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

[themosquitoking]

I have a longer stem spare if you need to put one on your bike when we ride next mate, worth putting on just to give it a try?

Its a 150mm Cannondale stem.

I'll try it but i can't see that it'll feel right tbh, i think i want to go shorter.

 

[Nomadski]

I'll try it but i can't see that it'll feel right tbh, i think i want to go shorter.

If its foot related I would imagine it has more to do with saddle fore / aft, saddle angle, or seat post height. Possibly even cleat position.

Have you moved any of them to experiment yet?

I would try moving one thing only and riding and take it from there.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Nah, that was me this morning. Got greyer and greyer and eventually started raining about 12 miles from home. I don't really mind the rain normally, but my mudguards are on their last legs. Should have just got the sks chromoplastics as usual but went for the Longboard for fuller coverage. They are much more plasticy and brittle and have started to fall to bits so I was still getting some spray. Was hoping not to have to spend anything this month but ordered a set from Wiggle for £21.99 so not too drastic I suppose.

When I got the bike it had some fitted, these are still the same ones I use today.

I think it comes down to body proportions, rather like your foot is the same size as your elbow to your wrist. The sizing system is far from what I have though If I'd made the fit too small, do you think this would explain why I feel like I have too much weight on my hands/wrists?

I moved the saddle and back down a touch an I dont bounce as much above 95rpm, but I did have a little back ache lower right at one point in the ride.

Funny you should say that because I've been feeling the same for a while until today when suddenly stretching over the bars felt comfortable and natural. Nothing really change other than my enthusiasm perhaps. I've read somewhere that it may have to do with core muscles and how much weight is left for the arms to sustain. Maybe is one of those things that you can train into

It is, as your fitness increases your body will support better.

I didn't check that measurement yet but on all the others i come up too small, you are right though the science only goes so far after that personal preference rules. Now if only i could work out why the toes on my right foot go numb.

Trapped nerve, lift out of the saddle every so often.

I'll try it but i can't see that it'll feel right tbh, i think i want to go shorter.

You would be surprised, what length is your current stem.

If its foot related I would imagine it has more to do with saddle fore / aft, saddle angle, or seat post height. Possibly even cleat position.

Have you moved any of them to experiment yet?

I would try moving one thing only and riding and take it from there.

Come to think about this I didn't have so much trouble with right sided numbness today.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Like you Mo I was slower today.
Though I still set 8 p.b's.
28.2 miles @ 16.1mph 1125 ft (from the unit) cad 81, hr 143/162bpm.
This makes it the 4 consecutively ride @ 16mph+ and this was the most difficult per mile over twice yesterdays right, and even though yesterdays ride was over 40 miles, tonight's was more difficult in total as well
http://app.strava.com/activities/61292846

 

[heather68]

this is my 9 week anniversary as a cyclist have come so far in that time...had a borrowed scott hybrid for the first 5 weeks then treated myself to a triban 3...first commute to work of 20km took 1 hr 30 mins but now down to 55mins for the same route...average kph now 20kph took the long way home tonght from work 35km in 1 hr 45 mins so chuffed didnt even have to stop managed water bottle one handed lol...now to get mycyclelog sig loaded to push me a bit to doing more miles in my new saddle ouch...

 

[RWright]

this is my 9 week anniversary as a cyclist have come so far in that time...had a borrowed scott hybrid for the first 5 weeks then treated myself to a triban 3...first commute to work of 20km took 1 hr 30 mins but now down to 55mins for the same route...average kph now 20kph took the long way home tonght from work 35km in 1 hr 45 mins so chuffed didnt even have to stop managed water bottle one handed lol...now to get mycyclelog sig loaded to push me a bit to doing more miles in my new saddle ouch...

Congrats on the commute. Instructions to putting in the mycyclinglog sig are here: http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/how-do-i-get-a-mycyclinglog-ticker-in-my-signature.91272/

 

[Nomadski]

this is my 9 week anniversary as a cyclist have come so far in that time...had a borrowed scott hybrid for the first 5 weeks then treated myself to a triban 3...first commute to work of 20km took 1 hr 30 mins but now down to 55mins for the same route...average kph now 20kph took the long way home tonght from work 35km in 1 hr 45 mins so chuffed didnt even have to stop managed water bottle one handed lol...now to get mycyclelog sig loaded to push me a bit to doing more miles in my new saddle ouch...

Well done. More proof as if it were needed, that the best gains are made by just doing it more and more!

 

[Nomadski]

Id love to use mycyclinglog but having already done 54 odd rides I really cba inputting them manually into the site. Wish there was an import feature from other sites.

 

[RWright]

Evening storms were coming in so I only got a half hour ride in. Had to ride towards town because the storms were passing to the north. I still got wet but it felt good, the cars in the rain are the part that worries me. If there is no lightning I don't mind the rain, unfortunately it doesn't happen like that often here during summer. It felt good after a day off the bike.

 

[RWright]

Id love to use mycyclinglog but having already done 54 odd rides I really cba inputting them manually into the site. Wish there was an import feature from other sites.

Me too, I have too many to enter by hand now. I like two button click import to veloviewer and am much too lazy to change.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

this is my 9 week anniversary as a cyclist have come so far in that time...had a borrowed scott hybrid for the first 5 weeks then treated myself to a triban 3...first commute to work of 20km took 1 hr 30 mins but now down to 55mins for the same route...average kph now 20kph took the long way home tonght from work 35km in 1 hr 45 mins so chuffed didnt even have to stop managed water bottle one handed lol...now to get mycyclelog sig loaded to push me a bit to doing more miles in my new saddle ouch...

Well done Heather. My first 20Km+ ride took 1:51 (well it was 29.28KM), and today I did 45 in 6 mins less, and I probably stopped 5 or 6 times back then today I dont. Your speed will increase gradually, but seems to catch you by surprise, when you think your going slow and realise your are actually going faster than when you thought you used to be going fast.
Or when riding into the wind and you find it's not tiring you out and your speed doesn't get slowed as much as it used.
There are plenty of people in this thread that will give you encouragement, if you ever feel down about progress, as we all feel that sometimes, I know I did back in Jan-Mar I just seemed to be getting slower, but persevered thanks to some some friendly badgering in here.

 

[Nomadski]

Friendly badgering is this threads forte!

 

[Nomadski]

Evening storms were coming in so I only got a half hour ride in. Had to ride towards town because the storms were passing to the north. I still got wet but it felt good, the cars in the rain are the part that worries me. If there is no lightning I don't mind the rain, unfortunately it doesn't happen like that often here during summer. It felt good after a day off the bike.

You get some pretty extremes of weather there dont you @RWright? Really hot temps, incredible showers, tornados?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

This is my veloviewer


http://veloviewer.com/athlete/760167/

 

[Nomadski]

My Veloviewer wont update tonight any of the rides I did at the weekend.

Anyone else been having an issue?