Berk on a Bike
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- Yorkshire
Show us your.......newbie progress!
- Thread starter Nigelnaturist
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Sadly, I'm back to beginner status again I think. Lol. Have really slowed down these days, but still enjoying it which is the main thing.@Mo1959 Great to hear from you! I was wondering why you'd disappeared from Strava. You were always first to dish out the kudos, seemingly no matter the time of day!
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Nigelnaturist
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- Pontefract
Guess your starting point was better than mine then.Sadly, I'm back to beginner status again I think. Lol. Have really slowed down these days, but still enjoying it which is the main thing.
2 months on from getting my mojo back and starting to feel a bit fitter, only manged 300 miles in that time but it's not far off what I did in the previous 12 months so a massive improvement.
Biggest ride for nearly 18 months was done last Sunday (41 miles) with relative ease although slow but I've never been bothered about speed.
Hopefully be ready for Ride London at the end of July but need to find time to get some longer rides in....
Biggest ride for nearly 18 months was done last Sunday (41 miles) with relative ease although slow but I've never been bothered about speed.
Hopefully be ready for Ride London at the end of July but need to find time to get some longer rides in....
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Good stuff!
GreigM
Veteran
- Location
- Cowdenbeath, Fife
Not much posts in here these days! Still a beginner after a poor year last year but getting out a lot more regularly this year, have already done more miles this year than last so hopefully can keep it up. Plodded along to my longest ride to date today at 40 miles, was a lovely day for it as well
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Nigelnaturist
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Second longest days ride this year yesterday all of 23.6 miles total to date 327.2 miles (rwgps) and 16,443ft
GreigM
Veteran
- Location
- Cowdenbeath, Fife
Lovely couple of days up here in Scotland, got out for 30 miles then 24. Bike felt really strange today so when got home had a check over and my headset was rather loose so hopefully that was the reason. Also had a rather annoying clicking with every pedal turn which turned out to be the pedal catching on the fd cable, wish I had noticed it before I got home 
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Nigelnaturist
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Mines been lose for years, headset that is.Lovely couple of days up here in Scotland, got out for 30 miles then 24. Bike felt really strange today so when got home had a check over and my headset was rather loose so hopefully that was the reason. Also had a rather annoying clicking with every pedal turn which turned out to be the pedal catching on the fd cable, wish I had noticed it before I got home
Stevec047
Über Member
- Location
- Saffron Walden
My progress is going from strength to strength. Having only started cycling back in october I have already put over 300 miles on the bike from January with nearly all 500 to date.
Having slowly built up my distance from 17 miles to recently a 50 miler charity ride and regular once a week 30 to 35 mile rides solo or as a social group, I have now lost quite a bit of weight starting from 17 stone down to mid 14 stone and my fitness levels have sky rocketed. I actually have leg muscles and nice sculptured shoulders that I never knew existed and seem to be hooked on getting on the bike each week.
Having slowly built up my distance from 17 miles to recently a 50 miler charity ride and regular once a week 30 to 35 mile rides solo or as a social group, I have now lost quite a bit of weight starting from 17 stone down to mid 14 stone and my fitness levels have sky rocketed. I actually have leg muscles and nice sculptured shoulders that I never knew existed and seem to be hooked on getting on the bike each week.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Good news on the weight loss - presume you are doing something on the diet front as 500 miles wouldn't lop 2.5 stone off of you? (I'm not saying that's what you intimated btw.)
Stevec047
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- Saffron Walden
Yeah I have cut all the rubbish out of the diet and trying to eat fresh meat veg and fruit staying away from highly processed sauces meals etc oh and reducing portion sizes.
The main thing that has helped is just excersise silly as it may sound 15 years sat doing nothing and then starting really kicked started my matabolism in to action.
I find that after a ride I am not hungry at all and tend to be able to wait till tea time before eating a proper meal. Probably not the best idea but I don't seem to feel any negative effects and still hAve plenty of energy for the rest of the day.
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Nigelnaturist
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- Pontefract
Well the eye doctors say i have this problem "non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy" need to go back in a month or so just to check there is nothing more underlying cause.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Good luck with getting that sorted Nigel - problems with eyes are always a big worry.
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Nigelnaturist
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- Pontefract
Thanks, from what they were saying and what I have read I don't think its a thing to worry to much about, they want to keep an eye on me though (sorry).
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