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

[stevey]

@stevey - I like the look of both bikes you have looked at, also consider this one Ive been looking at for a friend - http://www.merlincycles.com/sensa-romagna-special-57892.html

@SpokeyDokey Great minds and all that, was looking at that same exact bike last night

Will do some research tonight see

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Typical isn't it. Much colder again here with a strong breeze and the rain has just come back on. I can see it bouncing off my neighbour's roof at the moment. I can cope with warm rain but cold rain that stings your face really isn't pleasant. Oh well, brekkie then a well wrapped up dog walk I suppose.

We have been forecast some crappy weather, so obviously it is a glorious day in Leicester.

 

[L14M]

Well the last 2 days I've been ill.
So the plan is at the moment - recover over the weekend, get the bike running sweet over the weekend - get back into training on monday!

liam

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Othe bus service and Metrolink were rubbish at getting me home in anything resembling a reasonable time.

A lot people dont realise how quick going to and from work can be, It takes me 45mins usually to get to the O.H.'s daughters, from our house its either three buses, or a walk into town 15 mins 40 mins on the bus to Wakefield and another at that end (dont know the times)

Edit: Having just checked the bike properly it's 5 spokes, all of which have broken at the hub. I'm not that fat, am I?

I had terrible time with spokes on my orginal wheels, got through about 8 in 10 months, now I just crack rims. :-(

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist - Really hope your not going out on the bike with those rims on, they looked seriously borked. Have the roads round Pontefract become THAT bad? Hopefully the manufacturers warranty will be fulfilled.

I give them so hammer sometimes, and we all hit the odd pot hole, but I never though I was that bad, I probably did on Tuesday but not since seeing them, however the bike didn't feel right on the home leg, the rear would shift on to 1st gear (dont think its related), off to Sheffield this aft hopefully come home with some replacement ones, however if they have to go away to be check ect, I will have to see if I can afford some R501's from them £65, and if they are replaced after at least I will have spares. (though I really wanted to save to get an edge 705 or rider 50)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Typical isn't it. Much colder again here with a strong breeze and the rain has just come back on. I can see it bouncing off my neighbour's roof at the moment. I can cope with warm rain but cold rain that stings your face really isn't pleasant. Oh well, brekkie then a well wrapped up dog walk I suppose.

tis snow here - not looking like we will get out either. currently can't see across the loch due to the blizzard conditions (those big fat wet snowflakes) but it is not yet sticking at loch level only around the 300m mark. could make tomorrow interesting - not sure on the mtb sportive we are meant to be doing... they have said they will re-route to lower levels but tbh, I can cycle around a wood/forest anytime I want

 

[Mo1959]

tis snow here - not looking like we will get out either. currently can't see across the loch due to the blizzard conditions (those big fat wet snowflakes) but it is not yet sticking at loch level only around the 300m mark. could make tomorrow interesting - not sure on the mtb sportive we are meant to be doing... they have said they will re-route to lower levels but tbh, I can cycle around a wood/forest anytime I want

It's a shame for folks like yourselves that have holidays. Another local lady that I found through Strava has taken a couple of weeks leave too hoping to get some cycling done but not having much luck either. Lets hope this is the last of the winter flurries and then it reverts to something like spring!

 

[Stonechat]

OK ish if a bit blowy in the south
Did a short 13.7 miles, only captured 9.6 miles on strava
http://www.strava.com/activities/122637133/
Will hope to to some Sunday Morning

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

It's a shame for folks like yourselves that have holidays. Another local lady that I found through Strava has taken a couple of weeks leave too hoping to get some cycling done but not having much luck either. Lets hope this is the last of the winter flurries and then it reverts to something like spring!

well we have had 3 nice day rides in and covered well over 240km in those 3 days - and given that Rannoch Moor was effectively my childhood playground I am used to the weather and we came ready for it, but today has just not happened... (was born in Glasgow!)
this is what we had earlier - no point in risking cycling in that...

compared to this from the same place earlier this week

and I am sure a few days of enforced rest will do me the world of good! I have 2 lots of my usual commute next week (back to back) followed by a day op on Friday and a big ride with some (or rather a lot if the figures are anything to go by) of the CC team on Saturday... hopefully I will have slept off some of the sedative by then!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 & @SatNavSaysStraightOn
I haven't seen any snow all year, and hardly any frosts.
Good news new wheels RS11's + £10 credit as they are cheaper than the RS10's were a year ago, and a 2 new year warranty, so a big for Planet-X.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I am going to have a coffee as I have had a scary trip in a car, and fix my bike, should be good for another 3-5,000 miles now

 

[Nigelnaturist]

All done, just need to pump them up and put on the bike, and find a front Q.R. as they are both rear ones.

 

[Exile]

I had terrible time with spokes on my orginal wheels, got through about 8 in 10 months, now I just crack rims. :-(

We'll see what Decathlon say about it tomorrow, but I've had a few issues with the rear wheel since day one and, in all honesty, should've taken it back when I first noticed spokes weren't staying tensioned.

Saw your post about the rims earlier, they did look like some very nasty cracks. Nice to read Planet X were excellent with the replacement, I've been hearing nothing but good things about them lately, and even though they're the other side of the Pennines to me they're very much a contender if I ever end up in N+1 territory.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

We'll see what Decathlon say about it tomorrow, but I've had a few issues with the rear wheel since day one and, in all honesty, should've taken it back when I first noticed spokes weren't staying tensioned.

Saw your post about the rims earlier, they did look like some very nasty cracks. Nice to read Planet X were excellent with the replacement, I've been hearing nothing but good things about them lately, and even though they're the other side of the Pennines to me they're very much a contender if I ever end up in N+1 territory.

I was looking at their entry level bike It looks good at 8.8 Kg for £600 with Tiagra groupset FSA Team 30 Wheelset ( I dont know if they are good or not) carbon folks, draw back for me is its a compact.

 

[Exile]

I was looking at their entry level bike It looks good at 8.8 Kg for £600 with Tiagra groupset FSA Team 30 Wheelset ( I dont know if they are good or not) carbon folks, draw back for me is its a compact.

I went with the NeWork 5 hybrid, needed a workhorse. Light it isn't, but it's well kitted for the price and fitted exactly what I needed. B'Twin bikes seem to get favourable reviews, just look at the Triban 3 for example, and the staff seem to know what they're doing. Can't fault the lifetime warranty either, it's the sort of piece of mind you don't generally get with the lower price-point bikes.