Had a damn good gym session today including running, spinning, legs and arms, here´s a serious selfie!
Category: Bmx Racing
Two weeks til the first race
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!
UPDATE: Bike check 2014
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, 28gTime Atac XC Carbon pedals and the Specialized Comp MTB shoes
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!
FTW bmx
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!
Mr Sunday racer aka Björn Berglund
This weekend Mr Sunday-racer aka Björn Berglund was here in Gothenburg to have a session at the track in Kungsbacka with me. We started of early hitting the track and it felt incredible, for the first time this year I had a real jumping session and tried stuff that I haven’t done in a while, thank you for the pep Björn! It was really fun to ride with him again even though he has progressed a lot more than me 😉
At the end of the day I asked Björn if I could try to put on his SPD on my bike and have a ride. First time ever with SPD I road a few laps and I felt that this is something I need to have and ride with in the near future. Now it’s time to research this subject!
(Source: http://sunday-racer.blogspot.se/)A little bit off my game
Last week I was a little bit off my game. It felt like I haven’t been on the bike for weeks and nothing was working for me. I guess that it feels this way sometimes. Cause of this I decided to change my bike settings. Johan at the track told me that I should try to get my bars higher because he thought my manuals looked a bit weird. So I put on a 8mm spacer below the stem and put the bars 5mm forward. Today I will try this out at the track.
Recovery week…
Tuesday I had a great day at the track with some technical stuff but mostly fun riding. Unfortunately I woke up with the flu the day after so there were no training until yesterday when I went for a run. So this week will be added to the calendar as the “recovery week…”
Bikecheck 2014
My bmx cruiser race bike for 2014 is now completed and here is the specification and weight of all the parts. The total weight landed at 8910 grams and I’m stoked to ride this bike this year!
Bikecheck 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: Shimano DXR, 86g
Brake cable: Kingstar, 80g
V-brake: Shimano DXR V-break, 128g
Brake pads: Shimano Deore, 74g
Bottom bracket: Crupi Rhythm External Euro BB, 106g
Bottom bracket shims: 5g
Cranks: Crupi Rhythm Pro 175, 875g
Pedals: WELLGO MG1 Magnesium flat, 370g
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, 28gThank you lifesum
7 weeks later I have reached my goal weight, from 76 kg to 68ish, yay! This went a little bit faster than I expected but I’m not 100% satisfied with the result even though my body feels smoother I still need to drop some kilos around the waist! So now I will set my Lifesum app at the goal weight of 65 kg and with a weight loss of 0,3 kg a week instead of 0,5 kg. The weight loss rate will be slower but my plan is to train a little bit harder now.