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

[Mo1959]

@RWright That's another very nice bike Rocky

I don't think I will be going out.......at least not just now anyway. Minus 4 and everything looks white. Not supposed to get above 2 degrees all day. Just can't face the thought of it. Just going to go a walk.

 

[RWright]

@RWright That's another very nice bike Rocky

I don't think I will be going out.......at least not just now anyway. Minus 4 and everything looks white. Not supposed to get above 2 degrees all day. Just can't face the thought of it. Just going to go a walk.

That's too cold for me. I was going to go for a ride today but since I broke the shifter I just came home and repaired it and it was starting to get dark. It was already cool so I just stayed in. With the sun going down and it would have been much cooler soon, so rather than change clothes and take another bike, I took the easy way out. Freezing or below and I normally won't go out.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I was out yesterday in just 3/4 leggings, Aldi winter shirt and a gillut and a ski base layer I got from Home Bargains last year, and was still a touch on the warm side, went out last night just to make up some mileage (as Mondays are lacking and I want to try and get a tally for each day of the week of a 1,000 miles) put on some leg warmers and a winter Jacket and then after 6 miles was warm, temps at night were about 2°, day temps were about 10°.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Was lovely and warm In Leicester this morning, also managed to get to work before it really rained

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Thought people might be interested to see this, I am currently working on weather input from garmin into my database.
The first of the non date fields are temp, avg wind speed and max wind speed, since the back end of Aug. (These are for when I rode) wind speeds in m.p.h.

 

[Jon89]

Interesting stuff nigel, september seems such a long time a go now. not gonna see weather like that for a while.
another 40 miles today!
Not the best weather but I enjoyed it once i got going and the headwind on the way back was very nice
http://www.strava.com/activities/93377370
I notice there's a lot more chatting now and less people posting there rides than a few months back
come on guys there's no ice yet(not down south anyway) just wind rain and mud.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Interesting stuff nigel, september seems such a long time a go now. not gonna see weather like that for a while.
another 40 miles today!
Not the best weather but I enjoyed it once i got going and the headwind on the way back was very nice
http://www.strava.com/activities/93377370
I notice there's a lot more chatting now and less people posting there rides than a few months back
come on guys there's no ice yet(not down south anyway) just wind rain and mud.

We're all still getting out.

 

[BrianEvesham]

We're all still getting out.

I'm not! Massive amount of work getting in the way

 

[Stonechat]

Cycling on hold here as Dad will now go to a hospice within the next few days

 

[Mo1959]

Couldn't face the cold here. Bad enough walking in it but the thought of the windchill just didn't do it for me I'm afraid. I would quite happily hibernate and come out again mid March

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Couldn't face the cold here. Bad enough walking in it but the thought of the windchill just didn't do it for me I'm afraid. I would quite happily hibernate and come out again mid March

You should move south for the winter.

 

[Mo1959]

You should move south for the winter.

Like the swallows Tomorrow only looks marginally better.

 

[GreigM]

Couldn't face the cold here. Bad enough walking in it but the thought of the windchill just didn't do it for me I'm afraid. I would quite happily hibernate and come out again mid March

Was chilly today, this will be my first winter so not sure what to expect but hopefully I can get out 2/3 times a week even if only for an hour. Maybe I will have to try a spin class which looks like it might well kill me

 

[Reece]

So out for my first proper night ride tonight with the faster guys out the club. Really need to invest into some better lights. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry flying down the hills in pitch black darkness lol. Luckily the group kept me in the middle so I used their lights to help me see.

Pace was about at my limit and a few near offs with wet mud and rocks on the lanes got the adrenaline pumping!

http://www.strava.com/activities/93423985

 

[RWright]

I took the rain bike out for a test spin. I couldn't make the little shifter part I made stay in place under stress so I went out with only top gear. It wasn't much of a problem on one of my flatter routes. Just getting out of my neighborhood was the only difficult part. I was able to do the rest of it without even needing to get out of the saddle. Now I just have to get that shifter part ordered and get a rattling noise out of the front fender and I will be ready for winter, well as ready as I am going to be.

I wore sweat pants today on my ride. The first time I have had on long pants since March or April. I agree with Mo on the hibernation thing. Just wake me up early on March 1st.