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

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

No it was a mistake, things a little slow here today, a bit like the garmin has been.

I know just needed a laugh and I know my sense of humour is often missed by more normal folk... And conveying it online is even harder....

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I got yea, you above all others should know a thing or two about I.T.

 

[Stonechat]

There you go Harv,

Just posted one.

6 Weeks off the bike due to injury, in the pitch black, while on support, so phones been ringing all way round, (had 6 calls)
New bike lights were great

Moon XP500 - Front
Moon Shield - Rear

The only 2 cars I met on the roads, actually STOPPED to let me past, maybe the front is a little bit brighter than they're used to on a push rod and were a bit confused?

Anyway: http://www.strava.com/activities/211153105

7.3mi Distance
24:26 Moving Time
233ft Elevation (?)
186W Estimated Avg Power
273kJ Energy Output

Speed; Avg: 18.0mi/h, Max: 30.9mi/h
Heart Rate; Avg: 161bpm, Max: 184bpm
Cadence; Avg: 87, Max: 106
Calories: 304
Temperature; Avg: 48F
Elapsed Time: 24:26

Daz

Well done, I can't ride at 18 mph now never mind after 6 weeks off

 

[Mo1959]

Yuck, wet and windy but tomorrow is to be even worse. Might just do one of my short loops. Feel a bit daft setting out in pouring rain but it's still nearly dark so nobody will hopefully see me! Lol

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Its not been to bad this week, apart from Tuesday.

Been a nightmare here!

 

[Eribiste]

I've been making steady progress on my commute of 13 miles; I've got under 45 minutes in both directions now. I've still got to work on those hills though!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Yuck, wet and windy but tomorrow is to be even worse. Might just do one of my short loops. Feel a bit daft setting out in pouring rain but it's still nearly dark so nobody will hopefully see me! Lol

Just think tomorrow you will either be chomping at the bit to be out and it will be totally pitch dark or it will be the same time and totally light.


Problem solved!


(BST to GMT happens tonight)

 

[Stonechat]

Well aiming to go out on a group ride tomorrow, if I am out quickly enough
Hope I can keep up!
Lighter morning will help me get up. Hate long dark evenings though

I have been musing about and will probably adjust variable angle stem down a bit,
The Felt has this clever arrangement, and combining with flipping the stem, quite a range of angles.
However seeing the recent advice that riding with hands on the hoods and elbows bent is an improvement over straight arms on the drops, aerodynamically, maybe I should hold off!

 

[Harv]

However seeing the recent advice that riding with hands on the hoods and elbows bent is an improvement over straight arms on the drops, aerodynamically, maybe I should hold off!

Where did you read this? I always thought being on the drops gave you the best aerodynamics

 

[Mo1959]

Just think tomorrow you will either be chomping at the bit to be out and it will be totally pitch dark or it will be the same time and totally light.


Problem solved!


(BST to GMT happens tonight)

If the wind is as strong as it says I won't be bothering. Just back from a wet and windy 13 miles. At least I wasn't the only daft b****r out there.....I met my neighbour having a wee spin too. It was actually kind of refreshing. Lol

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

If the wind is as strong as it says I won't be bothering. Just back from a wet and windy 13 miles. At least I wasn't the only daft b****r out there.....I met my neighbour having a wee spin too. It was actually kind of refreshing. Lol

My OH looks like he is coming down with a bad throat, so not sure what will happen this weekend. Found him sleeping downstairs this morning and given it is drizzle here and he is under the weather.. we shll see. I need to give my bike some TLC as it is, my mtb still needs it brakes looking at and his road bike needs major TLC... plus our evening meal needs making and there is the Christmas Cake to get done this week as well... still rounding up all of the ingredients but got to get them all over to my mothers () which I may bale to the car for - the ingredients are heavy and the cake itself takes hours and hours to make, and we don't have an oven we can cook it in - so that is 2 trips over an empty house this week...

I could easily not get out today sadly... the weather is meant to be better here today than tomorrow, but both days are supposedly dry (I say supposedly because no rain was forecast overnight and guess what it was doing this morning when I woke....

we shall see - I'm going through one of those could sleep for weeks phases at the moment. need someone to shake me out of it!

 

[Mo1959]

I'm going through one of those could sleep for weeks phases at the moment. need someone to shake me out of it!

Can I borrow it then...........I very rarely ever seem to feel tired at all these days. I seem to exist on just three or four hours. Wonder if years of shift work have mucked up my body clock?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Can I borrow it then...........I very rarely ever seem to feel tired at all these days. I seem to exist on just three or four hours. Wonder if years of shift work have mucked up my body clock?

please feel free and help yourself... I am convinced my body currently wants to hibernate...

 

[Mo1959]

please feel free and help yourself... I am convinced my body currently wants to hibernate...

I quite fancy the idea of hibernating until around March actually. Dog might be a bit cross legged by then though! Talking of which I better get her out a wee walk. Sun is trying to come out but there is still rain blowing through the wind so it won't be far.

 

[Stonechat]

I actually quite like winter time if it wouldn't rain too much
Remember back in the 80s going on a birdwatching holiday in Norfolk on the bike. It was cold but often sunny, and I have a fantastic memry of cycling up and down the North coast of Norfolk, and walking on the miles of sands a Wells at low tide

I am finding getting clothing right to be tricky, either not warm enough or sweaty underneath