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

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Its only a fitness thing to a point. Some people are just hill climbing people, others are distance people. I am married to a hill climber who takes great delight in spotting a lycra clad road on a carbon bike going uphill and setting off on the chase. He can catch them, overtake at speed and maintain that all the way to the top on any bike including a fully laden touring bike! He looks at me with the pleading eyes that say "can I" before he sets off, I just consent and tell him to wait for me after the top (hate stopping at the very summit - need to get passed it to recover, then stop). He just likes putting them to shame :biggrin: Me, I am a plodder uphill. When I run out of gears, I just plod and will eventually get their without having to stop (assuming I haven't been in hospital the day before :whistle:). On tour, I average 8-9mph (if that) but I don't care. I am not after speed, I am not after distance, I am after just getting there! My commuting is also the same - just faster, always with panniers and I think leisure riding has become the same simply because I spent so long touring, not to mention the various medical issues which mean just getting up some days is difficult! (In fact I am about to give in on that front and try for some sleep and leave my OH to our guest when he arrives!)
Must admit I have always pleaded to being a bad climber
However after Ditchling Beacon and the ride this week, I must admit I am a hell of a lot better than I was, although this is really the result of lots of work
 

Trevor_P

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Still not really drinking enough. After today's epic, I'd only had 2.25L in almost five hours riding. Yet it felt like the bottle was never out of my hand. First ever headache at the end of a ride. Going to have to do better... Plenty of food though, Jordans Frusli x3, Whole pack of fig rolls. Piece of Flapjack at the cake stop and a coffee with seven sugars. Needed a spoon to get the sugar out of the bottom of the mug lol.
 

Trevor_P

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@Trevor_P do you want to combine your files for strava, or have you done it.
Done that Nigel, thanks for the offer.
 

Trevor_P

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Ok can ask how you did it because stitching mine together yesterday was a right pain
Exported the rides as .tcx files from garmin connect. Then used combineactivities.jar from the third post in this thread. Cut and paste the resulting text into notepad and save as a new .tcx file which I imported into strava.
 
Exported the rides as .tcx files from garmin connect. Then used combineactivities.jar from the third post in this thread. Cut and paste the resulting text into notepad and save as a new .tcx file which I imported into strava.
I will look at the thread, I have always done mine manually but a similar process I guess.
 

Trevor_P

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Whilst out today, I had a chat with a couple of senior riders. The lady, was riding what I believe to be a Raleigh circa 1940. It had 'new wheels' fitted around around 1950, and was single speed, with a few mods like straight bars, and no mudguards. What made it even more remarkable was that she only had one fully functioning lung, the other being afflicted with TB when she was younger. Her age? Lets just say that she and the bike were contemporaries.

Hats off to them both as they were clearly enjoying their day, and they made mine even better with some of their tales and their living life attitude.
 
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