Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat Brighton is East Sussex. I actually live on the border or very close to N, S, E & W Yorks or what would have been the old Ridings and too ride through all 4 can be done quite easily http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5433172 Derbyshire & Lancs are different, as far as I can make out I have to go through Wales for the nearest point in Derbyshire 30+miles and 2,000+ft and well between here and Lancs there is the Pennines

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Stonechat Brighton is East Sussex. I actually live on the border or very close to N, S, E & W Yorks or what would have been the old Ridings and too ride through all 4 can be done quite easily http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5433172 Derbyshire & Lancs are different, as far as I can make out I have to go through Wales for the nearest point in Derbyshire 30+miles and 2,000+ft and well between here and Lancs there is the Pennines

I can't see Wales anywhere near that route - or have I missed part of the conversation?
Or is this a different Wales to the welsh wales that lies west of cheshire and Shropshire?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I can't see Wales anywhere near that route - or have I missed part of the conversation?
Or is this a different Wales to the welsh wales that lies west of cheshire and Shropshire?

Zoom in close to the border a little place called Wales about a mile from the end.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Zoom in close to the border a little place called Wales about a mile from the end.

Spotted it - I was wondering if someone's geography could be that bad

 

[Steady]

http://www.strava.com/activities/170975393

I'm seeing small improvements over the hilly sections, most of the prs in a certain section are dual suspension mtb vs road bike though as roadworks have prevented me getting there for a while but I went the long way around to get there .. Rested my foot arch for most of this week, can't remember what upset it, whether it was on the bike or off and just aggrevated by being on the bike but after todays ride it doesn't feel as tight, so hopefully can get out more now.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Spotted it - I was wondering if someone's geography could be that bad

I used to drive H.G.V.'s I can get anywhere for the most part without a map, maps just make it easier.

 

[Trevor_P]

I used to drive H.G.V.'s I can get anywhere for the most part without a map, maps just make it easier.

Yeah, I relate to that. I have a sat nav these days, no more maps. But the Sat nav stays in the bag most of the time. Go two or three weeks without the need for it.

 

[Stonechat]

The problem with satnavs it if e.g. away from home you can easily miss interesting places you might have like to visit on the way

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I always plan my routes and upload that to the gps, I just stop when I need cig usually, can't afford cafes ect but its interesting covering new roads like yesterday without having to worry too much about navigation, though roundabouts can still be interesting if the screen is trying to update.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I always plan my routes and upload that to the gps, I just stop when I need cig usually, can't afford cafes ect but its interesting covering new roads like yesterday without having to worry too much about navigation, though roundabouts can still be interesting if the screen is trying to update.

Anything less than 100 miles I tend to map out on ridewithgps but not put it on the gps and do the ride from memory, that way I can just go off route if I want. 100 milers I tend to put the route on the gps and follow it.

Only problem with doing on the fly rides is I tend to end up on one of my commuter routes.

 

[welsh dragon]

Im not very good with directions. Yeah I know your saying, how unusual for a woman, not to be able to figure out where she is. I am hopeless at maps, and dont normally like going places if i don't know the area. But if I'm on my bike, I don't mind trying a road or lane I have never been on before.

Quite often I decide that and which way im going only when I reach the bottom of the lane where I live. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I tend not to bother so much with local rides, though I do use the virtual partner sometimes to try and improve my speed (or more likely keep it from falling too low), though it is quite a faff maping on rwgps as the speed isn't right and I have to use tcxconverter with this you can set an avg speed to what you want, also another useful thing is you can put distance way points in like 5Km for instance, you can export as a tcx course file with all the turns and waypoints in this will work on the 500' up the 300's not sure about the 200 though the course will show, export as a gpx route which with the like of the 605, 705, 800 ect will give true mapping and directions, idiosyncrasies of units and rout-able maps dependent. They will work with other units as well.

 

[fivepence]

Power outage at work allowed me get out for a bit unexpectedly for a couple of miles on the winter bike , helped chalk off another bit of this Rapha Rising Challenge but will have get out again this evening once I get my work completed in order to have any chance of completing it after using up two rest days in the window. Just under 8000ft to go ...

Just noticed gone through 3000 miles for the year , 200,000ft milestone won't be too far off by end of this challenge

http://www.strava.com/activities/171013692

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@fivepence what wrong with with "power cut"

 

[fivepence]

@fivepence what wrong with with "power cut"

Not sure, left the building when the electricians arrived onsite as its site related and not effecting any of the other businesses in the area , they'll call me when its back up and running or a case where I need to bring back up all the IT equipment on emergency backup power though for now that's not needed as anyone who was in has left and normal operations don't commence again until tomorrow.