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

[Eribiste]

.....Or maybe attach one of these to SatNav's recumbent.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

.....Or maybe attach one of these to SatNav's recumbent.

there's a recumbent trike tandem for sale... you and I .....

 

[Eribiste]

there's a recumbent trike tandem for sale... you and I .....

..Which has to have one of these attached to the rear !

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn its just how my cycling has develop, I remember when I started in 2012, I went through all different combinations with rear ratios, the got a smaller chainset (28/38/48) one of the cheaper ones from Spa, and found i could get most places on a 12-24 7sp at the time, 12/13/15/17/19/21/24 I think I made up, then progressed to an 8sp can't remember ratios, then put the 52/42/30 chainset on, then changed the middle ring to a 40th, then went to a 9sp which I think was 13/14/15/17/19/21/23/25/28 which was quite nice, then get the 105 kit same change set 30/40/52 and 12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21-24-27, but found the 17-19 gap to much, so I lowered the middle to 38th in effect lowering the 19 towards what the 40x18 would be, but it didn't really seem to work so well as I lost speed, so I am hoping that the 12-23 will bring some of that back, even if I have to use the 26th more often on climbing. This is a brake down of the different set ups, excluding the various 7sp setups sorted by avg sp

Some of the loss in speed I guess is down to the increase in elevation per mile even though its only small, weather I think has probably played a part too.
current setup old setup

and what I propose

You can see there is very little difference in range apart from on the high end, and I am never going to push a 110" gear on the flat at any sort of cad. Very little difference between the 38x23-24 as I have said I very rarely use the 38x27, and this is covered well on the 26th, I must admit though I do miss the 40x12 88", that was good on some slight down hills.

 

[Nomadski]

View attachment 82249 ..Which has to have one of these attached to the rear !

You could attach a "Bus and Trucks, stay clear behind" too!

 

[Nomadski]

Just posted this in the Velothon Wales thread, as someone is trying to get prepared for The Tumble (and to a much lesser extent, Caerphilly Hill). If anyone is local to this and has a go at the route, let me know if you think my legs will explode attempting it! (Its 100ft/mile)

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7174105

 

[Rustybucket]

Just posted this in the Velothon Wales thread, as someone is trying to get prepared for The Tumble (and to a much lesser extent, Caerphilly Hill). If anyone is local to this and has a go at the route, let me know if you think my legs will explode attempting it! (Its 100ft/mile)

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7174105

I love these hills - might add your route into a ride, dont think ive done one of the hills.

one of my most recent boxhill routes
https://www.strava.com/activities/255167477

 

[Stonechat]

Just posted this in the Velothon Wales thread, as someone is trying to get prepared for The Tumble (and to a much lesser extent, Caerphilly Hill). If anyone is local to this and has a go at the route, let me know if you think my legs will explode attempting it! (Its 100ft/mile)

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7174105

Well I have done all bar Broomehall Lane
Having White Down forth is a bit hard- it is the steepest
I have it in mind to do Surrey Legs of Steel in the autumn which includes many of these and Newlands, Combe Lane and Barhatch Lane
Neither route is long but plenty of hills

 

[Nomadski]

I love these hills - might add your route into a ride, dont think ive done one of the hills.

one of my most recent boxhill routes
https://www.strava.com/activities/255167477

I'd be very interested to know how that route went, specifically from Walton round thru Shere as I always follow the RideLondon route from Kingston to Shere via Pyrford, but have often wondered about detouring west past Staines to Chobham, but never really figured a safe route thru.

 

[Stonechat]

I'd be very interested to know how that route went, specifically from Walton round thru Shere as I always follow the RideLondon route from Kingston to Shere via Pyrford, but have often wondered about detouring west past Staines to Chobham, but never really figured a safe route thru.

I live at Staines but frequently ride through Chertsey to Chobham, there are some good cycling roads

 

[Nomadski]

I've routed this which is too ambitious for me right now, but the key is to plot to round from Hampton to Shere in the kind of loop @Rustybucket did.

I'm doing this purely for variety really. I'm going to plan a route back much earlier than Shere, or at least cut out the hills, for a slightly more attainable route that has the miles, but not so much the hills.

The key thing is I want to avoid horribly busy roads where I don't know the area.

Actually, do you guys know any good cycling friendly cafes in these two areas?

 

[Stonechat]

I've routed this which is too ambitious for me right now, but the key is to plot to round from Hampton to Shere in the kind of loop @Rustybucket did.

I'm doing this purely for variety really. I'm going to plan a route back much earlier than Shere, or at least cut out the hills, for a slightly more attainable route that has the miles, but not so much the hills.

The key thing is I want to avoid horribly busy roads where I don't know the area.

Actually, do you guys know any good cycling friendly cafes in these two areas?

There is the cafe at the top of Newlands Corner
On a nice day can be busy.

Slightly outside your other zone there is a cafe called the Old School Cafe between Chertsey and Chobham, at KT16 0DP
Have never tried it.

 

[Rustybucket]

I've routed this which is too ambitious for me right now, but the key is to plot to round from Hampton to Shere in the kind of loop @Rustybucket did.

I'm doing this purely for variety really. I'm going to plan a route back much earlier than Shere, or at least cut out the hills, for a slightly more attainable route that has the miles, but not so much the hills.

The key thing is I want to avoid horribly busy roads where I don't know the area.

Actually, do you guys know any good cycling friendly cafes in these two areas?

Sorry I don't really stop. Only a quick pit-stop at box hill cafe for some water.

The route I do is mainly on good roads for cycling.

 

[Leescfc79]

Strava climbing challenge is out of the window, 6 days in and 487 metres of 4096 completed! I really fancied this one but work/life has got in the way, will try to get a couple of rides in over the weekend but away with work a couple of nights next week so will be lucky to hit 25% - oh well, maybe the next one!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Strava climbing challenge is out of the window, 6 days in and 487 metres of 4096 completed! I really fancied this one but work/life has got in the way, will try to get a couple of rides in over the weekend but away with work a couple of nights next week so will be lucky to hit 25% - oh well, maybe the next one!

Difficult in Essex I suppose , but in all honesty its a joke, 5 days riding and I haven't even tried 1815 metres and strava is a touch higher at 1864, I have only done 233km works out in old money at 41ft a mile. which is 248m/day for the remaining days my average is 454m a day. Mind you on second thoughts it is some 300ft more a day than I do on average.