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

[Stonechat]

Don't you dare disappear again! If you let someone who has only been on the forum for 3 weeks put you off posting, I will be most disappointed Nigel. We need your input, even if some numpties like me don't actually understand some of it.

Yes hear hear, you make this thread more interesting stats and all!

 

[Eribiste]

This morning's ride in to work was against a stiff breeze and turned out to be correspondingly slow, but on the home run, the wind had dropped nicely. For some un known reason I got into the groove a bit and broke 45 minutes for the 13 mile journey for the first time!

Can't claim beginner's progress, but it's progress nevertheless.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

all those gear calculations of yours are great it's just sometimes my legs don't want to play

What makes you think mine do, the first 10 miles, could I heck get going,
@Eribiste nice one, I on the other hand seem to be going backwards.

 

[arch684]

What makes you think mine do, the first 10 miles, could I heck get going,
@Eribiste nice one, I on the other hand seem to be going backwards.

nigel I have been cycling for more years than I want to remember but I have learned more about gear calculations from you in the last few months than I ever thought possible but my legs don't like you very much

 

[Big_Dave]

Hey up, split thread now. Admin it should be called "show us your newbie progress pt2.. the return of the stats"

 

[ColinJ]

I haven't really been following the original thread because it was too big for me to keep up with, but I just noticed that it had been locked and wondered what was going on so I've popped in to check!

I did think about joining in the original thread after my 8 months off the bike turned me into a 're-newbie', but the truth is that I got back into my cycling much quicker than I got into it in the first place in 1989 so I was not a re-newbie for long.

Keep up the good work, and if you are ever in my area when I am doing one of my forum rides (or one of the local audax events), come and join in if you feel ready for it!

 

[RWright]

I got in a little walk/run this evening, nice short chat with the neighbors while doing it. I then took out the bike for a spin. I saw a guy that was pulled over in his truck about a mile out, he was under the hood working on it. I rode up and asked if he needed any help (trying to keep up good biker public relations ). He smiled and said yeah, if you have a 9/16 wrench. I told him I would be back in a few minutes. So back home to get a couple of wrenches then back to the stranded motorist. He had his new belt on his truck in just a few minutes. He had a spare belt with him and told me he was normally well prepared but had left his 9/16 at home.

I then continued for a windy ride with wrenches clanging in my pants pocket. I started out with the wind and was going up some inclines at 19 mph, about 4 mph more than normal. The next five miles or so were great, they now have the bridges almost completed enough that I wont have to either stop and get off and push across or coast across. I was aware the ride back in toward home was going to be a little rough so I just dropped to the small ring and spun home in lower gears enjoying the breeze.

 

[Mo1959]

I haven't really been following the original thread because it was too big for me to keep up with, but I just noticed that it had been locked and wondered what was going on so I've popped in to check!

I did think about joining in the original thread after my 8 months off the bike turned me into a 're-newbie', but the truth is that I got back into my cycling much quicker than I got into it in the first place in 1989 so I was not a re-newbie for long.

Keep up the good work, and if you are ever in my area when I am doing one of my forum rides (or one of the local audax events), come and join in if you feel ready for it!

Colin, there are a few of us not really quite newbies anymore but it has just been such a great, friendly thread that we have all kept participating and keeping in touch, albeit it virtually........and I for one certainly don't exactly feel like an expert yet!

Can't decide what to do this morning. Another reasonable distance at a gentle pace or a short, sharp blast (well for me anyway ) to try and get a bit of speed back in the legs. It's still so dark out there. I am missing the lovely light mornings already.

 

[Stonechat]

Raining now hope it will clear up later

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Raining now hope it will clear up later

I have the reverse... headwind on the way out (parents' commute again) and then the wash & blow dry on the way home... (or it is the WWW on the way home... warm, wet & windy) but with any luck the wind may just be more in my favour today... only a 6mph headwind on the way out and a 12mph easterly (side wind for most of the way, but with some tail in it!) on the way home, if the forecast is to be believed...

 

[Torvi]

wow a nice wipe and we scored thousand of pages, well hopefully we can double it now

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

wow a nice wipe and we scored thousand of pages, well hopefully we can double it now

you haven't escaped that easily...

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/show-us-your-newbie-progress-4-sep-2012-4-oct-2014.110413/

 

[Torvi]

did i tried to escape? bah im hard training now for wiggle circuit breaker

 

[Mo1959]

Well, just did one of my short loops this morning at just over 13 miles. Tried to do it a bit quicker since I wasn't going so far. As usual Strava knocked .1 off and gave me 15.5mph. Not hugely impressive given it was pretty flat, but getting there.
http://app.strava.com/activities/207526398

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well, just did one of my short loops this morning at just over 13 miles. Tried to do it a bit quicker since I wasn't going so far. As usual Strava knocked .1 off and gave me 15.5mph. Not hugely impressive given it was pretty flat, but getting there.
http://app.strava.com/activities/207526398

Much faster than me this morning.