Show us your.......newbie progress!

[SpokeyDokey]

Not so good Not worth pushing it though or you may do more harm. Nice brisk walk instead??

I have lost the will now Mo' - City vs United is on shortly - fire is now blazing away so I am am going to sit in front of that with some carrot & corriander soup made by Lovely Wife and a hot bread roll. Followed by some Sloe Gin. Christ, we do know how to live!

 

[Mo1959]

i have lost the will now Mo' - City vs United is on shortly - fire is now blazing away so I am am going to sit in front of that with some carrot & corriander soup made by Lovely Wife and a hot bread roll. Followed by some Sloe Gin. Christ, we do know how to live!

That does sound rather nice Off to visit my folks soon so will probably eat far too much over there too. Lol.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I am as shame-faced as a thing with a face full of shame.

Bright (if a little watery) autumnal sunshine all day here in my corner of West Yorkshire. Did I ride? Erm... Well...

Got up a bit late, you know how it is. Then I had some stuff to do. Chopped some veggies for dinner. Nipped to the shops. Then all of a sudden its, "ooh is that the time...?"

*stands in corner with "lazy git" hat on*

 

[Leescfc79]

Horrible weather here today so popped to the gym for an hour and spent a bit of time on a wattbike so better than nothing.

Signed up for a 80 mile sportive in February to keep me motivated over the winter but my main aim is to get rid of the extra couple of stone I've managed to gain over the last 12 months, it's really slowed me down on the bike this year so I really need to do something about it!

 

[San Marco]

Well, my aim this year was to cycle 2000Km (not including commuting to work), and today I completed it. Very happy, an improvement from 1300Km last year.

 

[moo]

Just popped over to the local hills once it stopped raining. Didn't have much energy so had to pace myself a little. Over 100ft/mile for 25 miles in the forest.

http://www.strava.com/activities/214750949

My white bike is now mostly brown

 

[Stonechat]

I see that Veloviewer will start charging soon for a full service

 

[Harv]

Thanks for the heads up. They want £9.99 per annum to continue using the service.

 

[Mo1959]

Thanks for the heads up. They want £9.99 per annum to continue using the service.

I will probably end up paying for it because I quite like the site. I think £9.99 is probably a fair cost for the work that is involved in keeping the site going, but not sure if I would pay any more than that.

Cold and heavy rain here this morning and I couldn't face going out in it, either cycling or jogging. Will just be a quick dog walk I think.

 

[Harv]

I only really use it for the signature on the forums so I probably won't Pay the annual fee

Need to find another sig tool though

 

[BrianEvesham]

Is anyone using the SRAM apex components that are used on this boardman?

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-team-carbon-limited-edition-2014#tab2

I quite like the look of this bike but know nothing about SRAM

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've used a SRAM cassette and chain before now. no issues - lasted reasonably well, but not brilliantly so but then I only paid £9.99 for the cassette half price and £14.99 for the chain also half price.. don't know anything about their Apex range though. The better quality and much more expensive components on my new bike (shimano currently) have lasted considerably longer but an identical chain is £40 and I haven't even looked at the cassette (which I think is actually suntour)...


Just remember that the Halfords 22 point safety check doesn't include checking that the forks are on the right way round

 

[Mo1959]

Is anyone using the SRAM apex components that are used on this boardman?

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-team-carbon-limited-edition-2014#tab2

I quite like the look of this bike but know nothing about SRAM

I think vickster uses sram and prefers them, although I think more for the ergonomics of the shifters rather than anything else.

 

[RWright]

I only really use it for the signature on the forums so I probably won't Pay the annual fee

Need to find another sig tool though

Same here. I like the site and did make a small donation a while back but the only time I go there is when syncing to Strava. I am no marketing guru but it seems like a bad time of the year to be introducing a fee for this type site. I won't be using any manual entry signature images either. I have become much too lazy for that. If I were not so lazy I would try and figure out how to make my own signature image that includes Strava data. It would probably be good programming experience but I don't have the time right now.

 

[Harv]

Strava do seem to have a sig option on their site but it doesn't seem to be compatible with these forums.