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

[SpaCyclist]

Managed a longer ride today - 80km and fairly flat. Had a coffee and flapjack stop at a café in Easingwold part way round. Afterwards I am sure I turned the gps back on, but either I didn't press the button hard enough, or I pressed it twice. The net result was no trail for about 12 miles. Looks rather odd on Strava with the straight line from where I stopped to where I spotted my mistake. Never mind. I think a handlebar mount will be on my Christmas list so I can see the gps without getting it out of a back pocket.

The wind seemed to be more against me than I was expecting, but I kept on going. Once again, my legs definitely know I have been out! hopefully my recovery time will improve as I do more rides

 

[Big_Dave]

***warning new stat alert****
On last nights ride, I averaged 424.43 crank revolutions per mile, and a total 11205 Crank revolutions

 

[SpokeyDokey]

***warning new stat alert****
On last nights ride, I averaged 424.43 crank revolutions per mile, and a total 11205 Crank revolutions

Sounds a bit cranky to me.

 

[Big_Dave]

Sounds a bit cranky to me.

Crank revs/mile is the new standard in cadence

At least Nigels stats actually mean something

 

[Effyb4]

what kind of animal is that? nice route and bloody hills, id attack them, too bad i don't have so serious hills on my area

Perhaps I could start a new art form: drawing by strava anyone

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

yep - that was wet... didn't notice the tailwind which had been forecast as 16mph! should have noticed something that windy, so suspect it wasn't anywhere near that...

was sat at set of lights with another cyclist: him lycra clad but clearly commuting, me waterproofs and lycra... he asked me if I knew something he didn't! All I could say was it depended on which way he was going... if he was heading my way then yes, I knew something he didn't... he was heading off south so he probably missed the worst of it, but I have just walked in like a drowned rat. Had baths which were drier! Never mind at least it was mild and wet (15C) and not cold and wet!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Managed a longer ride today - 80km and fairly flat. Had a coffee and flapjack stop at a café in Easingwold part way round. Afterwards I am sure I turned the gps back on, but either I didn't press the button hard enough, or I pressed it twice. The net result was no trail for about 12 miles. Looks rather odd on Strava with the straight line from where I stopped to where I spotted my mistake. Never mind. I think a handlebar mount will be on my Christmas list so I can see the gps without getting it out of a back pocket.

The wind seemed to be more against me than I was expecting, but I kept on going. Once again, my legs definitely know I have been out! hopefully my recovery time will improve as I do more rides

Good effort!

 

[Torvi]

hey guys what's up with all that naming hills and stuff anyway? ive been out yesterday with a pal and he told me we will be beating "dungee hill" that is "famous around locals" and i dont really see why was it famous... it was easy at least for me and beat it around 11-14mph which is good imo for just 3 months cycling. Ive seen records on strava doing that hill at 21mph fastest one and slowest top tier was 16~mph

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Perhaps I could start a new art form: drawing by strava anyone

This is my kangaroo from August

http://www.strava.com/activities/177648670

 

[SpokeyDokey]

This is my kangaroo from August

http://www.strava.com/activities/177648670

Very good!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Very good!

I would like to claim it was done on purpose, but it was a complete fluke.

 

[Eribiste]

Glad to get out there this morning as I'm finding the turbo a bit monotonous.

http://www.strava.com/activities/207553049

......And a hot pace too. I've got some work to do to keep up!

 

[Harv]

Managed to get out today despite it raining and it being a lilittle windy.

It was that or the exercise bike which is just depressing.

http://www.strava.com/activities/207718866

 

[RWright]

Not being on here for a while - over the past week or so I've done very little cycling - work and looking after elderly parents taking up vast amounts of time. I'm still using a hybrid since the road bike is marooned 90 miles away and I cannot find the time to go and pick it up.

A couple of bits of advice would be most welcome - I had a puncture on Friday night and ever since have struggled to get the tyre back on - managed it a couple of times but the force had punctured the inner tubes each time. The tyre is a Kenda Kwest 28c on a Carrera Gryphon. After having numerous punctures over the last 5 months or so I am pretty adept at changing them over but this really has me stumped. I've been into Halfords and they will take a look at it, but I'm reluctant to have it put back on if it's going to be almost impossible to fix myself while out on a longer run in the country. At present I'm running a lightweight 700 23 on the back but I don't think this will offer much protection over the winter. Any advice gratefully received.
The other piece of advice I'm looking for is - I have another hybrid with disc brakes but the wheel is shattered and I need a new wheel - can I just buy any wheel and fit the disc brake or does it need to be disc specific?

You need a disc specific wheel. Some tire/rim combinations can be difficult. I have had some tires that are difficult for me to put on my rims but others don't have any problem. I also think some tires are made on the small edge of spec and others maybe large. There are Youtube videos that offer guidance on getting difficult tires on the wheel. It takes some practice but I can get most any tire on my bike that was made for it but some can be a pain. If I were commuting or going to do a lot of long rides I would probably take my wheel into a shop and tell them I wanted to buy a tire but I want to make sure it is not difficult to put on the rim and ask them if I could try it on the rim before I left with it. ( I would make sure the wheel was very clean) Some places may not be happy with that idea and if not, I would go somewhere else that was ok with it.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I find that a shaking of talc helps with awkward tyres (inner tubes don't get caught as easily) and also if needed some cable ties (hold the tyre in place) for those tyres rather prone to deciding that they don't really want to sit in the rim and would much rather be flat...