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

[Nigelnaturist]

doh! I would also suggest My Cycling Log, it's a good way to see how you;re getting on. If you want more info you could make a spreadsheet similiar to @Nigelnaturist's but that's getting VERY into detail

You really dont want a spreadsheet like mine

 

[Nigelnaturist]

It seems that my enthusiams took a much harder hit than my knee ... Haven't been out on the bike sice Thursday and can't find much motivation to get back on the road. I had a very busy day relaxing and BBQing and full family day tomorrow at the adventure park, hopefully next week will be better and will resume my normal training.

Good luck to all of you doing the London ride tomorrow!

Its good to take some time off, just not to long 4-5 days is ok I have found.

 

[Mo1959]

It seems that my enthusiams took a much harder hit than my knee ... Haven't been out on the bike sice Thursday and can't find much motivation to get back on the road. I had a very busy day relaxing and BBQing and full family day tomorrow at the adventure park, hopefully next week will be better and will resume my normal training.

Good luck to all of you doing the London ride tomorrow!

I think I'm keeping you company......another day off for me too. Partly because I couldn't find the motivation and partly because of the strong wind. Your BBQing sounds much better fun anyway!

 

[Hill Wimp]

Nice 50 mile today, mostly flat around Bucks/Herts but came back with a 14.5 mph average which is a full 3 mph faster than my last 50 miler

Also the cycling gods were with me, as I completed the second loop of my crescent to notch up the 50 miles (my wife thinks I'm anally retentive about distances) the skies opened just as I made the shed

Quality not quantity Morrisman

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It seems that my enthusiams took a much harder hit than my knee ... Haven't been out on the bike sice Thursday and can't find much motivation to get back on the road. I had a very busy day relaxing and BBQing and full family day tomorrow at the adventure park, hopefully next week will be better and will resume my normal training.

Good luck to all of you doing the London ride tomorrow!

Same camp as you - bit unenthusiastic too!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I was rocking today, had a race with a tractor, I know they are not too fast, I over took it at the start of this segment and managed to stay in front all the way not sure at which point it turned off but it was toward the end, mind you the spike bits on the front gave some incentive.
http://app.strava.com/activities/71908515#1409215690
So 20.4 miles @ 16.2mph with the rear bag for some shopping. 9 p.b's thogh 4 were try to get away from the spiky tractor.
http://app.strava.com/activities/71908515

 

[Smotyn]

Good luck to all you brave brave people doing London surrey ride tomorrow we will be watching for you x

 

[SWSteve]

Went out this evening to have a look at the LBS as they've been shut up all week and there was a note on the shutters, but I never got a chance to have a look as to why this week. It turns out they've ceased trading, which isn't good as they had several stores over Bristol.

I went out feeling almost pretty good, but right now I feel hungover again , well a bit bunged up and headachey. I think a bit to drink and then I'll be fine. The average speed was really good, but then again this was a very flat ride and featured almost no hills, it was essentially my commute to work and back.

http://app.strava.com/activities/71934526

 

[MaxInc]

Not long after my last post I begun to feel seriously guilty for all those delicious burgers I had earlier today ... then looked at the bike ... then checked Strava ... then felt even more guilty . There was only one remedy ... Bibs felt a bit tighter than normal but managed to squeeze in and I went out to complete my minimum weekly personal goal of 100k, a bit of damage control for a less than perfect cycling week ... Worth mentioning that it wasn't necessarily a brilliant idea riding with a full stomach but feels good to be back in the game.

Anyways, good feeling overall, looks like I'm going to sleep better tonight

http://app.strava.com/activities/71937771

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

It's funny, I've lived in Fenland for getting on for 20 years and hadn't really noticed the wind until now. Mind you where there's a headwind in one direction there will be a tailwind in the other

You'd have thought so wouldn't you? Sometimes it's the swirling that gets to me!

 

[RWright]

Not long after my last post I begun to feel seriously guilty for all those delicious burgers I had earlier today ... then looked at the bike ... then checked Strava ... then felt even more guilty . There was only one remedy ... Bibs felt a bit tighter than normal but managed to squeeze in and I went out to complete my minimum weekly personal goal of 100k, a bit of damage control for a less than perfect cycling week ... Worth mentioning that it wasn't necessarily a brilliant idea riding with a full stomach but feels good to be back in the game.

Anyways, good feeling overall, looks like I'm going to sleep better tonight

http://app.strava.com/activities/71937771

I normally feel a little better after I go out when I feel lazy and don't want to go out. Even if I just go for a short ride. And you are right about riding with a full stomach, that is very hard on me. I have not been doing much of anything today except a little cleaning and a lot of napping, I am going out in a few minutes to check out my newly cleaned 16 mile track, in the sunshine this time. Then I will eat a little later. Two things I try not to do is ride on a full stomach and go to the grocery store when I am hungry. I will come back with twice as much food as I need.

 

[Smotyn]

It's funny, I've lived in Fenland for getting on for 20 years and hadn't really noticed the wind until now. Mind you where there's a headwind in one direction there will be a tailwind in the other

Will keep fingers crossed for you here in the wash it doesnt matter which way you ride it gets ya. A chap I know from Boston never believed me till he moved out this way and then he admitted we have the worst wind he has ever come across lol

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Will keep fingers crossed for you here in the wash it doesnt matter which way you ride it gets ya. A chap I know from Boston never believed me till he moved out this way and then he admitted we have the worst wind he has ever come across lol

No you haven't experienced the winds on the Hebrides, you know about them even if you don't cycle, they even designed the Skye bridge so it could take L.G.V's at higher wind speeds than most bridges, well so I was told when I lived there, even then it was closed often due to high winds, and it's in a sheltered spot.

 

[SWSteve]

It looks like the rain in the SW is only going to get worse...great. It would also seem I'm going to get out now to avoid getting caught in heavier rain later on.
The coat I use is a pac-a-mac style where it scrunches back into a bag afterwards, however it is quite big anyway, and when on the the back billows out. Does anyone have a suggestion on something that will help? I'm looking at some mudguards/cruds but I would also like a dry back

 

[SpokeyDokey]

TORRENTIAL RAIN - even by Cumbrian standards; absolutely heaving down.