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

[Supersuperleeds]

Fair enough if you think 437 miles this month is lazy.

I do ;-)

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I do ;-)

Well your a nutter anyway , not been as poorly as some folk on here after falls, but twice this year I have been bed bound once in hospital

 

[Torvi]

hmm do wonder, with that windy ride ive found out a way how to produce even more power but it's quite exhausting and wondering if in current "fitness" state i should even try doing it...

Short to say when pedaling and you are about to go up with leg instead of typical smooth movement you rather pulling your leg forcefully up rather than rely 50/50 on rotation force. that way i found myself spinning out 12th gear easily which is 19t/50t and almost spinning out 13th gear. but oh the impact on my calf was so tough i had to stop shortly. it was also very slight gradient.

 

[moo]

It's probably a good thing my commute home was on empty roads. A strong gust of cross wind with a rear pannier made for some interesting moments.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Calmed down here today but very cold. Think it might be time to invest in a decent winter top.

http://www.strava.com/activities/210311501

 

[Stonechat]

YEs went out and it was cold, and my plans for doing some training work were scuppered
Roadworks on Chertsey Bridge led to long queues on both side of the river.
Still road about here and there, got a KOM on a segment I created some time ago, only 44 riders on that segment.
Still a good ride, westerly wind helped times in one direction.

Such are the number of cyclists round here that even a PR on a 1.3 mile segment at 20.3 mph average still only gets me 2230 out of 4960 position

Still good to get out
21.96 miles at average of 15.0 (winds and queues slowed me down) only 371 feet of climbing
http://www.strava.com/activities/210323685

Figures do not reflect the effort put in!!

 

[SpaCyclist]

Short and slow ride with Mrs. SpaCyclist this morning. Set off quite early, and started and finished while it was still bright. Light rain falling here now.

I agree with Brian Evesham's signature tag line - a short ride is better than no ride. Hopefully I will have time for a longer outing tomorrow.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well my fastest avg speed for some time and still no pb's

 

[Voinar]

Hi All

New member here.

I started back cycling approx 2 months ago.

Prior to this I hadn't cycled for 15+ years and was a smoker during that time.

I've now packed in and bought myself a nice new bike and I'm starting to get fit again.

I'll typically do about 100 miles a week on the local cycle paths in the area usually my avg speed is 13.x MPH at the end of a ride.

It feels real good to be back in the saddle after so long in the wilderness.


Jim

 

[Effyb4]

Not the best ride out for me today. I managed to have 2 visits from the fairy, one on the back and one on the front and part way round I started feeling unwell. The friends I had with me were great and one of them is a nurse (probably for the best as I have heart failure following heart surgery last year). I made it back home, although every time I went up a slight incline I ended up short of breath and had to have a couple of minutes rest. I hope I'm feeling better the next time I go out. A very slow average speed as a result.

http://www.strava.com/activities/210386043

 

[Mo1959]

Not the best ride out for me today. I managed to have 2 visits from the fairy, one on the back and one on the front and part way round I started feeling unwell. The friends I had with me were great and one of them is a nurse (probably for the best as I have heart failure following heart surgery last year). I made it back home, although every time I went up a slight incline I ended up short of breath and had to have a couple of minutes rest. I hope I'm feeling better the next time I go out. A very slow average speed as a result.

http://www.strava.com/activities/210386043

Sorry to hear that. Was it still windy? I believe that can make breathing feel more difficult? Hopefully, that's the fairy given you your share of visits for a while now.............and never mind about speed, I think we all slow down at this time of the year for various reasons, eg. wearing bulkier clothes, colder muscles, windy conditions and slippy roads, etc.

 

[Effyb4]

It was fairly windy still - 15mph headwind all the way back. I'm lucky I had friends with me really. If it happens while riding again, a visit to the doc might be in order.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Effyb4 its not good feeling unwell on the bike, at least you made home safe far better than any average speeds.

@Voinar to the group.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Torvi 80km's do yea

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Hoped to get out on the bike after work but just felt jiggered (as we say around here) after precious little sleep last night and a long day at work. Ate me tea, hit the sofa, the rest is depressing history. It was never like this on the Led Zep tour bus...