The Fat Club

gb155

Cheshley wrote:

gb155 wrote:

SilverSenator wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

Hi Silver,
If you have a means to transport your bike then come up here to Selby where nobody knows you and come out for a ride with me. . . .

I have the means of transport but a cylinder has gone, it doesn't have a MOT, insurance or road tax. Apart from that everything's fine! :roll:

Trains ?

Trains are shite between here and Selby, every couple of hours or so but it's do-able and only 15 minutes each way. Costs a bit tho, 2 singles cheaper than buying a return and £6.60 each way according to www.thetrainline.co.uk.

Every couple of hours is poor, I used to get a 10 min train ride when I first started the commute and it was £5 for a single FOR 10 MINS !!!!!!!!!!

My pocket was glad when I was able to ride the whole way

Cheshley

gb155 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

gb155 wrote:

SilverSenator wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

Hi Silver,
If you have a means to transport your bike then come up here to Selby where nobody knows you and come out for a ride with me. . . .

I have the means of transport but a cylinder has gone, it doesn't have a MOT, insurance or road tax. Apart from that everything's fine! :roll:

Trains ?

Trains are shite between here and Selby, every couple of hours or so but it's do-able and only 15 minutes each way. Costs a bit tho, 2 singles cheaper than buying a return and £6.60 each way according to www.thetrainline.co.uk.

Every couple of hours is poor, I used to get a 10 min train ride when I first started the commute and it was £5 for a single FOR 10 MINS !!!!!!!!!!

My pocket was glad when I was able to ride the whole way

We should have a day out sometime and those of us from this side of the hills could meet those of you from that side in the Peak District........?

gb155

Cheshley wrote:

gb155 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

gb155 wrote:

SilverSenator wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

Hi Silver,
If you have a means to transport your bike then come up here to Selby where nobody knows you and come out for a ride with me. . . .

I have the means of transport but a cylinder has gone, it doesn't have a MOT, insurance or road tax. Apart from that everything's fine! :roll:

Trains ?

Trains are shite between here and Selby, every couple of hours or so but it's do-able and only 15 minutes each way. Costs a bit tho, 2 singles cheaper than buying a return and £6.60 each way according to www.thetrainline.co.uk.

Every couple of hours is poor, I used to get a 10 min train ride when I first started the commute and it was £5 for a single FOR 10 MINS !!!!!!!!!!

My pocket was glad when I was able to ride the whole way

We should have a day out sometime and those of us from this side of the hills could meet those of you from that side in the Peak District........?

I'd be up for some of that

SilverSenator

gb155 wrote:

Trains ?

If I had the spare cash I would mate. I wish this was an actual excuse rather than fact.

Cheshley

SilverSenator wrote:

gb155 wrote:

Trains ?

If I had the spare cash I would mate. I wish this was an actual excuse rather than fact.

I know exactly where you're coming from mate.

SilverSenator

Cheshley wrote:

We should have a day out sometime and those of us from this side of the hills could meet those of you from that side in the Peak District........?

Not including myself in this one (yet) but, depending on peeps varying fitness levels, Ladybower res and area might be your 'best' choice as it offers a wide variety of terrain and hills. If a few riders are not hill climbing fit then the ride round the res is relatively flat and not tarmac all the way round.

Glynnd111

Welcome gb155 and grats on what must be some amazing willpower (is that one word or two ?)

Anyway it seems alot of you are up north and then there is little ol me in the midlands/welsh border.

Whats the riding like up there ive only rode localy on our little hill called the Wrekin and thats becoming less of a challenge. :?

Briarquest

SilverSenator wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

We should have a day out sometime and those of us from this side of the hills could meet those of you from that side in the Peak District........?

Not including myself in this one (yet) but, depending on peeps varying fitness levels, Ladybower res and area might be your 'best' choice as it offers a wide variety of terrain and hills. If a few riders are not hill climbing fit then the ride round the res is relatively flat and not tarmac all the way round.

As I said once before. I am as fat as a pig But for some perverse reason I love the burn of going up a hill.

P.S. Remind me not to do 27 miles the day after I do 31 miles. I am absolutely knackered and just did not feel in the groove today.


Ian

TimesLikeThese

Its not so much the burn that affects me on hills but the difficulty in breathing and needing to take a couple of mins to get my breath back. I guess I just need to work more on base fitness and put in the miles on the relative flat to get the breathing working right???
Yes/No?

SilverSenator

Briarquest wrote:

As I said once before. I am as fat as a pig

Which breed?

Briarquest wrote:

But for some perverse reason I love the burn of going up a hill.

I'm not biking fit yet!

Briarquest wrote:

P.S. Remind me not to do 27 miles the day after I do 31 miles. I am absolutely knackered and just did not feel in the groove today.

Ian

Ever heard of rest days?

XxxBFGxxX

SilverSenator wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

P.S. Remind me not to do 27 miles the day after I do 31 miles. I am absolutely knackered and just did not feel in the groove today.

Ian

Ever heard of rest days?

wats one of them. lmfa some weeks i rdie 7 day. and an avarage of 20 mile ish aday. not every week i will add tho

Briarquest

SilverSenator wrote:

Briarquest wrote:

As I said once before. I am as fat as a pig

Which breed?

Briarquest wrote:

But for some perverse reason I love the burn of going up a hill.

I'm not biking fit yet!

Briarquest wrote:

P.S. Remind me not to do 27 miles the day after I do 31 miles. I am absolutely knackered and just did not feel in the groove today.

Ian

Ever heard of rest days?

I think I would be a Gloucester Old Spot

I have yet to sample what it is like to hit hil after hill on a MTB.

What I have found is that if I put the distances in like the near 30 mile rides then the short intense ones seem like a doddle and as such I go faster.

I had 4 days off at the end of last week and felt really guilty. I just wanted to get some miles under my belt. I want to try and top the ammount of miles I have done for July. Hopefully I can get 50% more.

I keep thinking back to a couple of weeks ago when I drove the back raods from Easingwold to Helmsley past Rivelaux Abbey. That was one hell of a hilly area. I saw more than one cyclist pushing his bike up the hill.

I am not that familiar with the area and would worry about getting lost. I want a GPS system for my bike then I can push the boundaries on location.

Ian

RockyHopperShow

I'm a bit late welcoming Gary to our little club but having seen his posts elsewhere it's a privilege to have him on board. Good luck with the Blackpool ride matey.
Bill

Cheshley

Lots to comment on today chaps....

@Senator, Ladybower is where I base my Peak District riding. Running around the res is a good ride and surprisingly comes out at 15.5 miles. I have done this often as a benchmark route and timed myself. The routes that go off on the West side of the res are the challenging ones and link over towards Hope Valley, Mam Tor and Castleton. I'm not saying I can get up all of these hills but would be more than happy to have a day out. Always remember that a thigh and lung bursting climb is rewardes with a grin inducing downhill ) I also want to try the Cut Gate route from Langsett over to the top end of Derwent Valley.

@Ian, rest days are important mate, your muscles need time to recover and repair themselves, and by not allowing them the time to do this you are actually slowing your improvement. I vaguely know the area around Helmsley and over towards Thirsk and Sutton Bank. If you crave the burn of riding uphill I can think of no better place, however you don't need a GPS, you need a map costing about 8 quid and a sense of direction.

@timeslikethese - flat riding will improve your breathing and base fitness level but the increase in muscle power needed to get up even the slightest gradient needs much more oxygen intake. Slowly introduce into your routes some smaller hills and concentrate on breathing deeply and pedalling evenly, drop the gears so you're spinning at a rate you can maintain and you'll soon be looking for longer and steeper hills.

@glynnd111 - the riding up here is great. Around here (Doncaster/Selby) it's generally a little flat but there are hills if you know where to look. If you're willing to travel, the Peak District is not far and North Yorkshire is do-able. If you're riding MTB, have you considered a trip to Cannock Chase and the trails there? I'm not sure how far that is away from you...?

I think that just about covers it......

I've not been out since I stacked the bike at the weekend, might go and have a play in the local woods later...

ratty2k

Not been on in a while, been busy at home and trying to get out riding- just got back from the Marin trail today actually... Rigid 29er round there is great fun and harder work than my Reign which, one is overkill for the Marin, and two gives me a better work out.
Weight down to 17st 10. Dunno what fat loss is, but I can see my quads are bigger and the same goes for my arms doing 50lb curls and bench press...
Happy with results so far

Cheshley

Hiya Ratty, was starting to think you'd got lost!!!!

ratty2k

Nope, not lost... lost cause maybe...
Did a ride in the Peak which included the mad Cavedale descent- managed to clear it, a fair few walked either part or all of it. somewhere in the region of 21 miles for the ride and some 'orrible climbs! :shock: Bike carrying at one point on the way up to Hollins cross from the outskirts of Hope.

TimesLikeThese

Cheers Cheshley - I'll give it a shot.

By the way just wanted to say the the advice given in this thread about getting the seat just right to avoid bum agony and numb groin was spot on.
Seat height and position along the horizontal axis sorted and a 1-2 degree upwards tilt fixed it for me.
I believe my problem was that I had been sitting too far forward so those sit bones were not actually on the pads properly. So be sure to play with the position before throwing money on seats.

Cheshley

ratty2k wrote:

Nope, not lost... lost cause maybe...
Did a ride in the Peak which included the mad Cavedale descent- managed to clear it, a fair few walked either part or all of it. somewhere in the region of 21 miles for the ride and some 'orrible climbs! :shock: Bike carrying at one point on the way up to Hollins cross from the outskirts of Hope.

Not ridden Cavedale but I've heard it's a beast and the climb up to Hollins from that side is bad enough to walk up!!!! I'm hoping to get a day out around there soon but I'll be riding at MY pace....

Briarquest

I have a test ride booked on one of these next week

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kon ... ona%20five

Now I am scaring myself.


Ian

Cheshley

what's scary about it mate? The price?

I didn't spend that much on my full suss!!!!!

Briarquest

Hi,
yes, the price!!!! Beggers cannot be choosers. I am 6'7" and as such look like a drum on a pea.

I need a bike that can take my weight, size and also has a very long top tube so I am not scrunched up when I am on the bike.

Life aint much fun at this height, there is no such thing as a cheap deal.

On the subject of full susser. I was in a bike shop a few weeks ago anf they were telling me that to get the same level of spec in a full susser as you have in a hard tail you need to double the price.

They said it tends to be that nearly 50% of the value of a full susser is made up out of what is takes to get the rear suspension.

So they warned me off them unless I was prepaired to look at their 2k plus bikes to get the same discs, forks, gears etc which were on a hardtail at half the price.


Ian


Ian

Cheshley

Briarquest wrote:

Life aint much fun at this height, there is no such thing as a cheap deal.

I know mate, I'm only an inch or two shorter than you.

I'm doing the same with my full suss as I did with my original Marin HT, buy a bike that I like with a good strong frame and when bits break I upgrade them. The Marin only cost me £400 ten years ago and the only original part is the frame, it's cost me almost a grand to get it to where it is tho and that's not including the original cost of the bike

OwenB

Hi Briarquest, have you considered a GT Avalanche? I was riding one at 21+ stones and at 6'3" I found the 20 inch frame a little too big for me so perhaps the XL frame (22"?) would be worth looking at, it's a good bit cheaper than the Kona too at £549 on CRC http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=33983

Obviously you would be best trying out before buying but I reckon one of those would hold out and be a good option for you.

gb155

RockyHopperShow wrote:

I'm a bit late welcoming Gary to our little club but having seen his posts elsewhere it's a privilege to have him on board. Good luck with the Blackpool ride matey.
Bill

Thanks for that, Fingers crossed the bike woes will be sorted by then, Also I wanted to thank you for your donation, It is appreciated it really is.

RockyHopperShow

You (and Christies) are very welcome Gary. It will be nice to see the "fund meter" tick over 100% - it's on 87% at the moment. I wonder who will push it over the line?

All the best, Bill

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gb155

RockyHopperShow wrote:

You (and Christies) are very welcome Gary. It will be nice to see the "fund meter" tick over 100% - it's on 87% at the moment. I wonder who will push it over the line?

All the best, Bill

Thanks again, I have plegdes that should smash 100% but then a pledge and a payment are 2 diffrent things

I passed 2500 Miles cycled tonight, FINALLY, My ride report is below for anyone intrested.

http://gazzasblogs.blogspot.com/2009/07 ... esyes.html

gb155

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TimesLikeThese

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Not sure about the pink colour scheme but the article is good!