Show us your.......newbie progress!

[SpokeyDokey]

Why thank you wiggle! Looks like my bike's getting some pampering in the morning! Time to get winter ready
In the box was:
Continental Gatorskin hardshell's 700x23c x2
Crud road racer mk2 set
Continental 700x23c tubes x2
and a extra for me TdF cycle cap!

That and a new saddle that I got from a LBS it's time to clean up and change bits on my Pug! Looking forward to my cycle to work at 11:30 tomorrow!

I have a Wiggle box en-route too - I think they are absolutely spot-on with their pricing, stock availability and deliver. Excellent outfit.

Have fun with your stuff!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Hopefully I will get the Carlton on the road in the N.Y. got it back from the garage, took him two mins to separate the headset from the forks in the end, need to cold set the stays and forks, paint it and then see what bits I have to make it work, and then decide what I can afford to improve it, I know I need wheels, the originals would be usable, but I want to minimise what I need to have so looking at possibly some tiagra/105 as it can use the old kit from the viking, I am looking at least a 12-25 or 12-23 rear cassette for the viking, and the one I have with the current chain would last a wee while yet, as the carlton is going to built as a do it all bike. Which means I can set the viking up just for riding, it won't make it much lighter, but at least I won't have too keep putting the rack on and off. The carlton should also attract a little less attention when its lock up in town, not that I think the viking does, but as it looks more modern so you never know.

Carlton - lovely!

This is not my picture but I found it on the web - I had this exact model back in c'72/'73. My sadly departed Mum bought me it as a pressie for £37.50 which was a lot of money then.

I was living in Gravesend at the time and used to cycle from there to Herne Hill on it with Gravesend Cycling Club to watch the racing on the old wooden 'drome.

I loved that bike!

with

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Carlton - lovely!

This is not my picture but I found it on the web - I had this exact model back in c'72/'73. My sadly departed Mum bought me it as a pressie for £37.50 which was a lot of money then.

I was living in Gravesend at the time and used to cycle from there to Herne Hill on it with Gravesend Cycling Club to watch the racing on the old wooden 'drome.

I loved that bike!

View attachment 62705 with

Mine is not as good as that, and from 77 as far a I can make out.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Mine is not as good as that, and from 77 as far a I can make out.
View attachment 62709

Chain looks slack


Will make a cracking bike once you've done it up.

 

[Stonechat]

@Big_Dave well from a rough guesstimate that 20ft a mile more than I do, its very rare I get to 50ft/mile unless nipping into to town and back, so those 2,000 miles in my terms would be much further, in terms of effort required.

Edit I just passed 200,000 ft last week I think it was but at 2 1/2 times the distance.

I struggle to find a route above 40 ft/mile
Even then there may have to be hill repeats
I really have to consciously factor in hills

YTD have done 4305 miles and 147037 feet - that's 34 feet per mile

 

[moo]

The Strava climbing challenge has me addicted to hills. My monthly average has always been around 25ft/mile. I'm currently at 60ft/mile for November (37,500ft / 630 miles).

To think, just 7 months ago I would only dare "climb" an 80ft hill once a week and was shattered each time

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm averaging 25.5 Strava feet per mile this year - I say Strava feet because it is a good 1/4 to 1/3 less than what my Satmap shows.

 

[bpsmith]

So what figure is reasonable in Strava feet per mile. Mine equates to around 35ft/mi.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

So what figure is reasonable in Strava feet per mile. Mine equates to around 35ft/mi.

Any figure above 25.4

 

[bpsmith]

Any figure above 25.4

Can't argue there.

It's just that 2 guys I cycle with have done 69.94 and 54.16.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Can't argue there.

It's just that 2 guys I cycle with have done 69.94 and 54.16.

Don't sweat about what others do, as long as you're enjoying your riding it doesn't matter.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Can't argue there.

It's just that 2 guys I cycle with have done 69.94 and 54.16.

Are they using a garmin, as I tend to get more when I use the Garmin and much less using the Bryton, which I think gives much the same a phone app,its only because it entry level, the later R20 and the R21's actually give elevation whilst riding, though not sure if from the gps plots, the higher models like the 35 40, 50, 60, all have a barometer, so would be more accurate,
@Stonechat not much different to my rwgps corrected, which incidental is giving me less than the garmin at the moment.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@bpsmith from here to town and back its nearly 100ft/mile

 

[bpsmith]

@Nigelnaturist We are all using Garmin's, but mine shows lower climbing even when doing the same route.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Faulty unit !!, I shouldn't worry about the elevation to much it all wacky, even the same route with the same unit will give different elevations
Elevgain, corrected on rwgps, unitelevgain, from the bryton site for the R20, and 705 unit elevation, ftmile as corrected for either the r20 or 705, 705 if I have data r20 otherwise. These are for the same ride to the hospital Friday mornings, it the only route I do thats the same every time.