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

[puffinbilly]

I was only doing 70 officer........took a nice little jaunt down this lovely piece of tarmac today... three lanes and a cycle lane all marked off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31726226

I have been out far more over this winter than last and have noticed speeds dropping but managed to cover 500 miles last month and have 820 miles so far this year. Should make for an enjoyable spring and summer.

Good to see @Nigelnaturist has come out of hibernation now for @SpokeyDokey and @Mo1959 as the better weather heads north.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I was only doing 70 officer........took a nice little jaunt down this lovely piece of tarmac today... three lanes and a cycle lane all marked off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31726226

I have been out far more over this winter than last and have noticed speeds dropping but managed to cover 500 miles last month and have 820 miles so far this year. Should make for an enjoyable spring and summer.

Good to see @Nigelnaturist has come out of hibernation now for @SpokeyDokey and @Mo1959 as the better weather heads north.

I never stopped riding , your a bit ahead of me mind, I have done 560 miles so far, 160 miles or so more than this time last year,

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'm back and with my speed I think I qualify as a newbie... certainly a newbie to recumbent trikes... 2 miles in 30 minutes! Can I come back to the thread please?
not going to set the world on fire, but with 2 partially paralysed legs and a bad back I am definitely back in the newbie

My ride today....
https://www.strava.com/activities/262882504

 

[welsh dragon]

I'm back and with my speed I think I qualify as a newbie... certainly a newbie to recumbent trikes... 2 miles in 30 minutes! Can I come back to the thread please?
not going to set the world on fire, but with 2 partially paralysed legs and a bad back I am definitely back in the newbie

My ride today....
https://www.strava.com/activities/262882504

Welcome back SNSSO. Glad your back in the saddle. As they say, its not the distance, or the speed, but the ride, and the enjoyment.

 

[Effyb4]

It's great to see you back on a bike SNSSO and back to this thread. Your distance will certainly improve.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn nice to see you back and

 

[Nigelnaturist]

According to rwgps today was about 200ft more than yesterday but the unit gives about the same height.

My last 5 rides, it is the rwgps difficulty i use in my main tables, as i thought it to be more consistent.
Today was pretty tough really, certainly felt it long before home time, not sure if the wind was worse today than yesterday, slightly different direction, so just probably felt it more.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn it should have been this way round, back,

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I had a look at the V.A.M./hr and it was 50m/hr or so more than Tuesday, but looking back through my data, this is only about average for my rides longer than about 5 miles, and I would if this is where my speed went, not putting the effort in on the hills.

 

[Stonechat]

I had a look at the V.A.M./hr and it was 50m/hr or so more than Tuesday, but looking back through my data, this is only about average for my rides longer than about 5 miles, and I would if this is where my speed went, not putting the effort in on the hills.

sure that the climbing figures don't give the whole story.
Sometimes how much time you spend climbing gradients of over 5% and over 10% affects average speed, a lot of more gentlE gradients may give same figures but be easier

 

[Nigelnaturist]

sure that the climbing figures don't give the whole story.
Sometimes how much time you spend climbing gradients of over 5% and over 10% affects average speed, a lot of more gentlE gradients may give same figures but be easier

Not really, I know my avg V.A.M. is usually much higher the more climbing I do as in a steeper gradient, shallow gradients tend to have a low v.a.m. It has to do with the fact even though you are slower up a steeper gradient, you climb more feet/metres quicker in a given time.

 

[stevey]

So after several weeks of the bike I decided to see how my wrist felt so got the bike out and managed to cycle a few times up and down the garden path. Both on the hoods and drops
All in all not to bad just not ready for the road yet.
Think it was for my piece of mind that it is getting better.

 

[Stonechat]

Not really, I know my avg V.A.M. is usually much higher the more climbing I do as in a steeper gradient, shallow gradients tend to have a low v.a.m. It has to do with the fact even though you are slower up a steeper gradient, you climb more feet/metres quicker in a given time.

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OK I have not tended to use VAM much so far
Good new is I got a refund from Energy provider so it goes into the turbo fund
Watch this space

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat rwgps gives total accent time, if you divide height by that, gives you an average vertical accent, obviously need to convert if using feet, but either would work. I think I could climb 100ft in a mile quicker than say 100ft in 2 miles.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

So after several weeks of the bike I decided to see how my wrist felt so got the bike out and managed to cycle a few times up and down the garden path. Both on the hoods and drops
All in all not to bad just not ready for the road yet.
Think it was for my piece of mind that it is getting better.

How's the wrist healing - ok? Still in pain?