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

[RWright]

Chat is acting weird for me. I started to post a reply to a post by Steve earlier and didn't post it. Forgot about it and came back later to post my last message and the other post was still saved somehow and it posted too.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Quite warm here in Evesham and no rain.
Went out for a short one with Max (8yrs), he insisted I took the T3. He did well not stopping on two hills on the Pebworth loop, however I had my first ever clipless moment! We were making good progress, I heard a large HGV coming up behind and called out to warn him as I looked over my shoulder and back, in that instant he decided to stop dead in his tracks, I just managed to swerve to miss his back wheel then ours bodies clashed together and down we went to the left. I have a lovely chain ring cut on my left calf.

http://www.strava.com/activities/89954824

Here he is getting to the top of "Pebs steep bit"

 

[morrisman]

Currently in Costas in Ealing Broadway waiting for the rain to stop. Mrs Morrisman is at a college reunion lunch so bought the Tern for a spin around Chiswick and Ealing, all was going well until the skies opened and I'm not kitted out for bad weather.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cleaned the Sirrus this morning so decided to get the old Felt out and take it for a ride to check it is okay for the winter. Rode very well, adjusted the seat height a bit once home. made a nice change going out at a pootling pace.

http://www.strava.com/activities/89951761

 

[RWright]

Ouch Brian, hope your calf isn't cut too bad. I just put some new shifters on my Synapse, I may have to go take a test spin and check them out. One of those days so far that I don't really feel like doing much, but it is early here.

 

[BrianEvesham]

It looks worse than it is thanks. I've edited the original post as it's my calf not thigh.

 

[SWSteve]

Ouch! @BrianEvesham hopefully the cut isn't too bad and doesnt play up.

Went out with Bristol Road Club for my first ever club ride. The opening was a nice, gentle pace I could settle with, however after the coffee everything changed. It seemed like we would be going faster as people were being quite stern with instructions like 'make sure you don't get out the saddle when we're going down this hill, we don't want an accident' to be honest I appreciated it as they were roads I did not know, and a couple of junctions came up all of a sudden where if I wasn't in the group I may not have felt 100% comfortable.

What I certainly learned is that I can hold this pace for 60 miles and feel okay, all I need to do is keep at the club runs and cycle too/from them and I'll be basically at the Ride London pace I set myself when I entered....provided I get a spot.

Hoping to get out with them every Saturday I'm not working, hopefully it goes well.

http://www.strava.com/activities/89961314

 

[Reece]

Well ended my non-cycling run today. 58 miles with some friends, rain didn't even bother me, was just nice to get out finally. Legs were tiring towards the end and felt like I'd not been out on the bike for a while.

http://app.strava.com/activities/89982907

 

[stevey]

God i hate the wind.
http://www.strava.com/activities/89991068

@BrianEvesham hope your thighs ok

@Reece Great ride considering the lay off

 

[RWright]

All these very nice rides are going to make me go out lol.

Steve, nice to hear you enjoyed your group ride. Looks like they saved the best for last on that one. Nice job.

 

[SWSteve]

All these very nice rides are going to make me go out lol.

Steve, nice to hear you enjoyed your group ride. Looks like they saved the best for last on that one. Nice job.

The end was bloody hard, coffee stop at the bottom of THAT HILL, the worst bit for me was the small bobble just after that, I didn't know the roads so it was pretty tough to think what was going on

 

[SpokeyDokey]

*loody hell!

Finished watching Footy - got togged up went to get Trusty Steed and it had a whopping great thorn through the sidewall of the rear tyre.

30 seconds after discovering that the heavens opened and we now have a big spectacular thunder & lightening event going on out there!

Kismet!

I have very busy week coming up and struggle to see where I can even get out on the bike until next Sunday when no doubt it will be raining all day!

 

[BrianEvesham]

I'm hoping to get out at first light Sunday for a ride on my own (weather permitting!).

 

[Stonechat]

Away tomorrow to Kendall
Back Tues

 

[morrisman]

Mudguards fitted ready for a 75 mile ride on my own tomorrow around leafy Bucks and Oxon in preparation for the St Crispins Day 100 miler next Sunday. Wish me luck as its further than my current 64 mile record and the weather is forecasting heavy showers.