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

[Mo1959]

Just a short quick loop this morning;

http://www.strava.com/activities/125558157

Nice to have no wind even if it did spit with rain.

You'll be breaking the speed limit soon! Wish I could say the same but was still a chilly breeze here and I tried to do a bit more hills so pretty slow average. Thought I was seriously struggling on the first climb but got to the top and tried to go back onto the big ring and found I was on it! No wonder it was hard. Lol. Not very good for the chain but not in the habit of cross chaining. I was sure I had changed down at the start.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

You'll be breaking the speed limit soon! Wish I could say the same but was still a chilly breeze here and I tried to do a bit more hills so pretty slow average. Thought I was seriously struggling on the first climb but got to the top and tried to go back onto the big ring and found I was on it! No wonder it was hard. Lol. Not very good for the chain but not in the habit of cross chaining. I was sure I had changed down at the start.

Done that a few times , but then they are shorter here the climbs.

 

[BrianEvesham]

You'll be breaking the speed limit soon!

Lol, I wish. No climbing on this loop, nice and flat.

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

By rights they should give way to you as you are the one coming up the hill. and what's more unmotorised. Great effort.

Usually I'd agree, but the lane was only just wider than the cars. I had to stop and lean against the earth bank on one side to allow us to get past each other. Riding by the cars wasn't an option.

 

[Jamie Marcinko]

I bought a road bike on Friday, I am 6ft and 19 stone. I bought one of those indoor bike stands things so I can ride indoors and get used to the bike and get my fitness up before I take to the road lol.

I currently can ride the equivelant of 500 yards before I jump off my seat as it is the most uncomfortable feeling I have ever had!!

So dont worry NO ONE CAN BE AS BAD AS ME at the moment haha. I have about 4 weeks before I will need to do a daily commute of 12.6 miles as I am selling my car for a healthier lifestyle.

I will keep you updated when I make the transition from consvervatory biking to the world of actual road biking and how much weight I lose in the process.

 

[Triban5riderGD]

Not a very good week, bikes were in for service. Then a number of family commitments got in the way so my son and I only managed a 25 mile run yesterday.

I bought a road bike on Friday, I am 6ft and 19 stone. I bought one of those indoor bike stands things so I can ride indoors and get used to the bike and get my fitness up before I take to the road lol.
So dont worry NO ONE CAN BE AS BAD AS ME at the moment haha. I have about 4 weeks before I will need to do a daily commute of 12.6 miles as I am selling my car for a healthier lifestyle.

I will keep you updated when I make the transition from consvervatory biking to the world of actual road biking and how much weight I lose in the process.

Well done Jamie
Take your time and you will soon see the improvements and feel a lot better for doing it. Good Luck.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I bought a road bike on Friday, I am 6ft and 19 stone. I bought one of those indoor bike stands things so I can ride indoors and get used to the bike and get my fitness up before I take to the road lol.

I currently can ride the equivelant of 500 yards before I jump off my seat as it is the most uncomfortable feeling I have ever had!!

So dont worry NO ONE CAN BE AS BAD AS ME at the moment haha. I have about 4 weeks before I will need to do a daily commute of 12.6 miles as I am selling my car for a healthier lifestyle.

I will keep you updated when I make the transition from consvervatory biking to the world of actual road biking and how much weight I lose in the process.

Forget the rollers/trainer and just get out and ride, watch what you eat and the weight will drop off you. You will get used to the saddle eventually, but in the meantime invest in some sudocrem. I would also go do a test run of your commute.

Good luck and enjoy the bike, don't forget to come in here and post your progress and if you haven't found Strava yet, go have a look at it.

 

[Mo1959]

@Jamie Marcinko Good advice from @Supersuperleeds but find Strava at your peril......it's addictive!
Is the 12.6 miles a round trip or each way? If it's each way and you are struggling initially, why don't you hang on to the car for a few weeks so you can break yourself in gently by maybe taking the car every second day for the first week, then just a couple of times the next week and then when you know you are definitely comfortable, get shot of it at that point.

 

[Stonechat]

Easily managed to true the rear wheel wobble this am

 

[MattMM]

So owing to the weather being better than Friday headwind-wise (only 15-20 mph which is a gentle breeze for this part of Scotland), hit the same route. Speed on the return a lot better as hoped for and pleasingly, for first time ever, used third ring of the triple to max out speed on way out. Also for first time ever, had no need to use easy ring on triple at all, so well chuffed. Legs are starting to feel it now though, so a foam roller grunt-a-thon may be in order soon...

http://www.strava.com/activities/125566843

 

[Leescfc79]

Took the bike to work in the car today so I could stop off on the way home and start taking advantage of the lighter evenings.

15 miles at an average speed of 14.4 mph which is a bit faster than I've been recently so pretty happy.

http://app.strava.com/activities/125647327

 

[Goonerobes]

Today's little sortie took me to over 1000 miles for the year to date, not far by some standards I know but my best 3 consecutive months so happy days!

http://www.strava.com/activities/125607687

 

[Exile]

Back on the bike today, just commuting but it felt so good to be back on the bike. A week of standing about waiting for a bus to stand about on and it was starting to wear thin. Now plotting some longer rides home as the lighter evenings roll on. Did 100 miles last month (with time off for broken spokes), but hoping to get it up to at least 350 (!!!) this month, Spoke Gods willing...

 

[Triban5riderGD]

I couldn't wait to get out on my bike today, but I had to wait for my son Alex to get home from school first. Todays ride was quite a hilly route of just over 16 miles, which we both really enjoyed. Unfortunately Im still struggling on hills, as being over weight doesn't help. Ive currently plateaued at just under 18 stone so I will have to take a long hard look at my diet to get things moving in the right direction.
On the plus side we have racked up 457 miles riding together.. I can safely say that both our bottoms are now well and truly bedded into our saddles. With just 6 more weeks to go before we undertake our London to Brighton ride I think our next step is to up our distances. (our longest ride so far is 43 miles). As this is our first long distance ride any advice from you seasoned veterans would be most helpful.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Today's little sortie took me to over 1000 miles for the year to date, not far by some standards I know but my best 3 consecutive months so happy days!

http://www.strava.com/activities/125607687

400 miles more than me.
Sorted the clunking, cleaned the chainset, re-greased the bolts and tightened the b.b. a touch.
Ordered a 13-25 HG50 cassette and KMC 9sp chain, hopefully everything will sort of arrive together.

http://www.strava.com/activities/125708716