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

[Naemeth]

Your moving avg is still 25mph

That is very true .

 

[stevey]

Lessen for today boys & girls #1 Although when you set out its grey and cloudy always take sunglasses because when it clears you cannot see a bloody thing, And you end up cutting your ride short.

http://www.strava.com/activities/98028330

 

[fivepence]

Was too nice a day not to , well round here it is anyways

http://www.strava.com/activities/98027589

 

[Andy clarke]

https://www.strava.com/activities/98033130
Today's effort nice and fresh

 

[Supersuperleeds]

35 mile pootle. Very sunny

http://www.strava.com/activities/98038609

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Some good stuff ^^^^ going on as ever.

Very mild day here - lanes a bit wet and slippery in places - mainly leaves and tractor dirt!

What a TOUGH ride! I deliberately set out to do 20 hilly miles and I did.

20.57 miles with 1877' of climbing - felt it too! Only averaged 11.6mph but not too fussed as I am chuffed with what I have done today esp' as I have gotten very few miles in lately.

Definitely could not have done this route a year ago - some long sections in 36x28 where I was just standing up pushing first one leg down and then the other....on and on and on.

Stay safe all.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Lessen for today boys & girls #1 Although when you set out its grey and cloudy always take sunglasses because when it clears you cannot see a bloody thing, And you end up cutting your ride short.

http://www.strava.com/activities/98028330

Never worn them, got some yellow tinted glass that have shades as separate lenses

Well I was a little quicker than yesterday 15.71mph avg compared with 15.42mph, though not as much climbing.
Well I have took as you know nearly two weeks off, and to be honest my performance is not that much different. the last time I did a single 50Km ride (12/11, I did ride after that, but the rides was split) I did 31.23 miles @ 15.87mph with about 4ft/mile more elevation, but this could be due to having to map the ride on rwgps until I get a replacement gps.

 

[Stonechat]

As today's outing by car was postponed, did a ride
29 miles at 14.3 mph

Best average for distances this length
Had a good last few days

http://www.strava.com/activities/98067291

 

[AndyPeace]

Nice he apologised though, and it might make him be a little more observant in future

Yeah, on the whole drivers round here are generally of the good sort. I've even had a WVM pull me over to tell me my wallet had fallen from my pocket! I guess that I'd done all I can to keep safe and had been aware of the vehichle the whole time so was able to accelerate out of danger... though I shall be running my cree lamp on flashing durring the day for extra noticablity. non-incident really just raced my heart at the time

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yeah, on the whole drivers round here are generally of the good sort. I've even had a WVM pull me over to tell me my wallet had fallen from my pocket! I guess that I'd done all I can to keep safe and had been aware of the vehichle the whole time so was able to accelerate out of danger... though I shall be running my cree lamp on flashing durring the day for extra noticablity. non-incident really just raced my heart at the time

Done this s few times, speaking of close calls I had one today on the A63, you remember the case were a woman got killed because a driver over took on a bend and killed her, well something very close to that happened to me today, except this was a straight road so no excuse to be unsighted, ( like you Andy in an Aldi winter Jacket red this time though), the driver did have time to over take and start to pull back but we passed on the same side of the carriage way, and whilst the A63 is a good road at this point, its not the widest of A roads, however I would have had an opt out route should it have gone a little pear shaped, however if the driver had lost any sort of control as it is a national speed limit at this point I guess the impact speed would have been between 70-80 mph. I put my light on after that even though condition were good for visibility ect., I think it ranks in the top 3 or 4 really close calls I have had in the last 17 months.

 

[stevey]

Never worn them, got some yellow tinted glass that have shades as separate lenses

I went out with the tinted one's but as luck would have it the cloud broke and the sun shone

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Lovely Wife has placed order for some Nice Louis Garneau Shield winter gloves as part of my Chrissy presents. tried them on instore last week.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/louis-garneau/shield-gloves-ec040436

Also got these in free - they have a deal on.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/louis-garneau/smart-glove-ec029804

Last Dec'/Feb I ended up wearing climbing gloves!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Lovely Wife has placed order for some Nice Louis Garneau Shield winter gloves as part of my Chrissy presents. tried them on instore last week.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/louis-garneau/shield-gloves-ec040436

Also got these in free - they have a deal on.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/louis-garneau/smart-glove-ec029804

Last Dec'/Feb I ended up wearing climbing gloves!

I rode last year with a pair of £5 Aldi gloves got a bit nippy about less than -2 but ok even when wet.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Lovely day for a ride and I loved most of it, although I was a little tenuous riding on a wet and muddy road with the same sort of apex I used for my little lie down last week. And I was a bit worried about the low sun reflecting off the wet roads and blinding drivers.

Anyway, I was enjoying it, right up to the moment I noticed a flat! Oops.

I had to text hubby saying I'd be delayed getting back for the Xmas market. It was a little nippy changing the tube on an open country road but seemed to go ok. Weird thing was, when I got home, I couldn't find a hole in the tube. But it was definitely flat (at the bottom).

Glad to hear many of you have had good rides today

 

[spooks]

GT85 spraying your bike in the bath is not a good idea. Nearly decked it having a shower afterwards! Also might have blocked the drain a bit giving it a wash. Oops.
I did manage to fix a puncture on my own for once which was good. Usually I sit by the road and look pathetic until someone comes and helps.