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

[Nigelnaturist]

Took the bike out for a quick spin last night, its just catching on a mudguard bolt that is a little long so need to see if I have a shorter one, and a little adjustment needed as it lacks a little dropping on to a few of the higher gears, managed to reuse the cables, which meant I could get the new bar tape.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Evening ride cancelled - sky is a strange yellow-grey hybrid colour and it is streaming down out there so that's that then!

Take it easy everyone.

 

[Mo1959]

Evening ride cancelled - sky is a strange yellow-grey hybrid colour and it is streaming down out there so that's that then!

Take it easy everyone.

Ha, ha....I think we need to emigrate. Rain is back on here and it is nearly dark Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Ha, ha....I think we need to emigrate. Rain is back on here and it is nearly dark Hopefully tomorrow.

Yes not so good Mo. Trouble is; though I was born in the ghastly city called London my soul is definitely Cumbrian - so I'm never going anywhere other than the Great Beyond (hopefully way off in the future) and emigration is not an option although I did almost buy a little bolt-hole in the Black Forest way back!

I have just lit a big fire that is all a-crackling and I await the arrival of the ever-lovely Mrs SD and her very expensive new haircut/colour/highlights/bag of very essential hair products/fish & chips + bottle of Red!

I don't begrudge her her hair-do btw. We are a squillion miles away from hard-up but she had a very poor financial start in life and won't spend - not as in tight won't spend but she just doesn't want anything and it is an effort to get her to spend on herself. Some guys would kill for a wife like that!

I persuaded her this time re hair-thing as I have just treated myself to yet another climbing jacket - a rather lovely lightweight Patagonia Torrentshell which I am going to use on Sunday when my mate and I hoof up Helvellyn by a long and circuitous (took me several goes to type that word - I must be dumbing down with age!) route.

Might get out tomorrow though plus I have a Biggie planned for Saturday although not too big (32 miles) as I don't want heavy legs on Sunday and have my best mate leave me for dead in the hills and then start crowing about it!

 

[Mo1959]

@SpokeyDokey Awww..............sounds like you are going to have a lovely evening. Wish Mrs Spokey a happy hair do from me.......I am badly needing to do something with mine. I am always so skint I end up cutting at it myself I am sure the hairdresser thinks rats have been chewing it when I eventually go!

I am going to make an effort to get out tomorrow rain or not I think. I get a bit antsy when I can't get out

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SpokeyDokey Awww..............sounds like you are going to have a lovely evening. Wish Mrs Spokey a happy hair do from me.......I am badly needing to do something with mine. I am always so skint I end up cutting at it myself I am sure the hairdresser thinks rats have been chewing it when I eventually go!

I am going to make an effort to get out tomorrow rain or not I think. I get a bit antsy when I can't get out

Yours ain't the only one, mine is looking like rats tails after this afternoons ride in the rain, tried out the new Jacket from Aldi, and whilst nothing is waterproof, especially with the zip 1/4 down, I was warm enough with the legwarmers also from Aldi, and a some overshoes.
The new shifter is good, works well, better gradations. Avg cad over the 33.5 miles was 87.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Yours ain't the only one, mine is looking like rats tails after this afternoons ride in the rain, tried out the new Jacket from Aldi, and whilst nothing is waterproof, especially with the zip 1/2 down, I was warm enough with the legwarmers also from Aldi, and a some overshoes.
The new shifter is good, works well, better gradations. Avg cad over the 33.5 miles was 87.

Wahl Cilippers on Number Two wielded by Mrs SD does the trick for me - mind you Nigel tbh I don't really have the rats tails option anymore as a fair bit of my hair bailed out of life early some while back.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Just furthur to add the new bar tape, also helped with any numbness.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Wahl Cilippers on Number Two wielded by Mrs SD does the trick for me - mind you Nigel tbh I don't really have the rats tails option anymore as a fair bit of my hair bailed out of life early some while back.

I used to have my hair short, for a long time, but decided to have change.

 

[Mo1959]

Just furthur to add the new bar tape, also helped with any numbness.

Can't be much of your bike original now Nigel
Shame we can't replace the worn out bits on ourselves!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Evening ride cancelled - sky is a strange yellow-grey hybrid colour and it is streaming down out there so that's that then!

Take it easy everyone.

Ha, ha....I think we need to emigrate. Rain is back on here and it is nearly dark Hopefully tomorrow.

I managed to avoid the rain completely coming home from work. Sky was very dark, but 26 miles later there was blue sky Very very windy though

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Can't be much of your bike original now Nigel
Shame we can't replace the worn out bits on ourselves!

It's Triggers brush

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Can't be much of your bike original now Nigel
Shame we can't replace the worn out bits on ourselves!

I'd start with an upgraded drive-train for me.

Still waiting for my Fish & Chips but I have just nipped down to Aldi for some of those little chocolate covered marshmallow tea cake things which I had a dire craving for - not sure why cos I can't be pregnant as I was surgically neutered way back on instructions from Mrs SD.

Just had a text as I type: Fish & Chips is (are?) 10 minutes away - yippeeeeee! Might need to do a few more miles than my planned 32 on Saturday methinks although as ever in life it's all a tricky balancing act.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Can't be much of your bike original now Nigel
Shame we can't replace the worn out bits on ourselves!

Left shifter is original, mudguards, forks, brakes (and brake cables), chainset (though I think it is possibly due a new middle ring) and B.B. (though I ran a while on a different one, with a different chainset), the B.B. does need replacing. The front mech, whilst new is the same as the original.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Left shifter is original, mudguards, forks, brakes (and brake cables), chainset (though I think it is possibly due a new middle ring) and B.B. (though I ran a while on a different one, with a different chainset), the B.B. does need replacing. The front mech, whilst new is the same as the original.

Don't count then.