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

[SpokeyDokey]

great going getting out in the poor weather, did you enjoy it? I still feel great provided it hasn't been chucking it down

Yes, it was great. First time I have done it too. In a sad way it felt heroic.

I have avoided doing this so far as I did not want to get my new bike messed up but then I thought "it's only a bike plus living in The Lakes you can sometimes wait a week or three before the rain stops so get out there!"

I don't have mudguards either but that didn't really cause a problem. The down tube on my bike is a fat affair and it kept my face clean plus the back of my waterproof jacket responded well to a hose down.

Definitely will do it again.

 

[SWSteve]

Yes, it was great. First time I have done it too. In a sad way it felt heroic.

I have avoided doing this so far as I did not want to get my new bike messed up but then I thought "it's only a bike plus living in The Lakes you can sometimes wait a week or three before the rain stops so get out there!"

I don't have mudguards either but that didn't really cause a problem. The down tube on my bike is a fat affair and it kept my face clean plus the back of my waterproof jacket responded well to a hose down.

Definitely will do it again.

Great news! Keep going at it and we'll end up appreciating the summer more because of it.

 

[RWright]

I just got in my regular 16 mile ride today. It was more of a shakedown of my new old bike which didn't last long because my rear wheel has a small bounce in it every wheel revolution, something I can not tolerate when there are other smooth rolling bikes sitting home. Took out the Townie and had a great ride. The temperature was 26c and sunshine, there were 10 to 15 mph winds but the trees on my route protected me from it for much of the ride. Even when I had to climb into the wind for a while it wasn't bad at all. I just cranked up the AC/DC on the MP3 player and went for it. It would have taken a lot to mess up my first short pants and t shirt ride in a while. Tomorrow back down to high 13c with a 40 percent chance of rain, and more wind around 10 mph.

I also found a watch/heart rate monitor on the side of the road. It has a lot of buttons on it so I will have something to keep me entertained this evening. I was able to figure out I have a resting heart rate of 62 but I don't know if that is good or bad (I also think I could have figured that out with a regular watch but that wouldn't be as much fun). Now I have to figure out how to go about checking max heart rate, more evening excitement. I am afraid this is going to lead to harder training for me now. I might should have just left the HRM on the side of the road again, like I did the first time I rode by it a few days ago.

 

[Typhon]

I just got in my regular 16 mile ride today. It was more of a shakedown of my new old bike which didn't last long because my rear wheel has a small bounce in it every wheel revolution, something I can not tolerate when there are other smooth rolling bikes sitting home. Took out the Townie and had a great ride. The temperature was 26c and sunshine, there were 10 to 15 mph winds but the trees on my route protected me from it for much of the ride. Even when I had to climb into the wind for a while it wasn't bad at all. I just cranked up the AC/DC on the MP3 player and went for it. It would have taken a lot to mess up my first short pants and t shirt ride in a while. Tomorrow back down to high 13c with a 40 percent chance of rain, and more wind around 10 mph.

I also found a watch/heart rate monitor on the side of the road. It has a lot of buttons on it so I will have something to keep me entertained this evening. I was able to figure out I have a resting heart rate of 62 but I don't know if that is good or bad (I also think I could have figured that out with a regular watch but that wouldn't be as much fun). Now I have to figure out how to go about checking max heart rate, more evening excitement. I am afraid this is going to lead to harder training for me now. I might should have just left the HRM on the side of the road again, like I did the first time I rode by it a few days ago.

26C! Got a spare room I can stay in? 62 is pretty good. There's a good chart here about resting heart rates. Mine went from the mid 70s to early 50s within a few weeks of starting cycling. That's measuring it when waking up in the morning though, still in bed lying down. If you measure it after drinking caffeine or sitting up it's going to be higher. So when you wake up tomorrow take your pulse and you might be in the "athlete" bracket too, even though you probably don't even remotely feel like an athlete either!

Max heart rate is roughly 220- your age although the heart rate monitor will give you a more accurate measurement. Sometimes electrical interferement can mess with it though - mine once recorded 225 on a ride!

 

[Leescfc79]

Uplaoded yesterday's ride, not the quickest but considering the weather I was happy to get round!

http://app.strava.com/activities/44645373

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Uplaoded yesterday's ride, not the quickest but considering the weather I was happy to get round!

http://app.strava.com/activities/44645373

Well done. That's great

Did you see the 'official' times have been released? Based on what I logged and what they say, it took me longer to put my gloves back on after my refuelling. They've got me 3 hrs 32, and my computer reckoned about 3 hrs 21 (but I didnt press the right button at the finish).

I'd have liked to finish quicker, but didn't, so never mind! I got round .

And so did you, so well done

 

[Leescfc79]

Well done. That's great

Did you see the 'official' times have been released? Based on what I logged and what they say, it took me longer to put my gloves back on after my refuelling. They've got me 3 hrs 32, and my computer reckoned about 3 hrs 21 (but I didnt press the right button at the finish).

I'd have liked to finish quicker, but didn't, so never mind! I got round .

And so did you, so well done

Yeah I saw the times last night, it had me down for 3hrs 40 minutes but we did stop for 10 minutes for food and my friend who did it with me had a flat (4 miles from the finish) and being so cold it took 20 minutes to fix!!

 

[Reece]

Uplaoded yesterday's ride, not the quickest but considering the weather I was happy to get round!

http://app.strava.com/activities/44645373

Well done lee

 

[Reece]

Well done. That's great

Did you see the 'official' times have been released? Based on what I logged and what they say, it took me longer to put my gloves back on after my refuelling. They've got me 3 hrs 32, and my computer reckoned about 3 hrs 21 (but I didnt press the right button at the finish).

I'd have liked to finish quicker, but didn't, so never mind! I got round .

And so did you, so well done

Times were a bit off with my garmin. I was mock g 2hr33 so should of had gold but got silver at 2hrs40 on there time. I shouldn't of stopped at the feed station lol.

Looking forward to be photos on sportive photo too lol.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Decided to do a hillier route today. Weather was dry at the start, but clouds looked dark, so took the hybrid.

At 18 miles it started to rain heavily, at 20 miles it started to snow. Went by a cycling club as I was puffing up a hill and they were coasting down it, bet they thought I was a right numpty, but they were friendly anyway.

Averaged over 16mph so very chuffed with that, normally hit just below 15mph going to and from work. Shows what a difference getting off the cycle paths and onto the road makes.

http://app.strava.com/activities/44743398

 

[Billy Adam]

Considering the weather, I'm pleased with that ride. https://www.strava.com/rides/44746382

 

[BrianEvesham]

Just a leisurely ride of eight miles with my lad this morning, very cold again.
The sun is out this afternoon so might go out on my own.

 

[Reece]

Went out for the early club ride this morning. Bit of a recovery ride after yesterday (well meant to have been). We did the south route which is flatter then the north route. Think the close knit group of us who are out most Sundays are mastering this, the pace was good and no one was struggling (we all must be improving). We ended up doing an extra stint of 5 miles as we had 1/2 hour spare before the social group riders turned up. I did the extra stint and headed home. Just as I got in the bad weather started so just missed it.

http://app.strava.com/activities/44760870

 

[Mo1959]

Just a leisurely ride of eight miles with my lad this morning, very cold again.
The sun is out this afternoon so might go out on my own.

You should probably take the chance when it is nice. Here's my forecast for tomorrow copied and pasted. Think it will be a rest day. Lol.

• Cloudy, cold and windy with rain along the Fife and Angus coast, but snow progressively falling to lower levels inland with moderate falls over hills. Strong easterly winds.

 

[Billy Adam]

You should probably take the chance when it is nice. Here's my forecast for tomorrow copied and pasted. Think it will be a rest day. Lol.

• Cloudy, cold and windy with rain along the Fife and Angus coast, but snow progressively falling to lower levels inland with moderate falls over hills. Strong easterly winds.

Rest? I don't think I'd even bother getting out of bed. 8o)