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

[moo]

Did the ESE medium with my brother today. He finished the 42 miles @ 14.9mph, with a total time under 3 hours. Quite a good effort considering he weighs 17.5st and has never done that distance before.

I made it a decent workout by staying in 50x12 for most of the ride. Cadence dropped to sub 20 on some hills as I tried to match his speed. Amusingly my heart rate was 110bpm at the top of a 5% climb. At my normal effort level it would be 160bpm.

http://www.strava.com/activities/217212329

Forgot to charge the Garmin so it died half way round. Fortunately I record on the phone too for that very reason. Redundancy can never be overrated, as @Nigelnaturist would agree

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@moo nice one, and well done your brother.

Don't talk to me about redundancy at the moment, I hate the word, I have so many copies of pictures it becomes a problem, and then copy folders its a bit more organised I need to be

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Rode out to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, had a coffee and cookie stop, then rode home again.

http://www.strava.com/activities/217469502

Dumbphone's GPS lost the plot near the end. What a pisser.

 

[Philh]

Been lurking here a bit and not posted when I should. Anyway here goes

After getting my Giant Defy 1 carbon in August they started the cycle to work scheme so I got a Sirrus Comp disc a couple of weeks ago. I also upgraded the brakes on the Giant, the ones it came with were not good.

So today I did my first non stop 25 miles! Took one hour 50 and around 22 miles I did hit a bit of a wall. I think I should take some food with me, open to advise on this one! After not cycling for over 40 years it's taken some work to do this

I have joined the local cycling club but not yet brave enough to go out with them although after today I reckon I am ready.

Also I have caught the gadget bug. Garmin 1000 is the most indulgent so far. Looking at a go pro, £90 seems to good to miss.

so a bit of newbie progress for me, I must learn to post more !!

 

[Stonechat]

Been lurking here a bit and not posted when I should. Anyway here goes

After getting my Giant Defy 1 carbon in August they started the cycle to work scheme so I got a Sirrus Comp disc a couple of weeks ago. I also upgraded the brakes on the Giant, the ones it came with were not good.

So today I did my first non stop 25 miles! Took one hour 50 and around 22 miles I did hit a bit of a wall. I think I should take some food with me, open to advise on this one! After not cycling for over 40 years it's taken some work to do this

I have joined the local cycling club but not yet brave enough to go out with them although after today I reckon I am ready.

Also I have caught the gadget bug. Garmin 1000 is the most indulgent so far. Looking at a go pro, £90 seems to good to miss.

so a bit of newbie progress for me, I must learn to post more !!

Think 22 miles in not enough for it to be a bonk - unless you are riding pre breakfast

Just need to build up endurance
Think the local cycling club are still a step too far for me

 

[Mo1959]

Think the local cycling club are still a step too far for me

Yep, same here. In fact, just got home to one of these emails saying I had lost another QOM to one of them. She regularly puts in long rides at 17 - 18mph so way above my abilities and fitness level. Doesn't bother me so much any more. I'm feeling a bit more relaxed about my riding at the moment.

Not sure about tomorrow. Temperature is already dropping and I wouldn't be surprised if there is a touch of frost in the morning. May just take the dog first thing and do a jog with her instead. If it turns out nice later, I suppose I could squeeze in a short spin.

Suppose I better head off to bed shortly now that the electric blanket has worked its magic!

Just up and the temperature has lifted again, so just a shorter spin this morning I think. Dog always desperate for her walk after being cooped up visiting my folks.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Berk on a Bike I get up that way sometimes, but of late just been doing local loops to build up some mileage, I have still got 700 miles to do to my primary target and just short of 1,500km to my secondary target.

@Philh agree with @Stonechat its just an endurance thing, cycle as often as possible it will build up over time, it took me a long time to be able to do what I do and its at no great speed compared with some, but its fast enough to be pleased with what I can do.

 

[Effyb4]

Welcome @Philh . I was too busy to get out over the weekend and I'm off work today. I decided to combine shopping and a short cycle ride. I managed to get a fair amount on my rack bag (not sure of the correct term).

I was very surprised to get a QOM

http://www.strava.com/activities/217658835

 

[BrianEvesham]

Well as I don't have any road shoes at the moment I dragged the old Hybrid out for a leisurely loop.

http://www.strava.com/activities/217679999

Avg was very slow, but it wasn't from lack of effort on my part.

Quite refreshing to jump on a bike in jeans, baggy sweatshirt and old trainers.

 

[Stonechat]

Took advantage of weather and went out
Not a long outing but did St An's Hill twice, a slightly higher one than I did last time as I notice the loop on the map and it is a bit higher
There is another road - goes to the 'top'? But this was a narrow dirt road with some cars so gave that a miss

Also managed to forget to restart Garmin so missed off about 2.2 miles

Total of about 25.2 miles
574 feet climbed, ave speed 15.5 mph
Still had too many clothes on - may learn to get this right some day!

http://www.strava.com/activities/217682830

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@BrianEvesham naw tried it, its awful.
@Stonechat yea me too by which time it will be wither full winter or summer.

Well I got my drive back, something I did towards the end of last week allowed something to basically lock the drive, so having copied everything I need, deleting the partition and recreating it ect.....
The only things I did were some garmin software which is pretty basic, unless it something from earlier as I tend to send the comp to sleep rather than shut down, and whatever it is/was couldn't do it till I rebooted, which reminds me suppose I better try again before I copy everything back.

 

[Mo1959]

Well as I don't have any road shoes at the moment I dragged the old Hybrid out for a leisurely loop.

http://www.strava.com/activities/217679999

Avg was very slow, but it wasn't from lack of effort on my part.

Quite refreshing to jump on a bike in jeans, baggy sweatshirt and old trainers.

Adjust that stem down a bit and you would go faster. Lol.
It is nice to change bikes sometimes.....and I bet the mudguards would be appreciated too if the roads are anything like here.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 tried different style of bikes hate them, just doesn't feel right, more on about the shape of the bars than the bike.

Well the re-boot worked fine and I still have access to the drive, now to copy everything back.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Adjust that stem down a bit and you would go faster. Lol.
It is nice to change bikes sometimes.....and I bet the mudguards would be appreciated too if the roads are anything like here.

It was set up to pull the tag, you can see the tow bar on the seat post.
Yes it's got lovely wide mudguards!

 

[Stonechat]

I am currently using Aldi bib tights and thouhjwarm enough, I think they slow me down, getting some dhb ones now ordered