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

[Mo1959]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Speedy recovery after your op

FYI, I got caught in heavy rain on my ride this morning and the Conti GP4000S tyres felt absolutely fine. No twitches or scary moments. Mind you, I don't exactly go whizzing round corners banking over at crazy angles. Lol.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

thanks Mo, op has been postponed (they still want me at a hospital with resus and ICU available despite not doing the op under a general - something to do with a combination of my severe asthma, tracheomalacia and bronchiectasis).. no longer on the 6th... and tomorrow is something different - to see if my steroid dose is high enough for my Addison's, not sure it is tbh!

good to know about the tyres. I finally have 2 of them now, so will probably fit them on Saturday... Sunday could be interesting if I get out on the bike... new tyres and 2kg less in weight, but I know I have lost fitness and muscle (my condition means I lose muscle very quickly if I stop exercising and take months to put it back on!)

 

[Mr_K_Dilkington]

Time trial training with the club this evening in Richmond Park. It's meant to be dry, but I'm really hoping it doesn't pee it down as I didn't bring any wet weather or even warm gear to work with me today - just bib shorts, jersey and cycling cap. Fingers crossed! No wind should make it a good day for a new Richmond park lap personal best though!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Hope things are not to boring for you, and your spinning soon.

I had to go out in the car so I did a quick recording it recorded fine, I have done a firmware update, I think it may need a new battery however,

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Hope things are not to boring for you, and your spinning soon.

I had to go out in the car so I did a quick recording it recorded fine, I have done a firmware update, I think it may need a new battery however,

thanks - life does this to me sometimes as you know. you get used to it sadly

We were given a faulty 705 in March last year. We ended up fitting a new battery to it - cost an entire £9.99 plus quick delivery. The thing is better, but something is still draining the battery even with the device is powered off! Same symptoms with the new battery only it takes 6 or 7 times as long for it to happen, so we just have to remember to not let the battery totally discharge (otherwise you have to take the device apart, unplug a plug, plug it back in and charge device) and put the device on to charge the night before you need it - its weird but functional. However the biggest issue for us, is that my OH can't get his head around OSM maps and I will probably have to get him the OS maps... he just can't understand them for some reason! I don't have this issue....

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn not check the rides yet, though they seem to show on the history map, unlike last night, to be honest I can do with out maps like on the 200 and 500, and just use a breadcrumb, I did about 4 miles with the back light on 30% and it following a course and the battery died, I rode another 4 or 5 miles and stopped, I then turned it on again turned off the backlight and course and it lasted the rest of the ride another 11 miles or so and didn't go off till I turned it off, a couple of conclusions, the back light puts a large drain on the battery and maybe reading the map and redrawing it (the latter part I only had data showing) and maybe following a course.
If a battery is draining whilst its switched off I am guessing a faulty battery, as any data is written to its memory, unless it needs some power for this, but I thought it was like a built in memory card (non volatile).

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

the battery was draining on the previous battery as well though, just not as quickly with the new battery which is why I think it is the device rather than the battery...

 

[L14M]

Well i've done 27.5 miles in the rain today which included riding inside cloud!
http://www.strava.com/activities/146556294
http://www.strava.com/activities/146556297
http://www.strava.com/activities/146556289
http://www.strava.com/activities/146556282
http://www.strava.com/activities/146556291

Pretty pleased tbh, a few PBs and I wasn't going all out, had a heavy bag etc, Also it was to go gliding which was grounded. Atleast I did a few other stuff paperwork wise though!

Liam

 

[Nigelnaturist]

the battery was draining on the previous battery as well though, just not as quickly with the new battery which is why I think it is the device rather than the battery...

The OH just ordered one (battery) so we will see, new battery's take some time to get to their optimum output.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Even though the garmin missed about 4 miles of the ride it still recorded 565ft elevation compared with strava 402ft

 

[morrisman]

Decided to day was to wet to go out only to find @L14M was out and about round my way so maybe I should have manned up.
But did fit my new gatorskins to replace the stock cheese based Giant tyres that came with the bike, fairly large hole in the rear from the chunk of glass that punctured me last week.

 

[L14M]

Decided to day was to wet to go out only to find @L14M was out and about round my way so maybe I should have manned up.
But did fit my new gatorskins to replace the stock cheese based Giant tyres that came with the bike, fairly large hole in the rear from the chunk of glass that punctured me last week.

Ha, im down there on friday again :P

I'm happy with my progress tbh, i might not be doing long rides due to time constraints but the rides are becoming better, also im spinning up hills and not stopping its a great feeling

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Decided to day was to wet to go out only to find @L14M was out and about round my way so maybe I should have manned up.
But did fit my new gatorskins to replace the stock cheese based Giant tyres that came with the bike, fairly large hole in the rear from the chunk of glass that punctured me last week.

I got a chunk missing from my rear gatorskin but it still rolls without punctures, and yea man up, it wasn't that bad out here a bit wet and breezy, would have gone further but trying to sort out this 705, it was better than yesterday at least it recorded the track even if the battery didn't last, what the ride means is I only need a 30 miles over the next three days to get my 2nd highest ever monthly total, even though my rolling 30 days is currently the 2nd highest.
Before the battery went flat
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/508842750
and after I turned off a few things
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/508842773

 

[Biggler]

I need to man up too... saw the rain, thought there'd be a load of standing water on the roads and I went to the chippy instead. I now feel guilty.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Biggler its very rarely that bad.

I just noticed on strava, I have just passed 13,000 miles on there but there is another 793 miles in total.