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Show us your.......newbie progress!
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@BrianEvesham that's really nice to know, I have been watching your sig. over the time we have been on here, it been great to see and is an inspiration to others.
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Cheers Nigel, I've not finished yet though!
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just got my first spd shoes, they are abit tight but they gonna stretch as i wear them
Make sure they aren't overly tight, you don't want to be doing anything silly to your feet while you cycle. Cycling is meant to make you fitter, not crippled!
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I know, it just nice to see how perseverance does work.
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I had to do a double take on this
Also i didn't think I went that fast as in max sp.
Also i didn't think I went that fast as in max sp.
Well, all my plans have gone to pot for this year! I hired a bike on holiday last week in Majorca, fell off at about 5 mph round a completely ordinary bend and sprawled out all over the place. I jumped back on and assured the assembled onlookers that I was absolutely ok, only to look down at the handlebars to think, 'my little finger shouldn't be at right angles to my hand'.
The hospital in Spain bent it back (ouch), but I attended hospital back home and they said, 'it's a mess and it's broken in 4 places', now I have to have corrective surgery to remove the broken bits and fix the finger in place (well, was meant to have it yesterday, but they cancelled). 
I was so heading towards my goal of 9000 miles this 1st full 'newbie' year, but now I will probably lose a thousand of that! Such is life...and it could have been worse, I suppose. I'm still cycling as I await surgery though....
The hospital in Spain bent it back (ouch), but I attended hospital back home and they said, 'it's a mess and it's broken in 4 places', now I have to have corrective surgery to remove the broken bits and fix the finger in place (well, was meant to have it yesterday, but they cancelled). I was so heading towards my goal of 9000 miles this 1st full 'newbie' year, but now I will probably lose a thousand of that! Such is life...and it could have been worse, I suppose. I'm still cycling as I await surgery though....
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Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Well, all my plans have gone to pot for this year! I hired a bike on holiday last week in Majorca, fell off at about 5 mph round a completely ordinary bend and sprawled out all over the place. I jumped back on and assured the assembled onlookers that I was absolutely ok, only to look down at the handlebars to think, 'my little finger shouldn't be at right angles to my hand'.
I was so heading towards my goal of 9000 miles this 1st full 'newbie' year, but now I will probably lose a thousand of that! Such is life...and it could have been worse, I suppose. I'm still cycling as I await surgery though....
Sorry to hear that. Hope you get well soon and back on your bike
Thanks! I bought a turbo trainer today just in case!
I'm not bothered about the miles to be honest (there is always next year), but I absolutely dread losing my long fought fitness levels. I am definitely obsessed with cycling, no doubt about it...I feel guilt if I don't get out there! It has made me realise just how dangerous this can all be though and it has taught me to respect it all a bit more.
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Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Thanks! I bought a turbo trainer today just in case!
Respect is good. And turbo trainers as well. They are good for just getting the legs moving and pedals turning
Thanks Nigel. As I have said, the miles aren't that important, but the fitness thing is. I went from a 38 waist to a 34 (and at a push even a 32) and I feel so, so much better for being slimmer. I don't wear lycra though...but I do buy it off of eBay just to see how bloody ridiculous I would look if I did dare to wear it, lol.
I tried this bib thing on yesterday and I thought 'you daft, fat old f*ucker, take that off'. 
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Is that your biggest tally to date, or have you ever achieved it?
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There is virtually nothing else in my wardrobe, to be honest, totally understand about the fitness, I took a lot of time out last winter (not because of the weather as it was warmer here than the previous one), but simiply because of where my head was after certain things happened, I did keep riding though but like Feb i only did 92 miles in 6 days not very much, but I picked it up in March only to get an infection where I ended up in hospital, then again end of April and May I did just over a 1,000 miles, June and July were ok Aug time out for work in the garden the Sept the same infection another two weeks out, but didn't come back as well from this one, but my rolling 30 days is 462 miles and that includes a week + with the infection.Thanks Nigel. As I have said, the miles aren't that important, but the fitness thing is. I went from a 38 waist to a 34 (and at a push even a 32) and I feel so, so much better for being slimmer. I don't wear lycra though...but I do buy it off of eBay just to see how bloody ridiculous I would look if I did dare to wear it, lol.
This is my rolling 90 day chart, you can see from the HR how it effected fitness.
