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

[themosquitoking]

When and only when you kill a dragon do you become a knight. Being good at sport or telling people that are good at sport what to do do not count. Also singing when it rains at wimbledon and just being prime minister are not enough to qualify.

 

[araapatlio]

If England beat the Welsh to the Grand Slam, do they get Knighthoods?

 

[Mo1959]

Not long in and trying to catch up on everyone's progress.

@Nigelnaturist Sorry you've not been feeling great. Hope it's just a 24 hour bug and you feel better tomorrow.
@ItsSteveLovell Congrats on finishing the challenge. Hope your legs feel better than mine!
@RWright Keep it going Rocky. I am rooting for you to get this done too.

....and to all the many others that have put great rides in today, well done. Too many to mention individually.

 

[SWSteve]

Not long in and trying to catch up on everyone's progress.

@Nigelnaturist Sorry you've not been feeling great. Hope it's just a 24 hour bug and you feel better tomorrow.
@ItsSteveLovell Congrats on finishing the challenge. Hope your legs feel better than mine!
@RWright Keep it going Rocky. I am rooting for you to get this done too.

....and to all the many others that have put great rides in today, well done. Too many to mention individually.

I'm off doing 50miles tomorrow after work.

 

[Mo1959]

I'm off doing 50miles tomorrow after work.

Oh to be young and recover quickly. Lol

 

[SWSteve]

Oh to be young and recover quickly. Lol

Don't speak too soon. I'm expecting averages below 15 on what will be a pancake ride

 

[Nomadski]

ITV were saying about he should get a Knighthood! ITV getting it wrong...wow...

 

[Nigelnaturist]

ITV were saying about he should get a Knighthood! ITV getting it wrong...wow...

Whats new, i's not a full moon till later, a full moon rises when the Sun sets, as it rose before the sun had set can't be a full moon.
Thanks for all the concern guys, I have been pretty shoot to be honest, I doubt I will not move 50m from the bed today @ItsSteveLovell

 

[RWright]

Almost there on the climbing challenge, It started lightning sharply so I came in, I also needed to use the bathroom.

I thought I was there, I was a half meter shy. I took a quick trip around the block. Then, the only incident I had all day happens. Neighbors were walking their dogs and they are on a leash but I didn't see one of the black dogs until he was about at my wheel. I was far on the other side of the road and had given them the entire road width. I did practice my anger management that I have been thinking about and didn't say a thing....this time.

 

[Mo1959]

@RWright Really well done Rocky, especially with your tricky weather conditions.

It was quite exciting checking your progress and watching you getting closer and closer.

I am up early as usual. It is overcast and raining. That wet stuff that I don't think we've seen for around 3 weeks! I nearly just pulled the cycling gear on to go out anyway then thought, what the hell am I doing. I think the tired legs and saddle sores really deserve some time off.

Hope your storms pass over soon. Will you take any time off yourself? We've all been riding so consistently lately with the challenges that it actually becomes quite hard to make yourself stop

 

[RWright]

@RWright Really well done Rocky, especially with your tricky weather conditions.

It was quite exciting checking your progress and watching you getting closer and closer.

I am up early as usual. It is overcast and raining. That wet stuff that I don't think we've seen for around 3 weeks! I nearly just pulled the cycling gear on to go out anyway then thought, what the hell am I doing. I think the tired legs and saddle sores really deserve some time off.

Hope your storms pass over soon. Will you take any time off yourself? We've all been riding so consistently lately with the challenges that it actually becomes quite hard to make yourself stop

Thanks. You did a really great job on the challenge yourself. That was a lot of riding uphill. I will just do some shorter rides for the next few days. I still would like to get through that Powerbar challenge.

I was just looking at new tires. I need a new set. If there are any more climbing challenges I may need a new jar of Vaseline too. I do plan to spend a little more time with a little weight lifting and a lot more time finishing up some things around the house that I really want to get done before cool weather returns.

Take you a little time off, you deserve it but I know what you mean about not riding, it makes me feel a little guilty or something if I don't ride at all. I am not going to be riding in the rain anytime soon though.....I hope.

 

[RWright]

Oh yeah, I forgot to add, my bikes are going to get a thorough fettling. I let them get dirty and have just been using some spray lube without cleaning the chains for a couple of weeks. They are a mess. One is still shifting bad on the big cogs on the rear. I have a bent cage I can't get quite right.

 

[Mo1959]

Take you a little time off, you deserve it but I know what you mean about not riding, it makes me feel a little guilty or something if I don't ride at all. I am not going to be riding in the rain anytime soon though.....I hope.

Well, rain went off so couldn't resist just going for a short spin. I am not sure stopping cycling completely seems to help me much anyway so I think I will probably just do a few short runs this week until my legs feel like they are getting some life back in them.

Forecast is pretty poor anyway so it will be nice to just do an hour or so if it is wet/windy.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Mo1959
@RWright
@ItsSteveLovell

and anybody else I missed. Big Kudos to you all for doing the Rapha Rising Challenge

 

[Supersuperleeds]

How could I forget to mention this. Congrats UK folks on back to back Tour de France victories!

Don't we have more TDF winners than our cousins on the other side of the pond now?