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

[Nigelnaturist]

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.

I know, I have been looking at the Triban 5, but its another kg heaver, the best can get mine down to is around 12Kg, but its quite a hassle. However both are outside my price range.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Mo1959 & @SatNavSaysStraightOn
I haven't seen any snow all year, and hardly any frosts.
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7:30 this morning...

haven't decided which bikes - suspect the road will actually be clear of snow... but I can feel a final lap of the loch happening before the end of today and there is also a frog rock and a railway station we haven't visited yet... not looking quite so inviting now the cloud has rolled back in!

 

[Mo1959]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Looks beautiful with the sun on it. Getting cloudy here now too and, to be honest, I am just not in the mood anyway so another day off unless I have a sudden burst of enthusiasm later. Lol

 

[welsh dragon]

There was snow on the ground when I got up this morning at 7am. And then it started to snow about 15 minures after I got up. No cycling for me. Another day for reading and keeping warm I think.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Still none here, though there may have been the slightest of frosts.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Just wrapping up to go out on the road bikes. if I get to the bottom of the track and the road is not clear, then I will switch over to the mountain bikes and have a much slower ride around the loch instead. clouded over here though as well and snow forecast again for this afternoon... then tomorrow we are off home, so this is the last chance to get out

 

[Mo1959]

Well, brightened up so thought I'd better have a quick whirl to test out the new bottom bracket. What a difference. Bike felt like it was purring along instead of creaking, cracking and grinding. Lol. Just short of 17 miles, but it will do. Don't know if it was because it felt good or I was feeling guilty not being out the last couple of days but I worked really hard all the way round and scraped an average of 16mph. It's a while since I got anywhere near that.http://app.strava.com/activities/122858391

 

[MattE72]

Very cold this morning and as the wife was going out @ 10 I only managed a quick 10km . Still it was better than sitting on my arse watching Saturday Kitchen! Bigger ride planned for tomorrow and hoping the weather stays ok
http://app.strava.com/activities/122827779

 

[MattE72]

Well, brightened up so thought I'd better have a quick whirl to test out the new bottom bracket. What a difference. Bike felt like it was purring along instead of creaking, cracking and grinding. Lol. Just short of 17 miles, but it will do. Don't know if it was because it felt good or I was feeling guilty not being out the last couple of days but I worked really hard all the way round and scraped an average of 16mph. It's a while since I got anywhere near that.http://app.strava.com/activities/122858391

I dream of 16mph at the moment

 

[Stonechat]

I dream of 16mph at the moment

Yes me too though can just touch 16 on shorter easy runs

 

[BAtoo]

First 50miles + in one go today

53.1 to be precise, 1400ft climbing, only 13.8 average though - quite a stiff headwind for over half of it and through some of the (smallish) hills is partly my excuse.

 

[stevey]

First 50miles + in one go today

53.1 to be precise, 1400ft climbing, only 13.8 average though - quite a stiff headwind for over half of it and through some of the (smallish) hills is partly my excuse.

Well done how did you feel when you got back?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well, brightened up so thought I'd better have a quick whirl to test out the new bottom bracket. What a difference. Bike felt like it was purring along instead of creaking, cracking and grinding. Lol. Just short of 17 miles, but it will do. Don't know if it was because it felt good or I was feeling guilty not being out the last couple of days but I worked really hard all the way round and scraped an average of 16mph. It's a while since I got anywhere near that.http://app.strava.com/activities/122858391

Better than I did, 14.4mph

 

[Nigelnaturist]

First 50miles + in one go today

53.1 to be precise, 1400ft climbing, only 13.8 average though - quite a stiff headwind for over half of it and through some of the (smallish) hills is partly my excuse.

If you have to do hills and its windy, try and ride up them in the lee of the wind, that way it wont effect your speed so much, not always possible but try and plan your rides to the weather forecast, and well done.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 flipping heck Mo you were quick, hardly had it posted.
I wouldnt take to much notice of the avg speed the Rider 20 does seem to show it a little slower, but still no great shakes.
http://app.strava.com/activities/122945716