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

[nobbyp]

Awesome little spin to cap de Formentor this am

Probably best ride I've ever done - amazing bit of Tarmac and decent amount of climbing - if you exclude the 8 miles to get to the interesting bit it's 5300+ ft of climbing in 23 miles!

https://www.strava.com/activities/355705142

 

[Nomadski]

Impressive riding there @nobbyp get any nice pics up top?

Hope your feeling better after your fall @SpokeyDokey.

Haven't done any hills for a few weeks and felt I needed to get a quick loop in with some lumps prior to RideLondon. Felt slow and lumpy and fat, and made me a little concerned about Sunday, not helped with some occasionally blustery winds, especially right in the face after the first switchback on Box Hill.

Surprisingly got good times up those hills, even though my legs weren't giving me much hope, my 3rd best up Box Hill, and a PB up How Lane, which is a short and not massively difficult hill, but I hate it, as do my legs. Was quite happy with the results, but I do need to eat better this week.

Also saw some preparation for our alien overlords arrival, or RideLondon on Sunday, at Box Hill (or it's always been there and I'm blind, equally possible).

http://www.strava.com/activities/355918752

 

[Stonechat]

Impressive riding there @nobbyp get any nice pics up top?

Hope your feeling better after your fall @SpokeyDokey.

Haven't done any hills for a few weeks and felt I needed to get a quick loop in with some lumps prior to RideLondon. Felt slow and lumpy and fat, and made me a little concerned about Sunday, not helped with some occasionally blustery winds, especially right in the face after the first switchback on Box Hill.

Surprisingly got good times up those hills, even though my legs weren't giving me much hope, my 3rd best up Box Hill, and a PB up How Lane, which is a short and not massively difficult hill, but I hate it, as do my legs. Was quite happy with the results, but I do need to eat better this week.

Also saw some preparation for our alien overlords arrival, or RideLondon on Sunday, at Box Hill (or it's always been there and I'm blind, equally possible).

http://www.strava.com/activities/355918752

Good luck on the ride 100. I've seen plenty of road signs warning of closed roads for this.

 

[the_craig]

A familiar 24km ride tonight up and down my usual haunts today but that's not the big deal.

https://www.strava.com/activities/355920026

I bought myself a pair of bar ends and fitted them. And I certainly feel that I was able to get my legs moving with the change of hand position. Very similar to how I imagine riding on the hoods on a roadie. However, my handlebars seem a bit wide so I'm maybe thinking about trimming a couple cm off the ends.

So I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking about how I can improve my bike and the difference between May 9th and now is night and day.

 

[Mo1959]

A familiar 24km ride tonight up and down my usual haunts today but that's not the big deal.

https://www.strava.com/activities/355920026

I bought myself a pair of bar ends and fitted them. And I certainly feel that I was able to get my legs moving with the change of hand position. Very similar to how I imagine riding on the hoods on a roadie. However, my handlebars seem a bit wide so I'm maybe thinking about trimming a couple cm off the ends.

So I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking about how I can improve my bike and the difference between May 9th and now is night and day.

Easy enough to do. I chopped just over an inch off my hybrid with a hacksaw and it feels comfier.

 

[Nomadski]

Went over to Sigma Sports to pick up my 3.5mm Cannondale bar tape I'd ordered to replace the rubbish tape Pearsons had put on my bike when they serviced it, and tried to blag them to fit it for me, but as they were booked up with jobs the best I got was a promise they would do it tomorrow.

So with a 50/50 defeat/success under my belt, I rode back home, only to get utterly soaked through by a little shower that timed it to perfection.

Saw the barriers up for RideLondon 2015 in Richmond Park.....getting excited now!

Hoping the current weather reports are correct and Sunday will be a nice clear warm(ish) day.


https://www.strava.com/activities/356727037

 

[Leescfc79]

@Nomadski enjoy Sunday and hopefully weather holds out, last year I had to walk most of Richmond Park as it was flooded!

 

[Stonechat]

With headset bearings now replaced, took bike for a run, familar roads over to Chertsey and up Prune Hill to Windsor Great Park and back via a loop
Set a goodish pace
32.81 miles @ 16.9 mph, with 1076 feet climbed
Good to stretch the legs and the weather nicer too

https://www.strava.com/activities/358012791

 

[Nomadski]

Did a couple of short rides today to get my nice fat Cannondale bar tape fitted, and then to drop some stuff off at my mates. On the second ride managed a 9th overall time (out of 249) on a segment, albeit a grit-your-teeth downhill one with speed bumps and parked cars aplenty. Wont be going any higher on that leaderboard!

While I waited for the bar tape to be done, had a cuppa in a very coffee orientated cafe, to the point they had a sign saying you should be thick skinned if you ask for tea! (I had 2).

https://www.strava.com/activities/357959597
https://www.strava.com/activities/358010675

 

[Mo1959]

Did a couple of short rides today to get my nice fat Cannondale bar tape fitted, and then to drop some stuff off at my mates. On the second ride managed a 9th overall time (out of 249) on a segment, albeit a grit-your-teeth downhill one with speed bumps and parked cars aplenty. Wont be going any higher on that leaderboard!

While I waited for the bar tape to be done, had a cuppa in a very coffee orientated cafe, to the point they had a sign saying you should be thick skinned if you ask for tea! (I had 2).

https://www.strava.com/activities/357959597
https://www.strava.com/activities/358010675

No cake????

 

[Nomadski]

No cake????

Would you be disappointed in me if I told you I am not a fan of cake?

 

[Mo1959]

Would you be disappointed in me if I told you I am not a fan of cake?

Jealous more like. I have a sweet tooth and sometimes wish I hadn't!

 

[Heigue'r]

23 miles clocked this morning.road bike was feeling left out since I got a mtb bike but enjoyed every mile of the ride this morning.plan was to do a practice ride up to kensington from Upminster but there is some event in London that put paid to that.hoping to commute during the coming week which is also,purely coincidentally,23 miles.Feeling great!

 

[GuyBoden]

I've done a few 6-8 mile outings on a used road bike this week, after many, many, many years off, the slightest of inclines is hard work, but I know (hopefully) that in a few weeks it'll be fine.

 

[Stonechat]

Club run to Henley and back, with stop for bacon sarnie.
Nice weather and not too taxing a ride, some mild hills

51.49 miles @ 16.0 mph
1411 feet climbed

https://www.strava.com/activities/359448584