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

[AndyPeace]

Thats what happened to me, but fortunately it was at the junction or rather 5 yards or so short of it ( a cars length or so, f***ing idiot had just over took me and braked in front of me, and as he took off I ended up on the deck), so i didn't lose to much time getting back up and finishing the right hand turn section on one of the other segments on the same road.

That is terrible driving on his part, hope your ok. He should be utterly ashamed for not stopping to check you were ok, let alone apologise for his poor driving skills. I'm all up for setting light to the world's oil supply in an attempt to reduce the number of cars on the road..anyone else in?

 

[Mo1959]

That is terrible driving on his part, hope your ok. He should be utterly ashamed for not stopping to check you were ok, let alone apologise for his poor driving skills. I'm all up for setting light to the world's oil supply in an attempt to reduce the number of cars on the road..anyone else in?

Yep.......but just leave a small refinery for our chain oil.

 

[Goonerobes]

Had a little play with my saddle before todays ride to level it up on the spirit level & also moved it back 10mm.
Bizarrely I then went & rode my quickest 25 miles without particularly trying to ride any quicker? Anyway, no aches or pains from the change so will leave it & see how it goes next time out.

http://www.strava.com/activities/76660072

 

[john-boy]

i started with this at the beggining of the month http://app.strava.com/activities/71327459

and did this sunday just gone http://app.strava.com/activities/75715113

 

[Nigelnaturist]

..........but quite a bit slower on the flat We are all different with our strengths and weaknesses.

.........and I only have about 8stone 6lbs to drag uphill.

I would bank on you being slower, I dont know what I am last time 12st but not sure how accurate they were.
@AndyPeace to be fair he probably didn't see as it was a van, ridden with worse, hardly any damage one minor bit of blood. It was the female that passed the other way and actually saw me on the deck, that upset me most I think, she must have seen. I must try and practise more junctions like that one so I get it right. Andy I have so many close calls trucks cars, You just get on with it, and besides, imagine the environmental damage if we set fire to them all.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

i started with this at the beggining of the month http://app.strava.com/activities/71327459

and did this sunday just gone http://app.strava.com/activities/75715113

Good improvement John, I tell you what you have some nice climbs up to the A15 from where you are, so don't let anyone tell you Lincolnshire is flat.

 

[RWright]

@Nigelnaturist
These two are pretty comparable.
Yours. http://app.strava.com/segments/706524
Mine. http://app.strava.com/segments/697852

A climb that is -216 feet at the start? Is that for real? That means 216 feet below sea level, right?

 

[Stonechat]

First ten miles today, and without realising too! Just decided I'd go out for a quick ride whilst the sun was shining, which became an hour and a half meander, including a stop to chat with an old friend whilst he waited for the bus (might have talked him in to getting a bike if it wasn't for the fact I was doing my best beetroot impression at the time )

Was really impressed when I got home and saw I done ten and a bit miles, then more impressed when I spotted a 7th place on a Strava segment, then less impressed when I realised there were only 7 riders who'd done the section so I was sitting nicely at the bottom. Still, a top ten is a top ten in my books .

Well done. I think it is the earlier barriers which seem so hard. Last winter was so cold, I did have a pair od padded lehhings but no other cycle clothing.I was trying to get distance up. Thing is I can remember what I used to do , it was never fast but longer distances.
So keep plugging away and15 will soon fall and 10's will get quicker

 

[Nigelnaturist]

A climb that is -216 feet at the start? Is that for real? That means 216 feet below sea level, right?

It's all relative.

 

[Mo1959]

A climb that is -216 feet at the start? Is that for real? That means 216 feet below sea level, right?

Strava having a laugh again. You would think they would have something built into their software to stop things like that happening. It is right at the bottom of the Earn valley and is low but not that low! Garmin gives it as 65feet above sea level.

 

[Tenandra]

I weigh in at 95.2 Kg i need to lose a bit of weight according to the doctor to put me at my ideal weight at just a tad over 6 foot tall and 46 years old. I started my first ride to day, to work at 5.3 Miles took me 40 minutes most of the journey is flat and runs along an old railway line, last quarter of a mile is a bugger of a hill which i walked up today. i used runkeeper although looks like many use strava on here so may swap not sure?

Goals
To lose 12kg approx
To cycle up that bugger of a hill at end of incoming journey
To cut my going to work journey to 35 minutes.

I will add a time improvement to going home, when i see how long it takes me tonight.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Strava having a laugh again. You would think they would have something built into their software to stop things like that happening. It is right at the bottom of the Earn valley and is low but not that low! Garmin gives it as 65feet above sea level.

Told you what to do, go correct it on garmin, if that doesn't fix it, rwgps will.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I haven't got a chain checker, current chain has done just over 3,000 miles what do you reckon, time for a new one ?
Edit just realised this is my greatest monthly total so far,and if I do 22 miles today, I should have done 1,000 miles in the last 30 days, with 27 days riding.

 

[Mo1959]

Told you what to do, go correct it on garmin, if that doesn't fix it, rwgps will.

I think if you look at it on my ride it looks ok, it is whoever made up the segment to start with, it has saved it as that for some reason??? I've almost given up bothering with elevation it is so changeable depending on what you are using. I don't have your patience or passion for data to let it bother me enough.

 

[Mo1959]

I haven't got a chain checker, current chain has done just over 3,000 miles what do you reckon, time for a new one ?
Edit just realised this is my greatest monthly total so far,and if I do 22 miles today, I should have done 1,000 miles in the last 30 days, with 27 days riding.

Hope you don't suffer for it.......July I did 1340 miles and seem to have been struggling ever since!
I am more worried about my tyres. How much longer can these beasts keep going. Nearly 4500 miles and still going strong!