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

[Stonechat]

Having walked doggy, there is frost on the grass but nowhere else so I am having a coffee and will then go out. Hope I master the new Garmin 500 ok

Hope overindulgence does not affect my cycling

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Having walked doggy, there is frost on the grass but nowhere else so I am having a coffee and will then go out. Hope I master the new Garmin 500 ok

good luck with the garmin 500. did you have a 200 before? I did and ma having to get used to the changes. 1st ride out it was not paired with the cadence sensor so failed on that front and didn't realise you had to hold down the reset button to save your ride! (so I left it turned on until connected to my PC to save the data). taking a little getting used to tbh... somehow manage to program laps into it on my 1st ride so every 9km or so it was bleeping at me and thinking it was starting a new lap! I think round 1 went to it to be honest! And it is currently 'learning' me which is driving me mad... I was following a course on Friday and it was forever telling me I was off course! despite the road being dead straight with no turns etc.... I seem to remember my Garmin Edge 200 doing that at first before it settled down and worked out which side of the road I cycle on in the UK!

 

[Mo1959]

Bad decision to go out this morning. The roads were pretty icy but more of a rime to start with which wasn't too bad although had a few minor wobbles. However, it seemed to change after a while and there were sections of black ice that you could hardly see. Came onto a really bad section and bike just shot from under me and crashed heavily onto my right knee. Glad it was the mtb and not my roadie. Scrapes on right handle bar end, pedal and a wee scuff on the seat so not bad. Just after I came off there was a young woman at the side of the road waiting on her dad to pick her up as she had gone off the road with her car. I just walked the bike past the bit where she went off and could hardly keep my feet.

Back safely though and enjoying my porridge

 

[Reece]

Well was meant to go out on my first road ride of 2014 with friends this morning. However I couldn't drag myself out of bed, and maybe a good thing to. 2 out of the 3 friends fell off on ice and the 3rd had a close call. Luckily no serious damage to themselves just grazed, bruised and their pride hurt. They went straight home.

On a better note my friend who fractured his pelvis 7 weeks ago had his x-rays the other day and is healing incredibly well. He's been given the go ahead to do light exercise, to drive his car and also walk un-aided from crutches. The only limiting factor is the pain/discomfort limit he can take. Just seen he has posted Strava doing a 3.4mile ride on his turbo. Great news considering they said he wouldn't walk or put weight on his right side for at least 3 months.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Be carefull out there people.

I awoke with a stinging sore throat this morning, no rides for me today. Just a bit of fettling.

 

[Mo1959]

Be carefull out there people.

I awoke with a stinging sore throat this morning, no rides for me today. Just a bit of fettling.

Probably wise Brian. I am sure your bike will appreciate some TLC instead.

 

[morrisman]

Not too cold down in leafy Bucks so have been out for a brisk 13 miles and washed the bike on my return.

So now only 2979 miles to go for this year's goal

 

[MattMM]

Still no snow or ice here, so made the most of a brief break in the weather with a new route which, unbeknownst to me, had a 14.7% hill climb not evident on google maps....oooffftt. Nice otherwise though, discovered a fantastic undulating B road with nice mix of climbs and descents

http://www.strava.com/activities/104134710#

 

[Mothy1965]

Not too bad here today so did 12 miles at 09.30 am and am now about to clean my steed. The pain I have been getting in my butt had eased loads this morning so it was great to get out and my breathing felt a lot easier too. Legs still very jelly like though

 

[Stonechat]

Did 35.6 miles at 14 mph
Garmin worked fine.
In Chobham on a country road there was some flooding, Got feet wet, suffered for it with cold feet the rest of the ride.

Here at Staines the river up another 6" this morning. During the ride flooded fields everywhere

http://www.strava.com/activities/104181863

p.s. again second longest ride since comeback

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Bad decision to go out this morning. The roads were pretty icy but more of a rime to start with which wasn't too bad although had a few minor wobbles. However, it seemed to change after a while and there were sections of black ice that you could hardly see. Came onto a really bad section and bike just shot from under me and crashed heavily onto my right knee. Glad it was the mtb and not my roadie. Scrapes on right handle bar end, pedal and a wee scuff on the seat so not bad. Just after I came off there was a young woman at the side of the road waiting on her dad to pick her up as she had gone off the road with her car. I just walked the bike past the bit where she went off and could hardly keep my feet.

Back safely though and enjoying my porridge

Oh no, glad you're ok Mo. Hope the knee doesn't bruise and hurt too much this evening and tomorrow. Got any arnica to use?

Here at Chez Phoenix, I did the ironing, sorted the Christmas decs, including sorting out all the giftbags I appear to have been hoarding for some years, and culling the amount of decorations we have kept, trip to the tip, then decided to risk a short route. http://app.strava.com/activities/104200649

Wasn't too bad out, but I'd had to wait til midday for it to get reasonable. Left hubby clearing space in the garage for the cycle maintenance stand, so thought I'd better not stay out too long as I didn't want him to think I was leaving him to do all the work. Got home, quick shower and change (and cheese butty) then two more trips to the tip for rubbish cleared out of the garage.

Time for a cuppa now

Hope everybody else has either been sensible staying in, or stayed safe on two wheels (or 4 wheels come to that).

Cheers for now

 

[stevey]

Hope everybody else has either been sensible staying in, or stayed safe on two wheels (or 4 wheels come to that).

Cheers for now

Bit precarious at times but kept upright, stayed off the country lanes and stuck to the roads...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Bad decision to go out this morning. The roads were pretty icy but more of a rime to start with which wasn't too bad although had a few minor wobbles. However, it seemed to change after a while and there were sections of black ice that you could hardly see. Came onto a really bad section and bike just shot from under me and crashed heavily onto my right knee. Glad it was the mtb and not my roadie. Scrapes on right handle bar end, pedal and a wee scuff on the seat so not bad. Just after I came off there was a young woman at the side of the road waiting on her dad to pick her up as she had gone off the road with her car. I just walked the bike past the bit where she went off and could hardly keep my feet.

Back safely though and enjoying my porridge

Unlucky Mo, you have to be really careful on ice, I know they are expensive, but a set of ice tyres are what you really need.

Well was meant to go out on my first road ride of 2014 with friends this morning. However I couldn't drag myself out of bed, and maybe a good thing to. 2 out of the 3 friends fell off on ice and the 3rd had a close call. Luckily no serious damage to themselves just grazed, bruised and their pride hurt. They went straight home.

On a better note my friend who fractured his pelvis 7 weeks ago had his x-rays the other day and is healing incredibly well. He's been given the go ahead to do light exercise, to drive his car and also walk un-aided from crutches. The only limiting factor is the pain/discomfort limit he can take. Just seen he has posted Strava doing a 3.4mile ride on his turbo. Great news considering they said he wouldn't walk or put weight on his right side for at least 3 months.

I had a slide this morning as well, it was a lot icier than I expected

 

[Supersuperleeds]

First imperial century of the year (makes it sound like I am planning more, but I'm not!)

http://www.strava.com/activities/104197946

 

[Jon89]

Hope no-one's too badly hurt. If there's Ice on the roads sometimes there's not much you can do and you're bike just goes from under you. It may seem like a good idea at the time but sometimes it's not worth the risk however desperate we are to ride.

With clear skies(at least in the morning) and little ice I Went on my first club ride today at Islington CC. Quite eventful ride there were floods at the bottom of essendon hill meaning we had to turn back and we found a deer stuck in a fence(with the help of the fences owner a couple of the guys managed to get it out). Most importantly little ice and no crashes! Although I was seconds from ending up on the M1 when the sign was hidden behind some branches for the sliproad. It was certainly good to have a few people to talk with on a relaxing ride rather than being left with my own thoughts for hours. Would recommend it to anybody who's not sure about giving a club a go.

Only annoying thing is i managed to switch my Garmin off by accident a couple of times meaning I actualy did a few morekm/m than it says.

http://www.strava.com/activities/104215714