First long cycle

[royalboa]

Been cycling to work and back for the last week, most iv done at once is like 7 mile.

Had my first prober cycle today and am happy to say I done 41 mile.

Took me 4 hours like but I was never going for time, just wanted to stay on the bike lol.

Was shocked that the thing that hurt the most when I got back was my hands.

 

[Sandra6]

Well done. That's a good "first" cycle.
I've still not managed more than 30. I quite often have stiff hands, a combination of taking too much weight down through my arms and covering the brakes.

 

[defy-one]

Thats excellent. Most i've covered is 32 miles. Keep it up

 

[royalboa]

Thanks, doing land end to John O'Groats next year so need all the practice I can get.

Wish I never done it before work though lol need my bed

 

[RhythMick]

Been cycling to work and back for the last week, most iv done at once is like 7 mile.

Had my first prober cycle today and am happy to say I done 41 mile.

Took me 4 hours like but I was never going for time, just wanted to stay on the bike lol.

Was shocked that the thing that hurt the most when I got back was my hands.

Apparently it's quite a common mistake for a beginner, to get set up wrong so it hurts your hands, wrists, arms. It definitely got me, so much that on 50 mile + rides my little fingers would end up numb. Definitely sounds like a set up issue.

For me, I had the saddle too high and too far back and the saddle was pointing down, plus the bars were too low. All of that meant I was stretching too far for the bars and putting too much weight on them.

There is much advice about setup.

http://sheldonbrown.com/pain.html#fingers.

 

[royalboa]

Thanks will look into that and maybe so if I can get a bike fit to get everything sorted

 

[IanT]

Nice one. It's when you start hitting those sorts of mileages that non-cyclists struggle to comprehend that you actually get on a bike and do that.

For the hands - do you wear gloves? I find Specialized BG gloves are great at helping hand pain (which I used to get a lot of). Equally, as others have suggested, get a proper bike fit. It's worth paying the extra for a recommended fitter.


Keep it up sir. Half-century next?

 

[royalboa]

Iv got a real cheep pair of gloves lol, away to look into proper ones though

 

[royalboa]

Can't believe how good I feel after been on a bike for 4 hours yesterday.

Can't wait to do it again next week, going to go a day I'm off and make a whole day of it.

 

[numbnuts]

well done