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

[philinmerthyr]

Could not resist the temptation to go out and do some hill work,

Thanks to the guy who asked if i was ok (just stopped to have a drink) nice to see around here

http://app.strava.com/activities/68449883

I had the same thought. Hills are getting easier http://app.strava.com/activities/68424582

 

[Pieface]

Well done.
The thing is it takes time to warm up, I set a lot of p.b.'s after 10-15 miles.

I can't wait till 10 miles is my warm up :P

I do find hills (Although not hills like that @philinmerthyr) are getting easier, which is getting better.

 

[RWright]

Last August feels like a distant memory now, but it would be all to easy to let the fitness slip just as easily as it built up. I remember feeling physically sick and a bit faint going up a very modest hill on one of my first rides!

Not sure that I want to keep going at this intensity though. I think the challenges plus the good weather have been great incentives but it would be easy to sicken yourself and do too much, especially as you get older. The body doesn't recover quite as quickly as it would have done several years ago.

I remember feeling physically sick and bit faint going up a modest hill yesterday.
The type riding I have been doing really does remind me a lot of how I felt about a year ago, since I am using some of the same routes, however, this time it is after 50 miles for the day instead of 5.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Maybe you should let the patient bandage you!

Ha ha. Wrong sort of bandaging but nice thought

Sorry to hear that, its easy enough to remedy, if you peel the rubber back a little you will see an allen bolt head, undo this so you can position the lever then tighten, providing nothing else is wrong.

Thanks. Hubby has repositioned it but I was keen to get it and the weird noise checked out

@Phoenix Lincs

Sorry to hear about your off - happens quick doesn't it.

Hope you are not aching too much when you wake up tomorrow.

Hope bike repairs etc are not too costly as well.

Thanks. It'll be in the region of £65 so that's not too bad

@Phoenix Lincs

Hope you are not to badly injured.

Don't worry about scratches and dents on the bike, they show everybody you ride and you ride hard

Ta. Just scrapes and bruises at the minute. And the mechanic said he can't do anything about the scrapes on the bike, but I told him not to worry. Can't have me looking like I've just come from the showroom can I?

It's a weird feeling if you have overcooked a corner or misjudged a manoeuvre how you can't seem to help fixating on where you don't want to end up rather than where you do. Usually means the bike follows where you are looking, ie the ditch or whatever. It's really hard to train yourself to avert your gaze and try and look where you want the bike to go but it does seem to work when you manage it.

I've had this pointed out to me before and I agree but I have no idea how I actually did it today. I have had some 'oh oh' moment before and saved myself but the first I knew about this was landing in the road

Really sorry to hear about your incident Lesley, hopefully the picture you posted shows the bike took the brunt of it. Must have come down with a bit of force? Hopefully the LBS will bet your steed back up and your bruising will calm enough for you to enjoy riding again within a fortnight!

Take care.

Thanks, I will. I've my old bike in the garage on the turbo so I'm not completely steed-less and I should have my 'bestie' back on Thursday

<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ big hug ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
Thanks everybody. You've all been really kind. I love this forum!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Phoenix Lincs
Just thinking what I could get for £65, loads of stuff. New tyres

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

http://app.strava.com/activities/68457124

Here's the route. And sorry for the length of the last post. Got my spacings wrong.

Yeah @Nigelnaturist, but I'm not mechanically minded and I'd rather be safe than sorry in view of London coming up

 

[Nigelnaturist]

http://app.strava.com/activities/68457124

Here's the route. And sorry for the length of the last post. Got my spacings wrong.

Yeah @Nigelnaturist, but I'm not mechanically minded and I'd rather be safe than sorry in view of London coming up

I understand, but bikes really arn't to difficult, but best when there are no dead lines.
Look at all those places you got.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I can't wait till 10 miles is my warm up :P

I do find hills (Although not hills like that @philinmerthyr) are getting easier, which is getting better.

Keep riding and it won't be long. You will be surprised how quickly you will get to that level

 

[Goonerobes]

I'm glad you're okay @Phoenix Lincs, that's one thing I'm not looking forward to!!

My second trip out on the roadie today was stopped abruptly by a puncture , but still, it was fun while it lasted.

http://app.strava.com/activities/68404049

 

[adamangler]

first 50 miler, although strava on my phone said 50.4m when i uploaded it said 49.8m, gutted!

tried to stay in heart rate zone 2 to pace myself, wasnt very fast at all but my arse was failing well before legs or cardio!
http://app.strava.com/activities/68397326

 

[stevey]

Can anyone tell me why there is such a difference in calories burnt between strava and my garmin unit?

http://app.strava.com/activities/68449883

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/345329442

 

[Mo1959]

first 50 miler, although strava on my phone said 50.4m when i uploaded it said 49.8m, gutted!

tried to stay in heart rate zone 2 to pace myself, wasnt very fast at all but my arse was failing well before legs or cardio!
http://app.strava.com/activities/68397326

Well done indeed. That's an impressive amount of climbing for your first 50 miler.

 

[Mo1959]

Can anyone tell me why there is such a difference in calories burnt between strava and my garmin unit?

http://app.strava.com/activities/68449883

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/345329442

None of them are all that accurate but I usually go on the lower one, which for me is Strava. I think the Garmin is a bit over optimistic.

 

[stevey]

None of them are all that accurate but I usually go on the lower one, which for me is Strava. I think the Garmin is a bit over optimistic.

Thanks Mo i'll go with the garmin me thinks... lol the o/h likes to see the calories burnt for the effort she puts in.

 

[DaveyM]

I got out and did one long ride in three stages totalling 75 miles, temp was way down and remained cloudy the full route. just nice to be out

http://app.strava.com/activities/68386025
http://app.strava.com/activities/68439156
http://app.strava.com/activities/68476259