I’ve had four training sessions at the track this week. Because of my new awesome Answer wheels I’ve been focusing on bike handle and technique the three last session! The bike is so much lighter now and it’s really noticeable so it feels like a new bike, a bike that I love!
Month: November 2013
Answer Pro Pinnacle 24″
Today I got my new set of light weight bmx cruiser racing wheels, Answer Pro Pinnacle 24″! The front wheel weight in at 813 grams and the rear wheel (without cog) 978 grams.
After I’d put the wheels on and pumped some air into the presta tubes, which is standard on these beauties, I went out on the street to get a feeling of them and wow what they felt different from my old ones, almost felt that I was flying past the cars 😉 I never ridden a cassette wheel before so the sound was a little bit louder then I’m use to but it was nice, more racing! Tomorrow I will try them out for real at the track, pumped!
Me, my son and girlfriend took a trip to the racing track today
Took my son and girlfriend to the track today! I had a manual day and managed to manual one of the larger doubles, two times. I’ve been struggling with this for long now so it was nice to finally pull this of, I feel that the new frame is giving me more and more technique-extra-power love now, and that’s awesome.
The rest of the family had a pleasant walk for an hour. For my kid Penn it was his first time at the track, for being 18 days old he didn’t show any rejecting feelings towards bmx yet 😉
Ahhh, this crashes sucks
This week started a little bit sad cause a friend of mine that I’ve wrote about before in the blog, Björn had a crash and hurt his elbow. Luckily it turned out to be just a fracture so he will be up and riding again soon. When I saw the picture he posted on Facebook I got chills and I decided to get Elbow Pads.
I’ve been checking out the G-Form Elbow Pad for months but honestly I’ve been to cheap to get them. So I decided to go down to our Local Bmx shop here in Gothenburg, Childstore and try them on.
They were a little bit clumsy to get on but slim as hell when in place, really light and tight so bought them. At the track today I had my first ride with them and after two hours of racing I only had to pull one of them up once! I didn’t feel that I was wearing them at all and that was what I wanted so I’m happy, this pair of Elbow Pads will stay with me for a long time now. The only negative thing though, was that while talking on the phone they were a bit tight, but that i can live with!
Read more about the tech stuff behind these Elbow Pads at G-form here.
Most success at the gym
Last week I had the most success at the gym. I also had some time to plan my training for the next months, looking good but I got to find more exercises and variations… Yeah, I hope that this week will bring a lot of fun riding…
Keep up the rhythm of my riding
Went to the track for 45 minutes today just to keep up the rhythm of my riding, everything felt good! Noticed that everything felt much easier now when my body has rested for 8 days and not as stiff as it usually is when I’m in more or less constant training. Maybe something to think about in the future 😉
This week I became a daddy to this little boy
This week I became a daddy to this little boy, his name is Penn! I’m so happy and it feels awesome! Due to this little baby this weeks training schedule is a little bit of the path, see you next week, track 😉