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

[Mo1959]

Getting lost was a bit funny earlier, getting lost durring a night ride...less humourous...almost took my dads offer of a rescue lift, but at least I'm getting the miles in. With the couple of miles not recorded that makes 90miles today... I'd planned around 60. Don't ever ask me for directions!

Great miles Andy......and I can sympathise re getting lost as I have a hopeless sense of direction too. Mind you, I thought the Edge 800 was supposed to help avoid getting lost!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Pretty good for a day off Nigel. Hope the weather is glorious for you over the next few days.

Weather doesn't bother me, though the wind these last few days has been a little tiresome.

 

[AndyPeace]

Great miles Andy......and I can sympathise re getting lost as I have a hopeless sense of direction too. Mind you, I thought the Edge 800 was supposed to help avoid getting lost!

It all started as I'd decided to add a small loop to the original planned route and rely on the Garmin re-routing...I then got it in my head that it was re-routing me to an earlier part of the course, so I ignored it, thinking I could rely on village names...but every sign I saw I didn't recognise...then crossed the county border and started to panic! The Clifton climb was enjoyable and didn't seem as long as it was...I felt, over the whole route like I was going downhill more than uphill, which worried me even more- I'm all for a good climb but I didn't want to be climbing tough grades at midnight. Tried a few times to suss out where I was using the garmin map, but it's just too small for me to make sense of. I think I'll buy a few paper os maps for when I travel into less known areas. The roads leading to Bromyard were really dark (tree cover) and as I approached Bromyard, it's glistening street lights down in a valley where such a relief..I'd found civilisation! Glad I'd put 2 rear lights on, as one failed...and my front light had not charged properly and I had to run it on low power. I think the re-routing avoids certain roads too, as in Bromyard I Tried setting the Garmin to route me back to home and it said it was 27miles, which would have made the whole journey around 8 miles more than the way I went! lesson learnt - gps is only a back-up to navigation, when heading out to new places either have good local knowledge or take a paper map.

 

[BrianEvesham]

@AndyPeace I admire your ability to ride these big miles at the drop of a hat (or wrong turn) and at night.
Kudos.

 

[Exile]

Put in another four miles yesterday, slightly different route to my usual to try and keep my short attention span hap- Oh, a butterfly! Was marginally quicker and spent less time shoving the bike up hills, which I put down to their being less hills on the route more than anything else. Still, it's nice to see the numbers moving in the right direction. Also found out I'd completed a segment on Strava I didn't even know existed. Pretty far down the rankings at 175/256, but at least I'm not at the bottom of the table!

Today I decided I'd ride a mile or so further, work on riding one handed so I can give proper signals, rather than the panicked wobbly waves I've been doing over the past few weeks, and then try some busier roads. Ended up doing a smidge over seven miles (Strava shows 6.9, but I'd rather not leave a trail of breadcrumbs back to my front door) in about an hour. Massive fun was had, clear hand signals were given (the polite kind, obviously) and 30+ mph traffic was ridden alongside (albeit only for a few minutes), so I'd consider that "Mission Accomplished" for this ride. The hills were a mixed bunch. The ones I went down were great fun, those I went up, on the other hand . Didn't help that the front gears need adjusting so I was stuck on either the middle or largest ring. Still, fighting my way up hills builds character, right? Even if I could walk it quicker...

Still, a fortnight ago I'd never have considered it possible I'd be doing seven miles for fun, so that's some progress right there, and I think I'll have a beer to celebrate.

 

[Tcr4x4]

Very pleased today. Did 22 miles, although its probably closer to 23, as I forgot to restart the timer after a short drink break and didnt remember for a good few minutes.

Got several PR's on Strava and also 7th overall out of 110 on one segment and 7th out of 43 on another segment. Not bad for a fat, unfit bloke who's only beeing cycling for a month I dont think.

Thank god for the padded cycling shorts I bought the other day.. Cant imagine the pain Id be in without them right now!

http://www.strava.com/activities/76131188#

 

[Ciar]

did a commute yesterday, 36 mins in 14.5mph avg hr avg around 133-160 9.1m, coming home 37m avg spd 15.65m hr avg 148 upto 166 9.2m, this morning shattered and didn't get up on time! my miles compared to last month are slacking, but the good part is i am on holiday for 10 days tomorrow so lots of riding my MTB and getting some miles under my belt, my mum has finally come home from hospital after 5 weeks and my home extension is coming to completion, we now have a new kitchen and bathroom! as you can imagine I have had a very busy couple of months.

best part is the hybrid is heading into the LBS tomorrow to have new tyres & crankset fitted, the car is having a new cycle rack fitted to the roof as well.

looks like plenty of you have been packing in the miles, great to see hopefully i shall be able to keep up once I am back into the swing of things!

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

My knee is still sore so no cycling for me.

Oh no! Get well soon x

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Exile
nearly in top 2/3 so not so bad. Strava has a option to hide your home location.
Well done on the rest of the achievements.
@Ciar
Glad to hear you mum is coming home.

 

[Mo1959]

Another day of good rides from many in here again today. Well done to @madferret on his 100k and another good long ride from @AndyPeace without getting lost by the looks of it!

I struggled slightly in the wind but did quite well on a steep little climb moving up from 6th female to 3rd so that compensates a bit for the lower average overall.

http://app.strava.com/segments/697852

 

[madferret]

I am gutted tbh, my Garmin 800 went nuts at some point and when I uploaded to Strava its only showing 50.6 miles

Here is Garmin Connect ride http://connect.garmin.com/activity/362245973

Here is Strava ride http://www.strava.com/activities/76172648

That last 10 or so miles was hellish and now its not showing, I use Strava mainly so its a bit poo.

Still I did it

EDIT: Got to go out (need food!) but will upload screenshot from Device. If anyone knows a way I can fix this on Strava will be pleased as punch!

 

[Mo1959]

I am gutted tbh, my Garmin 800 went nuts at some point and when I uploaded to Strava its only showing 50.6 miles

Here is Garmin Connect ride http://connect.garmin.com/activity/362245973

Here is Strava ride http://www.strava.com/activities/76172648

That last 10 or so miles was hellish and now its not showing, I use Strava mainly so its a bit poo.

Still I did it

EDIT: Got to go out (need food!) but will upload screenshot from Device. If anyone knows a way I can fix this on Strava will be pleased as punch!

If you bring up the ride again on Garmin Connect and click the little icon to export the ride and save it. It may let you upload it again to Strava. Not sure though but worth a try.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@madferret
Download a tcx file from garmin, delete the ride from strava and upload the tcx file
And well done on the metric Century.

@Mo1959
sorry didn't see the post, but you need to delete the ride from strava first, well before you upload the new one.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@madferret
That on garmin is really odd as well, trying to figure it out, because your charts only show 3hr's42 yet distance it shows at 60+ but nothing recorded drom 38 to about 56 miles, what happened about the 3 hr mark

 

[Nigelnaturist]

It were a bit breezy 70% of my ride today seemed to be into some head wind or other.
Someone has called this a hill
halfords hill
0.2miles, 9ft gain 0.6%
got to include this cat4 climb
http://www.strava.com/activities/76174563#1521972623
opps Edit

63.2miles according to my unit and G.T.C. 3:59:20.01, strava does use different times, as my avg was 15.8 (well 15.76) strava 15.6, stopped twice once for a bite to eat and cig (cant do this on the bike yet), and once to adjust the saddle a little more, after which things seemed better.
http://www.strava.com/activities/76174563

Though when I set off I ended up going down a 331ft sheer drop that wasn't there yesterday, and then the unit turned it self off, great start I thought, so I went back home, reset the ride and elevation, and off I went.
2 p.b's but a lot of new segments, that probably wont get done again, as I really didn't like the route too much