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

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist Glad the wheel's sorted for you, being forced to take time off the bike is never pleasant, especially when the weathers turning for the better. Spokes and wheels are the stuff of my nightmares, so extra kudos for having the skill and patience to fix it yourself.

Thanks I am not very good at it, but this seems to have straightened well next expense another axle spanner as they are 17mm and I only have one and thats to thick to fit.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Goonerobes Great ride. Can I borrow some of your speed? Just in and got one of these emails "Oh, oh you have lost your QOM" on two sections. Worked really hard to get them so no chance of getting them back. The girl that took them regularly churns out 80 mile rides and takes part in club races, etc. Oh well, nice while it lasted. Lol

I find those emails too depressing, so I have disabled them Much easier now!

Mind you veloviewer is telling me I have 26 QOM's so that's up a 4 on recently... wonder what/where they are

 

[Mo1959]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I keep trying to convince myself it is just a bit of fun but my competitive streak comes out and I get annoyed when I lose them. Lol. Maybe I should just disable them too!

 

[Goonerobes]

@Goonerobes Great ride. Can I borrow some of your speed? Just in and got one of these emails "Oh, oh you have lost your QOM" on two sections. Worked really hard to get them so no chance of getting them back. The girl that took them regularly churns out 80 mile rides and takes part in club races, etc. Oh well, nice while it lasted. Lol

Thanks @Mo1959, although to be honest its nice flattish route & there was little wind around today. If you've had the QOMs once you can do it again, just wait until there's a nice tailwind if you have too!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I keep trying to convince myself it is just a bit of fun but my competitive streak comes out and I get annoyed when I lose them. Lol. Maybe I should just disable them too!

I have had to convince myself only to compete against myself... Too many medical issues to make me competitive against anyone...

that said I was quite happy to well and truly drop a guy on a hybrid this afternoon as I came home from my errands in town with a heavy D lock & some shopping in a pannier and whilst I know the hybrid would have been heavy, my road bike with pannier rack, mudguards and pannier will not have been that much lighter and I dropped him up hill completely! But chasing him the first hill and sprinting passed him on a downhill has given me a PR2 and increased my placing from 9th to 8th on a couple of segments (the final uphill segment falls inside my privacy zone, so I don't get to see any improvement on that one sadly )

 

[BAtoo]

My first 50+mile day today!!

OK so it was 2 x 25M with lunch in-between & not a non-stop 50 but I'm still pleased. Speed out was a good-for-me 14.8 mph and on the way back 13.5 (headwind, what passes for up-hill around here, and a beer at lunch)

Yesterday was 27M - 13.5 x2 pub'n'back with GF and similar tomorrow planned.

It all beats doing the jobs I'm supposed to be doing on my week off.

 

[MattMM]

And my 2nd outing after my flu absence. Weather had returned to Scottish type unfortunately with strong headwind first half, constant drizzle and fog, however had a good return with 7 PRs, and averaging between 13 - 19 mph with a tailwind on the return flat part. I didn't get dropped by any roadies either, which is now obviously a concern for us large fat blokes on hybrids given SatNavs post....

Seriously, think I should get ill more often...

http://www.strava.com/activities/120487359

 

[BrianEvesham]

I'll wait a bit before I start my cycling commute the fog the last two nights has been evil, really thick (3am), I have been struggling in the car!
Finally finished of the tyre swop, spent more time fettling the front crud mudguard than actually fitting tyres.
Nearly time to take them off me thinks

 

[Cameronmu917772]

Let me know what we think?

 

[welsh dragon]

Not going out today. The fog started to lift and the sun came out for about oohh 2 hours. Then suddenly the sun disappeared and the mist and or fog came back. It's a real pea souper out there now. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

 

[stevey]

Wall to wall sunshine here finishing off last minute moving so day of to do that today hopefully out tomorrow and Sunday.

Would like to get out tonight as well.

 

[Ootini]

Well I'm planning a bloody big* commute home after work, hoping to do so in the sunshine and instead, it's misty and freezing cold! Wish me luck folks!

*Big for me

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Well I'm planning a bloody big commute home after work, hoping to do so in the sunshine and instead, it's misty and freezing cold! Wish me luck folks!

good luck. foggy and cold here as well (not far from Chester).. does not burn off until you get to Stoke () or the Pennies...

 

[Stonechat]

SHORTS ON TODAY!!

Did 35 miles at 14.8 mph

The Strava bit is here but lacking 7.8 miles due to forgetting to restart Garmin
http://www.strava.com/activities/120547038

Hilly route so total climbed should show 1470 feet
Here is the Elevation from the route planned on Strava

After about 15 miles and had not been pushing too hard I noticed average speed was 15.7 mph. Clearly slowed don a bit due to the hills, but am please with progress and that I am not at all tired

Tomorrow I am in London at the Lea Valley Stadium aka Olympic Velodrome to see some cycling, then out again on Sunday
Think Mrs Stonechat not enirely happy
:-(

 

[Stonechat]

Let me know what we think?

I am not good at interpreting other people's graphs.