Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
Even I am thinking of skipping my appointment, seems just a tad to dangerous.
Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
- Thread starter Typhon
- Start date
- Status
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Sounds good to me
Just back a chilly dog walk. No doubt will spend too much time on the computer playing daft games. Anyone else addicted to Candy Crush on Facebook? 
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
Nope.Sounds good to me
Anyone addicted to photoshop
RWright
Guru
- Location
- North Carolina
I am up late, I play online Spades a little, haven't played any other online games in a while. I have Photoshop on disk around here somewhere I think but it has too many buttons to press. 
I do wish I had some photo editing software on my PC but just been too lazy to put it on. I used Corel since the late 90s because my brother let me use his copy. I got used to it and then I got Windows 7 and it doesn't play very well with the old Corel version I had. Photoshop was almost like starting over again, it was really nice but I never used it a lot. I don't do much photography anyway. I use paint to do the little editing that I do.
The weather is supposed to be nice here today and I found even more nice places to ride today. I was riding one road today, not far from my house, I was thinking wow, this is great. I got to one point and thought, I lived there for a while. I had forgotten the road name because I only lived there a few months and it was years back. Since they put in the bypass that I like to ride I am now realizing how close these places are to where I grew up and now live. Before you had to ride half way across town and back out into the county to get to them so they seemed very far away to me. With the new bypass they are only about 5 miles away. Shows a lot about my geography skills.
The Blue Meteor has a new bottom bracket and camo bottle cages, I found some nice new(old) country roads, the rain is supposedly gone for a while. This Battaglia might end well for me.
I do wish I had some photo editing software on my PC but just been too lazy to put it on. I used Corel since the late 90s because my brother let me use his copy. I got used to it and then I got Windows 7 and it doesn't play very well with the old Corel version I had. Photoshop was almost like starting over again, it was really nice but I never used it a lot. I don't do much photography anyway. I use paint to do the little editing that I do.The weather is supposed to be nice here today and I found even more nice places to ride today. I was riding one road today, not far from my house, I was thinking wow, this is great. I got to one point and thought, I lived there for a while.
I had forgotten the road name because I only lived there a few months and it was years back. Since they put in the bypass that I like to ride I am now realizing how close these places are to where I grew up and now live. Before you had to ride half way across town and back out into the county to get to them so they seemed very far away to me. With the new bypass they are only about 5 miles away. Shows a lot about my geography skills.The Blue Meteor has a new bottom bracket and camo bottle cages, I found some nice new(old) country roads, the rain is supposedly gone for a while. This Battaglia might end well for me.
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
Try Photoshop Elements.I am up late, I play online Spades a little, haven't played any other online games in a while. I have Photoshop on disk around here somewhere I think but it has too many buttons to press.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Nope. I can't get my head round it. Too difficult.Nope.
Anyone addicted to photoshop
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
See above post.
J4MIE_P
Senior Member
- Location
- Stamford, Lincolnshire
Big Photoshop man here Nigel
Well Lightroom to be completely honest :PDo quite a bit of wedding & portrait photography
You're not alone on here dont worry.Bit annoyed, I went spinning for the first time of Wednesday. Very hard work but thought nothing of it. But today I feel like I've died! Really heavy legs
Put me off my bike ride tonight as I dont think I'd make it lol.
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
I hate doing weddings, people just expect you to be able to do them because you can take pictures.Big Photoshop man here Nigel
Do quite a bit of wedding & portrait photography
Bit annoyed, I went spinning for the first time of Wednesday. Very hard work but thought nothing of it. But today I feel like I've died! Really heavy legs
It's been a naff day weather wise anyway.
So I did this.
I thought I had posted, might have posted it somewhere else.
philinmerthyr
Über Member
Planning a 75 mile ride tomorrow. After the 100km a couple of weeks ago this is the next step. 10 weeks to the London 100.
It's fairly flat but I'll build long rides with hills in to my training in the next few weeks.
It's fairly flat but I'll build long rides with hills in to my training in the next few weeks.
RWright
Guru
- Location
- North Carolina
Have fun on your 75 mile ride Phil.
I could hear the wind outside today so I knew it was going to be bad (18 mph). I have been waiting around for it to die down a little. This time of year it normally dies down around dusk. I think it is down to around 10 mph now so I am out to get a few miles in.
I could hear the wind outside today so I knew it was going to be bad (18 mph). I have been waiting around for it to die down a little. This time of year it normally dies down around dusk. I think it is down to around 10 mph now so I am out to get a few miles in.
I'm on holliday in Fuerteventura ATM so I though I'd hire a bike to explore a little bit the island and maybe do some damage control with all this amazing food being placed under my nose )
It started nicely, got a Fuji Rubaix pretty new and set out to a nearby beach, some 12-15miles away, about 200m climb. The trouble started when I arrived at destination I just realized I left the walled at the hotel so no cold drinks, luke warm water will have to do. Still shot some nice pics, enjoyed the views and relaxed a little bit.
On my way back, not even 2 miles into the climb and I got a puncture ... I suddenly felt alone and vlnerable in the middle of nowhere, just me, the bike and some wild goats ... After finished coursing and all that, managed to take the deflated wheel apart but to my surprise I couldn't find the puncture. I spent a good amount of time inspecting the paper thin tyre on the inside but couldn't find any sign or debris, so fitted the spare tube, pumped it as much as I could and I was ready to resume.
Worth mentioning a nice couple (german I would guess by their accent) who stopped and reversed to my location to check that I'm all rigth. I was very tempted at that stage to ask for a lift but I thank them for stopping instead and reasured them that I'm ok.
Back on the bike, I almost reached to top of the hill when I started to get that feeling again ... It can't be again ... but it was ... this time as was approaching a very fast dual carriage way junction. Stopped and moved well away from the road into some sort of ditch surrounded by more goats Wind has picked up so it was difficult to listen for any hisses. Took a lot of time to look for thr puncture but no luck. Pumped the wheel again until I finally got a faint hisssing but even still, no visual indication. Poured some water and bingo, I could see the spot bubbling but Nothing more. Turned out to be a really thin wire thread, maybe about the widh of hair, somthing I would only feel it on the inside, but long enough to foo through the tube. Patching time and after a good 20+minute stop, I'm back on the road.
In the meantime wind has picked up pretty well by the time I began my descent. I never though I woukd have to push so hard downhill against the wind to maintain 10mph. It was pretty bad and the side gusts were pushing me all over the place. Thank God for the wide hard shoulder!
42kms in total, just shy of 2 hours moving time, 3 hours including service breaks, two punctured tubes, the strongest winds I've ever pedaled or walked into and a worried wife at the hotel. At least I've earned my desert this evening, they had a huge chocolate fountain
)It started nicely, got a Fuji Rubaix pretty new and set out to a nearby beach, some 12-15miles away, about 200m climb. The trouble started when I arrived at destination I just realized I left the walled at the hotel so no cold drinks, luke warm water will have to do. Still shot some nice pics, enjoyed the views and relaxed a little bit.
On my way back, not even 2 miles into the climb and I got a puncture ... I suddenly felt alone and vlnerable in the middle of nowhere, just me, the bike and some wild goats ... After finished coursing and all that, managed to take the deflated wheel apart but to my surprise I couldn't find the puncture. I spent a good amount of time inspecting the paper thin tyre on the inside but couldn't find any sign or debris, so fitted the spare tube, pumped it as much as I could and I was ready to resume.
Worth mentioning a nice couple (german I would guess by their accent) who stopped and reversed to my location to check that I'm all rigth. I was very tempted at that stage to ask for a lift but I thank them for stopping instead and reasured them that I'm ok.
Back on the bike, I almost reached to top of the hill when I started to get that feeling again ... It can't be again ... but it was ... this time as was approaching a very fast dual carriage way junction. Stopped and moved well away from the road into some sort of ditch surrounded by more goats
Wind has picked up so it was difficult to listen for any hisses. Took a lot of time to look for thr puncture but no luck. Pumped the wheel again until I finally got a faint hisssing but even still, no visual indication. Poured some water and bingo, I could see the spot bubbling but Nothing more. Turned out to be a really thin wire thread, maybe about the widh of hair, somthing I would only feel it on the inside, but long enough to foo through the tube. Patching time and after a good 20+minute stop, I'm back on the road.In the meantime wind has picked up pretty well by the time I began my descent. I never though I woukd have to push so hard downhill against the wind to maintain 10mph. It was pretty bad and the side gusts were pushing me all over the place. Thank God for the wide hard shoulder!
42kms in total, just shy of 2 hours moving time, 3 hours including service breaks, two punctured tubes, the strongest winds I've ever pedaled or walked into and a worried wife at the hotel. At least I've earned my desert this evening, they had a huge chocolate fountain
Phoenix Lincs
Über Member
- Location
- Sleaford, Lincs
Another silly question, going for a pedal with a friend today and planning to stop for lunch. Should I just let the Garmin self-pause, or should I stop it, reset and start again after lunch? If I do this, it'd be classed as two rides wouldn't it? But if I just pause it, the overall time would be much longer because of the lunch break. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things at all, but what do others do?
Phoenix Lincs
Über Member
- Location
- Sleaford, Lincs
Had a new saddle fitted yesterday. May not be able to sit down after a planned ride today. Watch this space
- Status
