Turbo Trainer again....
This time before I ate ;-)
Did 30 minutes and covered 11 miles average speed 22.6 mph and top speed 38.2 mph
Just got on bike, warmed up then went to outer chain ring and middle rear sprocket, when it started to get to easy I changed up gears, and when it started to get to difficult I changed back down gears ;-) I was attempting to maintain a high cadence under varying loads.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Day 205
Worked from Home again today.
Managed to stop for lunch this time! and set of on my 'normal 20', and it felt cold!
For some strange reason I did find it hard work today? even though there appeared to be very little wind.
I did 21.61 miles in 1 hour 17 minutes with an average speed of 16.6 mph
When I got back my feet were freezing, but I was sweating.... I suppose I must just get used to it :-(
Managed to stop for lunch this time! and set of on my 'normal 20', and it felt cold!
For some strange reason I did find it hard work today? even though there appeared to be very little wind.
I did 21.61 miles in 1 hour 17 minutes with an average speed of 16.6 mph
When I got back my feet were freezing, but I was sweating.... I suppose I must just get used to it :-(
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Day 204
Turbo Trainer!
I was a little to busy to get out at lunch time so I had a 30 minute session on the turbo trainer instead.
Perhaps I should have had a longer break between eating tea and getting on the bike! I ended up curtailing the intended hour session due to a stitch ;-(
The stats for today are.
10.5 miles in 30 minutes
average speed 20.4 mph.
I did 5 minutes per gear up through the gears.
I was a little to busy to get out at lunch time so I had a 30 minute session on the turbo trainer instead.
Perhaps I should have had a longer break between eating tea and getting on the bike! I ended up curtailing the intended hour session due to a stitch ;-(
The stats for today are.
10.5 miles in 30 minutes
average speed 20.4 mph.
I did 5 minutes per gear up through the gears.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Day 201 (Sunday)
Took a lot of motivation to get out today! but ounce I got going I sort of regretted opting for a 20 mile ride, perhaps I should have gone a bit further?
The bike ran well, I am starting to think that perhaps the small buckle may have been there a while? and it was picking up on the brake blocks!
Any way I forced myself out on my 'normal 20' and when I got back I played on the xbox for a while, then cooked cider boiled honey roast ham for tea ;-)
So today I did 21.59 miles in 1 hour 18 mins with an average speed of 16.4 mph
The bike ran well, I am starting to think that perhaps the small buckle may have been there a while? and it was picking up on the brake blocks!
Any way I forced myself out on my 'normal 20' and when I got back I played on the xbox for a while, then cooked cider boiled honey roast ham for tea ;-)
So today I did 21.59 miles in 1 hour 18 mins with an average speed of 16.4 mph
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Day 200 (Saturday)
Well today was cold.....no VERY cold!
I wrapped up in thermals and set of on my 'normal 30', I did have delusions of attempting 50 but the frozen feet of the first 18 miles saw an end to that!
I noticed that my back wheel had gone out of true, I pulled over expecting to find a broken spoke, but on inspection found no such thing so I continued on :-) (More about this later!)
I worked last week instead of taking the half term of as usual so that I could buy the much wanted new bike, my intention was always to see what the local shop would offer then try Evans in Bristol, So I stopped in peddlers in calne on the return leg, and I said 'I want a road bike with 105 chain set that will be able to take me on JOGLE with gears to suit', and I was made an offer that was VERY reasonable on a Merida 904-20 2009 model :-), So I have payed a deposit ;-)
Now when I got home I took the back wheel out of the Dawes ready to take it to the shop to be trued up, I normaly give the wheel a good clean before taking it and during the clean I found why the wheel buckled! It has had a structural failure of the rim ;-(
So I swapped the cassett, tube and tyre onto the spare wheel we bought a couple of months ago, and I'm afraid the Alex 18 rim is destined for the bin (Although I may still try a warranty replace)
So today I cycled 29.21 miles, froze!, bought a new bike, and replaced the back wheel on the Dawes.
I wrapped up in thermals and set of on my 'normal 30', I did have delusions of attempting 50 but the frozen feet of the first 18 miles saw an end to that!
I noticed that my back wheel had gone out of true, I pulled over expecting to find a broken spoke, but on inspection found no such thing so I continued on :-) (More about this later!)
I worked last week instead of taking the half term of as usual so that I could buy the much wanted new bike, my intention was always to see what the local shop would offer then try Evans in Bristol, So I stopped in peddlers in calne on the return leg, and I said 'I want a road bike with 105 chain set that will be able to take me on JOGLE with gears to suit', and I was made an offer that was VERY reasonable on a Merida 904-20 2009 model :-), So I have payed a deposit ;-)
Now when I got home I took the back wheel out of the Dawes ready to take it to the shop to be trued up, I normaly give the wheel a good clean before taking it and during the clean I found why the wheel buckled! It has had a structural failure of the rim ;-(
So I swapped the cassett, tube and tyre onto the spare wheel we bought a couple of months ago, and I'm afraid the Alex 18 rim is destined for the bin (Although I may still try a warranty replace)
So today I cycled 29.21 miles, froze!, bought a new bike, and replaced the back wheel on the Dawes.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
