Day 2 went well and I did my best but it wasn’t enough though, the Danish crew was to good and I finished 2th in B final. I need to train harder 🙂
After the races, the Swedish crew went to another track in Hadsund, Dragon BMX for a session. The track was awesome and had a lot of fun things to ride some of which you’ll see in the video above.
First race of the year is done and I’m really impressed with the cruiser elite scene in Denmark, they were as good as I had thought!
The day started with 3 heats where the top 4 riders would qualify to the finals. I was 4 4 3 in my heats and I was the most proud of the last heat. I jumped a double that I never thought I would do and had a good flow through the track.
In the finals I had a good start but managed to land to short on one of the doubles and lost all speed and I was dead last. After that I tried to get back but made to many mistakes, so I finished 8th. Overall I’m satisfied and for me to progress and get up to 5th place will take a clean good lap without mistakes. We’ll see what happens tomorrow on race day 2!
Just arrived at the hotel in Denmark with Hannes Dewrang and now it’s time to get some beauty sleep because tomorrow is race day!
2 days to go until the first race of the year in Storvorde (Denmark) and the lineup seems awesome! My goal this weekend is to finish top 8, so we will see how it goes…
Team training today with Björn and Thomas. First we met up at Kungsbacka for a 2h warm-up session including all kind of riding 🙂 Then after a lunch at a commercial burger chain we went to the new build track in Lerum and tried that track out. When we arrived we were already tired but the riding and the track were incredibly fun even though the track were under construction. Björn did the best line of the day with a dubble manual to a dubble jump right after, really clean. Need to learn that double manual thing someday… 🙂
Had a damn good gym session today including running, spinning, legs and arms, here´s a serious selfie!
Two weeks til the first race of the year and it starts in Storvorde, Denmark! My nervosity has all ready visited me and it feels kinda nice! It’s going to be fun to see how the danish bmx cruiser scene is and that’s why I’ll give it a try now, hope there will be a lot of riders in that cup!
I’m almost 5 practices in to my new clipless Time Atac pedals and after a few adjustments of the cleats I’m starting to feel really comfortable with them. This weekend holiday I’m spending in the south of Sweden and today I had some sprints in the dirt, loved it!
Here is my bmx cruiser racing bike for 2014, total weight 8740 grams, and yet again I’m stoked to ride this bike this year! Wihaaa
Bike check 2014:
Frame: Standard 125rc 24”, 1902g
Fork: ELEVN Pro 24, 860g
Fork: shims: 11g
Headset: ELEVN, 56g
Frontwheel: Answer Pro Pinnacle 24’ Black, 813g
Backwheel: Answer Pro Pinnacle 24’ Black, 978g
Tires: TIOGA POWERBLOCKS, x2 740g
Wheel bolts: 8g
Cassette Cog: Sinz 18T, 45g
Chain: KMC 810SL 3/32 Gold, 284g
Chain Adjuster: Kingstar Pro, x2 52g
Tubes: Intense presta, x2 232g
Handelbar: Renthal Moto 24, 544g
Stem: ANSWER PRO Dual Length Stems, 229g
Grips: ODI Ruffian, x2 108g
Brake levers: Bombshell Brake lever NEW 2012, 40g
Brake cable: Kingstar, 80g
V-brake: Bombshell 686 brake arms 7075 CNC LONG, 94g
Brake pads: Shimano XTR, 52g
Bottom bracket: Crupi Rhythm External Euro BB, 106g
Bottom bracket shims: 5g
Cranks: Crupi Rhythm Pro 175, 875g
Pedals: Time ATAC XC8 Carbon Pedals, 288g
Sprocket: Renthal Ultralite Single Speed SR4 Gold 41T, 70g
Chainring bolts: Shimano, 7g
Seat: TIOGA D-spyder S-SPEC Pivotal, 145g
Seat post: ELEVN Pivotal Pro 27,2mm, 77g
Seat clamp: Coalition, 28g
Just added this pair of Time Atac XC Carbon pedals and the Specialized Comp MTB shoes to my belongings! Time to start riding with the clipless pedals, scary but pepped!
This year me and Björn Berglund will race as a team, FTW bmx and support each other through this season. We co-worked on name and logo and it got a bit of love and a piece of pirate in it. More info will come…
This weekend I went to Stockholm and had a chill vacation with shopping and family stuff. On Sunday I finally got the chance to ride with Björn on his home track in Älvsjö, a really fun and tight track, we had a blast!
