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

[Stonechat]

Well after a poor Monday, and a curtailed Tuesday ride, I did 74miles today not fast but 3,000+ ft nothing really tough though, all on a bowl of porridge and a peanut butter butty.

Good one Nigel

 

[Nigelnaturist]

A car was backing out into the road toward the end of the first ride, and caught me slightly, managed to stay up right by warding the bike off with my left hand, fortunately it was at a slow speed as it was on a climb.
https://www.strava.com/activities/332886685/segments/7887957602
you can see the little jump in elevation where I stopped.

 

[Stonechat]

A car was backing out into the road toward the end of the first ride, and caught me slightly, managed to stay up right by warding the bike off with my left hand, fortunately it was at a slow speed as it was on a climb.
https://www.strava.com/activities/332886685/segments/7887957602
you can see the little jump in elevation where I stopped.

Hope you and bike are all ok

 

[Stonechat]

Easy Pre-sportive spin this morning
17.1 miles @ 16.8 mph (did I say easy - well it felt easy)
No climbing to speak of
https://www.strava.com/activities/333273614

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Hope you and bike are all ok

Fine just a glancing blow really, not really anything to right home about, I just thought it ironic when the ride on Sunday was about road safety.
Have fun tomorrow, I am just getting slower at the moment.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I think I have left it a little late for the June climbing challenge

 

[Steady]

Haven't been getting out much, hate to compare my mileage this year to the same time last year, it's no where near it, but there's far too many complexities before even getting on the bike, and I feel guilty going out on the bike at the so the last thing I need is to feel guilty for not going out.

https://www.strava.com/activities/333754968

Short spin. Finished with someone shouting at a van driver for me I think, there's a particular junction that always makes me anxious, a side-road junction before a set of traffic lights where people have a tendency to jump out/across etc. Saw a blue (scrap metal van) waiting at the junction, no sign of moving so I figured he's not going to jump out at the last minute only for me to get along side him to and hear his engine rise and he's edging out on my bike wheel. I'm pretty certain he had seen me and it was the typical 'creep out' and the next thing I hear is a lot of raised voices which at that point I assumed was directed at me, but my attention was on the traffic lights other cars etc, but thinking about it now it sounded more like "You nearly ran over that push bike". Which makes me wonder just how close the van got to my back wheel that a pedestrian felt the need to shout at him. Didn't get a chance to look back because as soon as I'd stopped the lights had changed and I was a bit flustered.

Couldn't claim he didn't see me though, I caught my reflection earlier in a window and with new yellow bar tape, a Primal Bold Women's jersey (traffic light colours), and DeFeet high viz socks I look like a brightly coloured zebra.

As always though, lovely to get out on the bike.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Steady the more you ride the more you will come across these things, I think I mentioned the incident Thursday, the previous ride there were three of note, I have cropped this so its suitable for general viewing, the whole image is much better though as it includes the 93 year old woman on the ride, I think its self explanatory

Of course many people do the ride for many reason, environment this includes the other thing the ride is about oil dependency, but the environment on a wider scale, some do it purely because they are naturist's, some do it as a tick on their bucket list, the list I guess is endless.
Some one mentioned in the York paper that we would be taken more seriously if we did in in Dec, so a few us on the on the York WNBR FB page, mentioned doing one on or around about the winter solstice, as being one with nature its why it ridden near the solstice I guess, anyway the point I am trying to make here is they forget really how tough cycling is and how tough it can make you physically to endure conditions most people can't contemplate, its one thing moaning about the weather then getting in your car from your house then from your car to what ever it is your doing, but try enduring those same conditions a on bike for upto several hours, whatever your wearing.
As for mileage I am down by about 33% or so on last year, and slower, but I am not bothered I still enjoy riding, but I understand what you mean about feeling guilty.

 

[Steady]

@Steady the more you ride the more you will come across these things, I think I mentioned the incident Thursday, the previous ride there were three of note, I have cropped this so its suitable for general viewing, the whole image is much better though as it includes the 93 year old woman on the ride, I think its self explanatory
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Of course many people do the ride for many reason, environment this includes the other thing the ride is about oil dependency, but the environment on a wider scale, some do it purely because they are naturist's, some do it as a tick on their bucket list, the list I guess is endless.
Some one mentioned in the York paper that we would be taken more seriously if we did in in Dec, so a few us on the on the York WNBR FB page, mentioned doing one on or around about the winter solstice, as being one with nature its why it ridden near the solstice I guess, anyway the point I am trying to make here is they forget really how tough cycling is and how tough it can make you physically to endure conditions most people can't contemplate, its one thing moaning about the weather then getting in your car from your house then from your car to what ever it is your doing, but try enduring those same conditions a on bike for upto several hours, whatever your wearing.
As for mileage I am down by about 33% or so on last year, and slower, but I am not bothered I still enjoy riding, but I understand what you mean about feeling guilty.

It always takes a while for me to adjust to to getting comfortable around 'traffic' again, once I get into the routine of it it's fine but I just haven't been able to establish that routine. I've just never had someone shout up in defense of me though before so maybe it shows that people are becoming more aware of how we should treat people on bikes, even if I couldn't truly appreciate it at the time.

Massive respect for doing it and even more so for now even contemplating cycling in December though especially near the solstice that might require some cold preparation training for!

I try to put these things out of my mind as quick as possible otherwise I'm the type to dwell and have it knock my next 'outing', but thinking about it I've seen the scrap metal van around before, for whatever reason he's always attracted my attention and never in a good way, thinking back I can remember the van in an oncoming lane flashing his lights at me a couple of months back for no reason at all, maybe he sees all bikes as scrap metal revenue.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Steady, love the last statement, we have a few chicanes around here that some seem to think is there right of way even when its on their side, I hold my ground till I have no choice, to make a point (but then I do have a bit of a death wish), however many motorist and vans (had few good ones of those in recent weeks) are well behaved and curtious, however there are many that pass to close (way to close in one or several this week), had a few really close trucks pass this week also over taking when really they shouldn't have, forcing them to have to pull back in earlier than they would normally. It's incidents like these that can easily be avoided, many motorist see us as anti-car, I am not (apart from the oil dependency bit and the co2 emission's ect) we just want motorists to be more aware and considerate.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Here is something a bit spooky

This years June's figures and last (and the previous two) almost the exact same distances elevation ect, though with 4 days left it will change.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well that little jaunt gives me a fighting chance 948ft in 15.38 miles, just did some loops around a 1.2 mile loop with 75ft elevation in it, best I can find locally thats easy to do with a good elevation, with the down hill bit not so long.
This is the short climb

Peaks about 6.7 towards the the top but an overall climb rate of 195ft/mile, but just took it easy with an avg HR of 134bpm, average speed of 13.2mph

 

[Stonechat]

Well completed the Chilterns Classic 100 miles sportive
Garmin said 100 miles but when down loaded it seems just shy

There were some tough hills, touhgre than expected - mainly loaded at the end

5584 feet of climbing
Speed 14.4 mph

A good day out

https://www.strava.com/activities/334078282

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat nice one Bob, that is a p*****, what does it say on garmin connect, we all know that strava nicks stuff off us.

 

[Stonechat]

I looked on Garmin itself - it said 100 miles, If it had said 99.9 I would have cycled up and downthe car park a couple of times (Event started at Wycombe Wanderers Football Ground)
However transferred to Garmin, it and Strava give it just under. I did manage to cut of a little bit at start, though IA couple of slight diversions should have more than made up for it
I am not worried, I cycled my second Imperial Century