an hour long flat ride.

It is my longest ride before the London 100 in 3 weeks. Planning shorter hillier rides for the next 2 weekends. I may even go up the legendary Rhigos mountain. If anyone told me I'd do that 9 months ago I'd never have believed them.

I expect to be under 20 st for the first time in years when I do my weekly weigh in the morning.


http://app.strava.com/activities/67016525

Well done mate!
You have put some work in, I too started as a heavy guy but hope that next time I weight in that I'll be under 15 st
It does take a while but with the amount of effort you've put in, this time next year you'll be a slip of a fella!

I went out to do a recovery ride today and felt really good, surprisingly.
13 miles at a nice steady pace.

@ItsSteveLovell well done pal awesome effort

 

[Smotyn]

http://app.strava.com/activities/66950265

Well this was me today I didnt quite make it to the half way point but as I havent seen hills that big in over ten years let alone try and ride them I am quite proud of how far I did get! Plus point my knees didnt hurt during and dont hurt now either! New bike obviously far better size at last.

Way to go all you that got out today in fhe heat it was hot

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yes, todays stage was brilliant. Chris Froome is a machine

Who's Chris Froome then.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I completed my first 80 mile ride today. I did have a couple of mechanicals. I think I need a new bottom brackets. There is a loud creaking when I stand on the pedals. I also had a puncture and my spare inner tube had a faulty valve. This led to a walk to Halfords.

Despite this I am really pleased to have done it especially with the long up hill ride from Cardiff to Merthyr starting after 50 miles. Riding time was under 6 hrs with a 13.5 mph. Not too long ago I would have been happy with that average on an hour long flat ride.

It is my longest ride before the London 100 in 3 weeks. Planning shorter hillier rides for the next 2 weekends. I may even go up the legendary Rhigos mountain. If anyone told me I'd do that 9 months ago I'd never have believed them.

I expect to be under 20 st for the first time in years when I do my weekly weigh in the morning.


http://app.strava.com/activities/67016525

Also to what Chris said, put a little grease on the threads of the pedals. just cured a clicking noise like that, and well done on the ride and weight loss Phil, it's amazing what you've done.

 

[GentlyBenevolent]

Been a while since I posted in this thread, but today I completed my first century ride at 101.8 miles. Previous best was 68. Tired now.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Been a while since I posted in this thread, but today I completed my first century ride at 101.8 miles. Previous best was 68. Tired now.

Congratulations

http://app.strava.com/activities/66950265

Well this was me today I didnt quite make it to the half way point but as I havent seen hills that big in over ten years let alone try and ride them I am quite proud of how far I did get! Plus point my knees didnt hurt during and dont hurt now either! New bike obviously far better size at last.

Way to go all you that got out today in fhe heat it was hot

Well done on doing the distance you did, it does look a little steep that last climb you did.

 

[RWright]

Who's Chris Froome then.

I think he is going to have the grand daddy of KOMS in a week or so.

You should have seen him climbing today.

 

[DaveyM]

I think he is going to have the grand daddy of KOMS in a week or so.

You should have seen him climbing today.

yeah he goes up hill faster than I can pedal down them

 

[Nomadski]

Decisions...decisions, ride early while it is cool or watch the Tour de France and ride in the heat later. I think I will watch the race and just deal with the heat. I think this is supposed to be a monster stage in the mountains. Nice way to start the Rapha Rising. I can not figure out any way that I could do that altitude in my area without riding about 1000 miles in 8 days, so I am going to miss this one.

I do like watching ITV 4, I watched it for several hours yesterday after the tour, very cool TV channel. However, I now want some of that mango juice they were advertising and the Vauxhall Astra looks like they would be fun to drive. I wonder if they make one with the steering wheel on the left side.

I didnt ever think I would ever see those words, in that order, written down!

I think some of the routes I started riding are just the regular stomping grounds for fast riders in the "triangle" area as it is called here. The cities Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill are all within about 30 or so miles of each other, each one has a Major University and lots of young fast riders and several riding clubs. I just try to get off the last page of the segment standings with all the other slow pokes.

I come from Durham originally, although we have a castle and a cathedral and play county cricket rather than baseball....

Years ago I spent most of an afternoon chatting with 2 lovely American ladies in a pub near Leicester Square and they had asked me where I was from. I had said Durham, and they told me I had lost my accent a lot. Now Durham (UK) has a very strong regional accent (soft north eastern) and I had indeed lost it for the most part, so I was impressed and told them so. 2 hours later, walking out I suddenly figured they thought I was American.

It made a lot of the rest of the conversation suddenly make a hell of a lot more sense!!

I completed my first 80 mile ride today. I did have a couple of mechanicals. I think I need a new bottom brackets. There is a loud creaking when I stand on the pedals. I also had a puncture and my spare inner tube had a faulty valve. This led to a walk to Halfords.

Despite this I am really pleased to have done it especially with the long up hill ride from Cardiff to Merthyr starting after 50 miles. Riding time was under 6 hrs with a 13.5 mph. Not too long ago I would have been happy with that average on an hour long flat ride.

It is my longest ride before the London 100 in 3 weeks. Planning shorter hillier rides for the next 2 weekends. I may even go up the legendary Rhigos mountain. If anyone told me I'd do that 9 months ago I'd never have believed them.

I expect to be under 20 st for the first time in years when I do my weekly weigh in the morning.


http://app.strava.com/activities/67016525

Great work on the 80 miler Phil, should stand you in good stead for the 4th. If you do find its the bottom bracket, and as someone pointed out it may not necessarily be the BB, after having 5 months of nightmarish experiences with a couple of BB30 adapters I cannot speak highly enough for the Praxis Works conversion kit. You can get it in BB30, PF30 and Specialized OSBB flavours and has completely removed all creaking from that area. I think Evans charge £60 for it, which isn't cheap but like I said I cant speak highly enough of it, feels solid and creak free vs the adapters I was using previously.

http://praxiscycles.com/pages/conversion

Like I said though, make sure it is a BB issue, not crank or pedal related!

And well done again on the ride.

Been a while since I posted in this thread, but today I completed my first century ride at 101.8 miles. Previous best was 68. Tired now.

Congratulations! Especially in this weather.

http://app.strava.com/activities/66950265

Well this was me today I didnt quite make it to the half way point but as I havent seen hills that big in over ten years let alone try and ride them I am quite proud of how far I did get! Plus point my knees didnt hurt during and dont hurt now either! New bike obviously far better size at last.

Way to go all you that got out today in fhe heat it was hot

How far you have come though in such a short period of time. From doing 5 miler loops to a hilly 25 miler. You should be proud of what you have done, its excellent.

Who's Chris Froome then.

He's a machine!

 

[Smotyn]

Thanks @Nomadski and @Nigelnaturist I do really appreciate your support and encouragement. Oh and I am now horribly addicted lol