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

[ryan_w]

Just started using Strava to cycle between mine and my good ladies...

This was one from a few weeks back, managing to stay just over 15mph average on an 18T fixie.

87 / 3,388 on one of the sections so really happy with that! And I was hardly gunning it...

https://www.strava.com/activities/175013520

 

[Coggy]

Just started using Strava to cycle between mine and my good ladies...

This was one from a few weeks back, managing to stay just over 15mph average on an 18T fixie.

87 / 3,388 on one of the sections so really happy with that! And I was hardly gunning it...

https://www.strava.com/activities/175013520

I like the name of the Segment called "Tw@t out of hell" !

 

[jim57]

11 days now since I took up cycling. Been out every day, and upping the mileage a little every day. Just managed my first 20 miler, which seemed a lot further on the way back as it was coastal route with very strong winds against me. Does it ever get easier, cycling into the wind?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

11 days now since I took up cycling. Been out every day, and upping the mileage a little every day. Just managed my first 20 miler, which seemed a lot further on the way back as it was coastal route with very strong winds against me. Does it ever get easier, cycling into the wind?

Yes it does, as eventually you will realise you can't beat the wind, so you will drop a gear or two and relax.

 

[bpsmith]

Certainly doesn't. Sometimes, you even think you are cycling into a headwind, but find out on the return leg that it was actually a tailwind and the air you felt was just the speed that you were doing!

 

[Coggy]

11 days now since I took up cycling. Been out every day, and upping the mileage a little every day. Just managed my first 20 miler, which seemed a lot further on the way back as it was coastal route with very strong winds against me. Does it ever get easier, cycling into the wind?

I have found as my fitness improves it doesn't necessarily get easier riding into the wind but I seem to be able to grit my teeth and just get through it easier now. The same is starting to apply to hills although to be honest the hills round our way would be seen as childs play to some of the guys on here that pedal around some extremely hilly parts of the country.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

11 days now since I took up cycling. Been out every day, and upping the mileage a little every day. Just managed my first 20 miler, which seemed a lot further on the way back as it was coastal route with very strong winds against me. Does it ever get easier, cycling into the wind?

I have yet to find it any easier cycling into the wind, despite plenty of practice in it you just get faster at doing so

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist

Just browsing ebay say these, and thought you might be interested.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Planet-X-...sure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item20ea9ad739

Thanks but beyond my current budget.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

11 days now since I took up cycling. Been out every day, and upping the mileage a little every day. Just managed my first 20 miler, which seemed a lot further on the way back as it was coastal route with very strong winds against me. Does it ever get easier, cycling into the wind?

Everything gets easier, but it takes time, practise and experience, as @Supersuperleeds said spin in a couple of gears lower don't fight a head wind, as you become fitter you will be able to maintain a good cadence in a low gear that will keep your speed up, i have not been out in the recent winds, but some I have have stolen over 6mph on a flat road, not as bad as the recent winds, but they were still bad.

 

[Effyb4]

Hubby plans to take me to box hill tomorrow, while the kids go to Thorpe Park. Wish me luck

 

[RWright]

Since I started riding regularly again I notice that I am looking out my windows to check the wind in the trees much more often, like I used to do.

 

[Mo1959]

Since I started riding regularly again I notice that I am looking out my windows to check the wind in the trees much more often, like I used to do.

Lol......that was one of the first things I used to do in the mornings, along with checking the wind speed and direction on as many decent weather sites as I could find!

 

[RWright]

Hubby plans to take me to box hill tomorrow, while the kids go to Thorpe Park. Wish me luck

Good luck! Isn't that close to Leith hill? You can do them both while you are there!

 

[RWright]

Lol......that was one of the first things I used to do in the mornings, along with checking the wind speed and direction on as many decent weather sites as I could find!

I haven't started checking the wind direction/speed on the weather sites....yet, but I will be. Many times at the start of my rides I could tell right after I get out of my neighborhood what direction the wind was blowing and adjusted the route I was going to take on the fly. I have a north/south or an east/west route I normally do.

Edit: When I was doing longer rides I would definitely check out the weather sites. I even keep a weather underground widget thing on my browsers start page that has wind speed and direction. It also has a weather radar map and seven day weather forecast on it. I still use it as my start page. It is a page I created but I am sure there are probably some sites that you can do all sorts of customized weather pages.

 

[Venod]

Thanks but beyond my current budget.

They have gone up quite a bit £12 last time I looked