Year: 2013

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.

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…

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, 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 😉

Went to the track for an hour today and the weather was windy and fun. Unfortunately I was alone so I couldn’t ride as hard as I wanted so I had a chill pump session and ended this with some basic manuals in the whoop section. #damnIlovebmx

This week so far I´ve had one really super great workout at the gym and 2 bmx session at the track with no focus on progress just free riding. I’m getting to know the bike better and better now and it feels awesome!

Went to the track for 2h yesterday and did some jump training with my new frame. It felt a lot different but after 4-5 jumps I felt that the bike was easier to stair in the air than before so that made me really happy! Go standard!

Finally got my new frame, Standard Byke 125-RC 24″ Cruiser Frame and it was cleaner and slimmer than I could’ve imagined!

This week has been a hustle, getting all parts together made me miss two practice sessions but it was worth it even though I’ve been stressed like a bee, but now I’m done!

Here is my bike check:

Frame: 21.5 Standard Byke 125-RC 24″
Fork: Elevn Pro 24
Stem: ANSWER PRO Dual Length Stems
Handelbar: Renthal Moto 24
Grips: Kingstar Diamond 130
Brake: SHIMANO DXR V-broms
Brake lever: Shimano DXR
Brake pads: Shimano Deore
Wheels: Intense, stock wheels 18T
Tires: Tioga Powerblocks 1.75
Cranks: Crupi Rhythm Pro 175
Bottom bracket: Rhythm
Spocket: Renthal Ultralite Single Speed SR4 Gold 41T
Pedals: WELLGO MG1 Magnesium flat
Bar ends: Kingstar
Chain Tensioners: Kingstar Pro
Seat: TIOGA D-spyder S-SPEC Pivotal
Seat post: ELEVN Pivotal Pro 27,2mm
Seat post Clamp: Coalition

Thursday, First try:
To ride this frame was a pure pleasure! The first thing I felt was that the back, chain stay, was shorter than my old frame and that feeling was pretty different in a good way, tighter riding. I nailed my first manuals over the pump section in Kungsbacka, first try. After a few tries I noticed that I had more space to go deeper with my back, my rear wheel didn’t hit me in the back as much as before. It got dark pretty fast so I didn’t get a chance to hit some jumps so I’m planning to do this tomorrow instead. The story about the new bike will continue…

Made some smaller purchases this week.

One really slim nameless seat post clamp, weight: 10 grams! Then I bought a pair of Shimano Deore brakes and some all black headset spacers. The breaks were a little bit too heavy for my taste but they work nicely.

Now it´s time for some sleep, tomorrow is Hot Moyo Day, whooho new week!