Hi all, I've been lurking for a few weeks while I fettle cluelessly about in the garage.. hopefully I wont ask too may noob questons that can't be found using search 
After 15 years getting fat and then this year losing 4 stone I was given an old Magma MTB by a neighbour... which was great for getting me back into cycling , something I last did in 98. After a month or so I was up to 12k rides twice a week and the Magma was showing it's crapness !
I found an old Dawes hybrid ( A Backstreet with a Reynolds Frame and 700c wheels) on ebay for £50 and not looked back. Now doing 10k to 15k most weekday evenings, an 18k on the weekend and quit a 30 year smoking habit (6weeks 2 days !) Maybe next season I'll get a road bike but the plan at the moment is to build up to commuting next year, which is a 14mile ride to Macclesfield and a couple of climbs.
Hopefully as my weight drops further the hills will get easier... there are some great rides I've been told about near Alderley Edge and the Peak District but at the moment they are beyond my fitness level. My BMI is currently 31, down from 39 and the aim is 25.
My next milestone is a 30k loop around the Cheshire B Roads and the new Alderley bypass cycle lane.
I'm taking the advise of others to keep the sprocket on the middle ring this season and working on getting my cadence up and maintaining it , once my lungs and heart get used to working again I'll think about the outer ring
So another middle age crisis candidate.... but I don't wear lycra (yet)
Cheers
Simmer
After 15 years getting fat and then this year losing 4 stone I was given an old Magma MTB by a neighbour... which was great for getting me back into cycling , something I last did in 98. After a month or so I was up to 12k rides twice a week and the Magma was showing it's crapness !
I found an old Dawes hybrid ( A Backstreet with a Reynolds Frame and 700c wheels) on ebay for £50 and not looked back. Now doing 10k to 15k most weekday evenings, an 18k on the weekend and quit a 30 year smoking habit (6weeks 2 days !) Maybe next season I'll get a road bike but the plan at the moment is to build up to commuting next year, which is a 14mile ride to Macclesfield and a couple of climbs.
Hopefully as my weight drops further the hills will get easier... there are some great rides I've been told about near Alderley Edge and the Peak District but at the moment they are beyond my fitness level. My BMI is currently 31, down from 39 and the aim is 25.
My next milestone is a 30k loop around the Cheshire B Roads and the new Alderley bypass cycle lane.
I'm taking the advise of others to keep the sprocket on the middle ring this season and working on getting my cadence up and maintaining it , once my lungs and heart get used to working again I'll think about the outer ring
So another middle age crisis candidate.... but I don't wear lycra (yet)
Cheers
Simmer
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