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

[sutts]

Well, that's half the year done! I come in at 5233 miles for the first half and a new record of 1355 miles in a month (June)! I'm just having an a perfect afternoon, a few lagers, iPod on random and it's actually sunny and warm....and I am ever so slightly drunk! 9000 is my target for the year, but it's obvious that I am eying the bigger prize! Maybe I shall I go for it...maybe I will settle for the easy 9000!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well, that's half the year done! I come in at 5233 miles for the first half and a new record of 1355 miles in a month (June)! I'm just having an a perfect afternoon, a few lagers, iPod on random and it's actually sunny and warm....and I am ever so slightly drunk! 9000 is my target for the year, but it's obvious that I am eying the bigger prize! Maybe I shall I go for it...maybe I will settle for the easy 9000!

Go on, go for the 10,000

 

[sutts]

Go on, go for the 10,000

Well, it's tempting, but it's bloody hard work. House is filthy, garden over-grown, dog barks at me every time I come home...

 

[sutts]

I'm the worst cyclist on here. I wear all the wrong gear, don't use cleats, don't drink enough, never eat anything whilst riding, bike is an absolute wreck (that chain guage goes in the next hole, never mind 100%!)...I get it all wrong! I did laugh at someone at work the other day, they said they were doing 20 miles and had to get some of those sachets...I just said 'what for 20 f***ing miles!! Seriously, some people...

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@sutts Tell em what @Mo1959 has before doing her motime spin out and how far @Supersuperleeds is much the same as are many others on here, I know what you mean though, bowel of porridge and usually good up to 50miles if needed, though more usually 30-40, (as I said I ride 20 to my mates), though hydration is important in this weather, as for the bike well lets say I look after the running gear, it does after all cost me 3 weeks spare cash.
Next months climbing challenge is a joke, please tell me they got something wrong 1,860m in 10 days

 

[Stonechat]

@sutts Tell em what @Mo1959 has before doing her motime spin out and how far @Supersuperleeds is much the same as are many others on here, I know what you mean though, bowel of porridge and usually good up to 50miles if needed, though more usually 30-40, (as I said I ride 20 to my mates), though hydration is important in this weather, as for the bike well lets say I look after the running gear, it does after all cost me 3 weeks spare cash.
Next months climbing challenge is a joke, please tell me they got something wrong 1,860m in 10 days

Seriously I find up to 50 miles I don't need to eat much , provided I have eaten enough beforehand. Longer though, and I need to be eating regularly from earlier in the ride.

 

[puffinbilly]

@sutts Tell em what @Mo1959 has before doing her motime spin out and how far @Supersuperleeds is much the same as are many others on here, I know what you mean though, bowel of porridge and usually good up to 50miles if needed, though more usually 30-40, (as I said I ride 20 to my mates), though hydration is important in this weather, as for the bike well lets say I look after the running gear, it does after all cost me 3 weeks spare cash.
Next months climbing challenge is a joke, please tell me they got something wrong 1,860m in 10 days

Please Nigel have some decorum - we never mention the nether regions on here - or perhaps its just you're now writing in estuary English - it's a bowl.

Good to see that you're back doing some big miles - now just have to hope that @Mo1959 regains her cycling bug - what.......up to 3600 miles and this was the lady who after her encounter with Sean the Sheep lead us all to believe that Mo time was no more. Mo you're now nearly 1000 miles ahead of me for the year.

As ever I'm really enjoying the cycling but struggling to find time to do it - I'll have to start doing some of the challenges - especially the climbing I'm now searching out the hills, not to hard in Northumberland.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Please Nigel have some decorum - we never mention the nether regions on here - or perhaps its just you're now writing in estuary English - it's a bowl.

Good to see that you're back doing some big miles - now just have to hope that @Mo1959 regains her cycling bug - what.......up to 3600 miles and this was the lady who after her encounter with Sean the Sheep lead us all to believe that Mo time was no more. Mo you're now nearly 1000 miles ahead of me for the year.

As ever I'm really enjoying the cycling but struggling to find time to do it - I'll have to start doing some of the challenges - especially the climbing I'm now searching out the hills, not to hard in Northumberland.

even I miss the odd spelling, I don't think that I will be doing to often though, but most of my mileage does come in the later half of the year, and I didn't ride much last Aug about 400 or so and much the same in Sept, I couldn't ride then for two weeks, this year started well enough but April and May were poor though I rode most days.

 

[Nomadski]

Did an early shift (4am - 1pm) then got home and considered a ride with @themosquitoking, but fell asleep for 2 and a half hours or so. Woke up and found he had come back from his ride.

Being a HOT sunny beautiful day, but feeling a little lethargic and leggy from my last ride, I decided to do a slow pootle up to central London as it's as flat as it gets here. Spent plenty of time catching some photo ops, had a sit down to people watch on the west steps of St Pauls Cathedral, enjoyed relatively small amounts of traffic and all in all had a thoroughly enjoyable ride.

I did sped it up beyond Battersea, as the light was quickly diminishing, and I hadn't brought any lights with me.

When I got home, the moon was in the sky, and the temperature was still 23 degrees!

And for the final picture...anyone seen The IT Crowd? Specifically (IMO) it's best episode, "The Work Outing"? This pic may ring some bells....

I really took my time, stopping for photos at every decent opportunity, and just going steady on the bits inbetween. It says a lot about how my speed seems to have risen somewhat since my bike fit and restoration of the cleats and clipless pedals, as despite holding my heart rate in zones 2 and 3 for the whole ride (when its normally almost always in zone 4 or 5), I've got another huge batch of Strava achievements - 76 in fact, on a course I have done maybe 4 or 5 times for the latter half, and quite a few more times for most of the first half.

https://app.strava.com/activities/336466925

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski I find if I do bits I haven't in a while I get new times, take the ride to York, quite a few there as though I have done the half nearest home a few more times (though one segment of 5 miles or so I was a smidge under 20mph I think) most of the ones the York half of the ride most will have been some sort of timed gong as its only the third time, but what i was pleased with was a segment I have done a fair few times, I got a third best ( I think it was on that ride) over an open stretch with a strongish head/side wind (W/NW wind) this being toward the end of the ride, but most of them with in 15-20 miles I have done to death, but every now and again I get a gong.

p.s. I would get ride of the roll of film from the 70's though it hasn't aged well.

 

[Stonechat]

In June I did 439 miles @14.9 mph with 17528 feet of climbing
Average speed down a bit owing to slower speed on a couple of longer hillier rides

Highlights were the 100 mile Chiltern Sportive and a long ride in the run up to it taking a couple of serious hills, also second club run with H & DW

 

[Stonechat]

Tried to beat the heat
Early ride but still hot
15.69 miles @ 17.8 mph
Only 167 feet of climbing
Tried to dodge queues forming in the rush hour

Need to be earlier

https://www.strava.com/activities/336710420

 

[Mo1959]

Tried to beat the heat
Early ride but still hot
15.69 miles @ 17.8 mph
Only 167 feet of climbing
Tried to dodge queues forming in the rush hour

Need to be earlier

https://www.strava.com/activities/336710420

Went out early myself. Was very pleasant to get a few miles in before it builds up again. Nowhere near as fast as your ride Bob but a wee bit further and slightly more climbing, plus on the hybrid so happy enough.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

My data for the month with weather, the weather is only from when I ride so is no indication of global warming however.........

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[SpokeyDokey]

26.61 miles @ 14.5mph av' and 3008' climbing.

Too hot/too sweaty/too stinky.

Feeling a bit 'done in' tbh - a couple of climbs that I normally do ok had me feeling a bit leaden!

Raining now so at least I didn't get wet! Although perhaps it wouldn't have made much difference - my clothes were pretty soggy when I finished.