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

[Mo1959]

Insurance have signed off a cash transfer, meaning THIS is coming to live with me
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/road/allez/allez-sport-int

Nice one Steve....congrats. It says in comes in red or black. Which have you gone for?

 

[Mo1959]

I had let mine grow for probably at least a year. It was nice in the summer, keeping the sun off my neck and ears. It was just taking a little too long to dry in the cold weather. I was also looking too much like Sammy Hagar.

I'll need to Google Sammy Hagar now I got my hair romped last week too so glad it's a bit milder just now.

Just checking the forecast and the outlook seems to be almost constant wind for at least the next ten days The bulk of my routes seem to end up coming home into the prevailing wind so I won't be going far on the days I do go out.

 

[Goonerobes]

Insurance have signed off a cash transfer, meaning THIS is coming to live with me
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/road/allez/allez-sport-int

Nice bike Steve, I'm sure you'll be very happy together!

 

[morrisman]

Get yourself onto mycyclinglog and join the cyclechat group

Working on it

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@ItsSteveLovell nice looking bike, glad you got things sorted with the insurance company.

I have been sort of busy and it has been cold here. I have done very little riding recently. Since I am pushed for time and it is cold I am just doing a little walking since I don't have to spend much time getting dressed properly, like I do to go out riding. I am able to stay much warmer walking than riding. It is supposed to warm up some in a few days so I hope to be rolling again soon. I need to drop a few of these pounds I have put on by not riding.

I also made the mistake of cutting my hair, which I had let get longer than it had ever been. I got tired of it and buzz cut my hair, not a smart move in this cool weather. My ears and neck have been freezing, even in the house. This also may have influenced my decision to do some recent walking rather than riding.

I was reading the post about gas prices back in the old days. I remember when I was a kid that there were "gas wars" with the gas stations fighting for business. I saw it at sixteen cents per gallon at the gas station close to my house, I think it may have even been lower than that at some places. As luck would have it, a year or two before I got my drivers license, the gas shortages started.

Skull cap is the answer

 

[MattMM]

Week 2 after a 30 year hiatus and 2 month back injury, hit double digit mileage and broke 500 feet elevation for first time....sometime I wish I lived in Belgium instead of hilly southern outskirts of Glasgow..

http://www.strava.com/activities/99969643

 

[SWSteve]

I had a

Hi congrats @ItsSteveLovell
Hope you and bike are a good match

I like the look but if I were to get a Specialized I would prefer the Sectuer triple with relaxed geometry and triple chainring.
n+1 is a possibility still

secteur triple, but thought something a bit sportier may be better. I would have liked a triple, but I barely use the smallest ring, if I find myself really struggling I'll look for a bigger cassette

 

[SWSteve]

Nice one Steve....congrats. It says in comes in red or black. Which have you gone for?

RED :-D

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Finally got around to updating from my ride yesterday.

I cleaned the bike, sat down to have some supper, and the next thing I knew it was 2am!

So, I went to visit my better halves grandmother for an awesome brew, only about 7 miles, it was wet and chilly.
http://www.strava.com/activities/99912270

Still, I managed to average 13mph.

Then on the return leg, it absolutely threw it down, I thankfully, took my freebie (wiggle offer) cycling glasses with me, and the clear lenses made it far easier than the last time I rode in heavy rain by the fact I could actually see where I was going without squinting!

Still, I had aimed to make the return leg in 30 minutes, however, getting stuck at some lights for agessss on a main road ended that as I got back in just under 34 minutes, however, when I loaded my data to check my moving time, 30 minutes and 8 seconds wow, I thought 30 minutes would be pushing it for my fitness, so I am unsure whether I was happy to be so close to doing it or not, missing the target by 8 seconds.

http://www.strava.com/activities/99912264

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Still, I had aimed to make the return leg in 30 minutes, however, getting stuck at some lights for agessss on a main road ended that as I got back in just under 34 minutes, however, when I loaded my data to check my moving time, 30 minutes and 8 seconds wow, I thought 30 minutes would be pushing it for my fitness, so I am unsure whether I was happy to be so close to doing it or not, missing the target by 8 seconds.

http://www.strava.com/activities/99912264

You will do that in under 30 mins before long.
I do this 5 miles in about 20 mins similar profile except the drop is earlier in the ride.
http://www.strava.com/activities/99985599#2139468755

 

[PhilDawson8270]

I seem to burn myself out early on, as the start of my journeys in both directions are on busy roads, with 70mph round abouts that aren't traffic light controlled. So I can't afford to take it easy on those sections as I need to keep the speeds up to help stay with traffic as I don't want to be holding people up at busy junctions, as imo, an annoyed driver is a dangerous one, and hope that if they see me trying to be as little of an inconvenience to them as I can, then they leave me room.

But, straight after the busy section, are the up hilly bits, and then by that time, I don't take advantage of the drops by getting speed up, instead I take a breather. Once I have the muscular stamina to keep up the high effort for a bit longer, and I can then make more use f the drops, I will hopefully see a big improvement there.

But then again, I am yet to come back from a ride (bar the first one) gasping for breath, so maybe I do have more to give?

 

[RWright]

I'll need to Google Sammy Hagar now I got my hair romped last week too so glad it's a bit milder just now.

Just checking the forecast and the outlook seems to be almost constant wind for at least the next ten days The bulk of my routes seem to end up coming home into the prevailing wind so I won't be going far on the days I do go out.

I just found out that Sammy once owned what at the time was one of the biggest independent bike shops in California.. I am not sure if he still has the shop. Gary Fisher even made a limited edition Sammy Hagar "Red Rocker" MTB. Learn something new every day I guess.

Here is a picture of Sammy holding one of the very collectible Red Rockers at one of his book signings.

 

[SWSteve]

I just found out that Sammy once owned what at the time was one of the biggest independent bike shops in California.. I am not sure if he still has the shop. Gary Fisher even made a limited edition Sammy Hagar "Red Rocker" MTB. Learn something new every day I guess.

Here is a picture of Sammy holding one of the very collectible Red Rockers at one of his book signings.

Who is Gary Fischer? Is he a real person, or just a brand of bicycles? I have never seen one here, but I remember AJ in The Sopranos giving one away to some fellas as if it was worth it's weight in gold

 

[RWright]

Who is Gary Fischer? Is he a real person, or just a brand of bicycles? I have never seen one here, but I remember AJ in The Sopranos giving one away to some fellas as if it was worth it's weight in gold

Fisher was an early Mountain Bike innovator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fisher

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Just got a Alivio M430 for £19.99 from Halfords, as there was quite a bit of play on the old Acera on the rivets holding the parallelogram together, and the cage was out of true compare with the cassette. Mileage for the old one somewhere about 11,000 miles.