Tell us about your new improved government regulations compliant cycle part II

CramCycle · 14-02-2021 08:56PM

Trees were horizontal this morning it was so windy and by the time it dies down i had been roped into digging up the garden.

magicbastarder · 14-02-2021 09:57PM

that's what i ended up doing too.

BiggJim · 15-02-2021 05:06PM

Just did my first 30k cycle (30.6) in 1:27. Wasn't too bad bar a bit of discomfort/numbness in the hands.

magicbastarder · 15-02-2021 05:11PM

no harm takign your hands off the bars occasionally and shaking them.

BiggJim · 15-02-2021 05:15PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

no harm takign your hands off the bars occasionally and shaking them.

Who will steer the bike though?

Yeah I did, I don't have drop bars so try to play about with hand position too but I'm sure it'll get better with time.

Seth Brundle · 15-02-2021 05:19PM

Was the numbness due to cold or to the position of your hands on the bars?

jrby · 15-02-2021 05:26PM

BiggJim wrote: »

Just did my first 30k cycle (30.6) in 1:27. Wasn't too bad bar a bit of discomfort/numbness in the hands.

did you have a back operation recently?

I've some bulges in my spine and have been referred to a surgeon. Not looking forward to that.

BiggJim · 15-02-2021 05:27PM

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Was the numbness due to cold or to the position of your hands on the bars?

Position on bars. Only noticed toward the end and it faded very quickly not too worried.

BiggJim · 15-02-2021 05:28PM

jrby wrote: »

did you have a back operation recently?

I've some bulges in my spine and have been referred to a surgeon. Not looking forward to that.

No Jesus lol just from leaning on the bars. It's fine I'm really not worried about it, it was my longest ride yet.

Hopefully they can manage your back problems conservatively.

magicbastarder · 15-02-2021 09:20PM

yeah, i was out - lightish long sleeve top and leggings (not bib leggings) and got home thinking shorts would have been better.

Eamonnator · 15-02-2021 09:54PM

BiggJim wrote: »

Just did my first 30k cycle (30.6) in 1:27. Wasn't too bad bar a bit of discomfort/numbness in the hands.

Would a pair of these help you?
They give you a couple of different hand positions.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/lifeline-ergonomic-handlebar-grips/rp-prod155625

magicbastarder · 15-02-2021 10:01PM

I don't think BiggJim will be able to respond, looks like he's been banned.

Eamonnator · 15-02-2021 10:45PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

I don't think BiggJim will be able to respond, looks like he's been banned.

Oh dear.

sy_flembeck · 15-02-2021 11:07PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

I don't think BiggJim will be able to respond, looks like he's been banned.

Joined Feb '21. That must be some kind of record

Stark · 15-02-2021 11:14PM

Probably because he forgot the #allwithinmy5km disclaimer on his 30km cycle.

JMcL · 16-02-2021 02:53PM

positron wrote: »

Google Maps did that to me once. Dead end with a gap in the hedge opening to a field full of something.

Of the apps I've tried so far, Komoot is by far the best. One free map (usually covers your county). Managed to do a lap of Co. Louth using their free map - easy to fine tune your route on the website, and the follow / tweak during the ride. And mainly, no dead ends.

Made the mistake of using Google maps for a ride in France a few years ago, and learned a lesson. Going through a huge pine forest in the Medoc, the phone was adamant I should turn right down a "track" that was probably not even much of a track if at all when the forest was planted. This was their normal cycling navigation, not some off-road variant

So turned into a much longer than anticipated 120km spin in torrential rain, last 30km or so practically without brakes (flat down there thankfully) as the rain mixed with very fine sand thereabouts made mincemeat of the disc pads

I use Komoot these days, but have used https://cycle.travel/ before which was quite decent if you've got something else to do the turn-by-turn on the phone

wheelo01 · 16-02-2021 05:11PM

Weepsie wrote: »

35km in 90 mins and then consumed it all back in pancakes

Feckin forgot pancakes, dagnabbit!!

Got out today myself, 41 km at 24kph - jeez that wind was strong, but luckily it wasnt gusty, but it was ALWAYS a headwind for me.

Up towards Tallaght, over by knocklyon, Rathgar, City Centre, to the Pheonix Park and home.
Damn you Mercian Pro for your looping idea, I keep getting "lost" and ending up on tracks, or car parks.

Bike needed a good wash when I got home, she's now sitting up in the box room drying.

I really gotta explore the park more.

https://strava.app.link/uSIktDcCVdb

magicbastarder · 17-02-2021 12:55PM

nice day out there; feels like a decent spring day on the atlantic seaboard with that wind.

retalivity · 17-02-2021 01:43PM

Its lovely out there today, got my spin in in the morning before work.
Pity its all going to crap again for the weekend.

smacl · 17-02-2021 02:29PM

Out for the last three days, trying to get my Feb Strava climbing challenge back on track. Replaced the snow tyres with my Schawlbe G-Ones last night and the difference was very satisfying. While the G-Ones still aren't the fastest at a 38c semi-knobbly I saw about 20% of a speed increase from the spikers for a similar effort. I reckon I'll just turbo any further ice days this year. 26k with 400m of climbing at 22kph today. Nasty enough head winds on Edmonstown road but grand outside of that, could have been sketchy further up so kept to a smaller local loop.

17-02-2021 03:10PM

Back in the saddle at lunch time after a week and a half out sick. Took it nice and handy. 43k @ 25kph with 700 up. Brutal wind, but nice to be back out in the fresh air.

fat bloke · 17-02-2021 05:12PM

Walked to Spar today.

Must put it on Strava...

dahat · 17-02-2021 05:23PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Walked to Spar today.

Must put it on Strava...

Actually jealous.

Chicken fillet or breakfast roll?

fat bloke · 17-02-2021 05:39PM

dahat wrote: »

Actually jealous.

Chicken fillet or breakfast roll?

No mask so more window-lickin' than finger-lickin'

smacl · 18-02-2021 10:59AM

fat bloke wrote: »

Walked to Spar today.

Must put it on Strava...

Sounds like the surgery went ok so. Hope it wasn't too grim and your back on two wheels soon enough. Weather looks a bit ropey for the next couple of days so dithering on getting out myself.

dahat · 18-02-2021 03:28PM

First road spin since Jan 17th today, delighted to get out & about with muscle memory still knowing that I need to turn the handlebars when going round a bend.Headwinds, tailwinds and asshole drivers, can’t say I missed two of those!

45km @ a brisk 32.5 avg, roll on Sunday as weather looks okay at this stage.

18-02-2021 04:01PM

Got out for 45k at lunch time. 25kph with 700 of up and a savage wind to contend with.

Have decided not to bother focusing on average speed anymore as was getting bored with same loops and am picking 2-3 strava segment per rides as full gas efforts instead.

Nearly killed me but made a fourth and ninth overall on two local climbs, which I will take given I am hauling 90kg with me.

magicbastarder · 18-02-2021 04:33PM

usual 27km spin for me, that was windier than expected.
wore the mistral for the first time today - just leggings and the jacket, nothing under the jacket, and i reckon that was about as cold as i'd go with it for a short spin without any baselayers. 6C and 33km/h wind though.

JMcL · 18-02-2021 04:37PM

25km loop around Tramore with a stiff breeze from the SW. Only 2nd ride of the year for me due to a combination of kids not being in school, rubbishness of the weather in general, and a sprained ankle that's taken it's sweet time to clear up. Fitness has evaporated since Christmas, but having had a few extended periods off the bike before, it'll come back to something reasonable fairly quickly. Mornings are getting brighter now so there'll be more opportunities from now on to get out for an hour before herself goes to work

smacl · 18-02-2021 05:54PM

Short one for me, only 12k, totally bogged down in mud trying the outer paths on Masseys and called it quits when it started raining. Nasty enough wind too didn't help much.

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