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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Crikey - by the summer I'll only be averaging around 14.5mph.
I need some flats (not the PF kind though).
I need some flats (not the PF kind though).
Show us your.......newbie progress!
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Nigelnaturist
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Quite pleased with this p.b especially as it was 35 miles in and 4.2 miles long with 268ft elevation and I was held up at two red lights.
https://www.strava.com/activities/268605685/segments/6291491481
https://www.strava.com/activities/268605685/segments/6291491481
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Nigelnaturist
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Yea but with what you have to climb thats good, it took me 35 miles to do that.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
We are on holiday in Norfolk later in the year - I'm tempted to take my bike and see how I do.
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Nigelnaturist
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You would find it seriously boring, I do if I go N. Lincs/E Yorks way on, pancakes are by scale hillier.
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
I'm struggling to get up to 5mph! what are you lot all complaining about!
6mph is exhausting me!
Stonechat
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- Staines, Middlesex
Did another turbo trainer session
Did 40 minutes of a hill training session, these were gentle gradients but got a good hard effort
9.5miles in 40 mins, average wattage 133
Did 40 minutes of a hill training session, these were gentle gradients but got a good hard effort
9.5miles in 40 mins, average wattage 133
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Nigelnaturist
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Biggest thing to note on my ride today is my avg HR is beginning to drop below the 140 mark, after being up in the mid 150's in Jan, and the Ultegra chain is no quicker than the KMC I had. Though I do need a new RD cable.
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I'm still trying to get my husband to remove the speed and cadence sensors from my road bike so I can attach them to my trike... Plus my pump holder which is currently in my barbag annoying me!
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Nigelnaturist
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Do you want to see my first years recordI'm afraid I will never reach the dizzy heights of 15 mph. The highest average I managed last July was 13 mph. Still I'm happy just cycling
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Nigelnaturist
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Stonechat
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- Staines, Middlesex
Sure it will be soon done. I expect he has plenty of jobs queuing up!
Stonechat
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Was it Greg Lemond who said it never gets easier, you just get quicker?
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Maybe but I get to the point of no longer asking because I feel like I am constantly asking him and it still doesn't get done. So I try to do it my self which just annoys him because I either can't, I hurt myself or it reminds him he has forgotten. I can't get him to make a jobs list and if I start one for him, it gets 'lost' very quickly. I don't quite know how to help him out really. I don't like asking for him to do something more than twice a week...
