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  • Finally got my new frame, a Standard Byke 125-RC 24″ Cruiser Frame

    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…

  • New light parts

    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!

  • Riding, gyming and irritating wind

    This Tuesday I went to the track for a session in hard rain and irritating wind :). But it was fun trying to manual and jump in these conditions, so many failures.

    Wednesday morning i went to the gym and worked my legs and back and finished this with some sauna, yes! Since last week I’ve been trying a protein, “Sun Warrior, Warrior Blend, Raw Protein, Vanilla”, that I got recommended from another bmxer and friend, Björn Berglund aka Sunday Racer, it taste nice and i hope it will make me a little bit stronger and alert.

    Thursday we had training at Kungsbacka and it was awesome, this training I just focused on jumping . Once again I managed to get rid of a goal I had, I jumped a small tricky step up that I’ve honestly been afraid of for a while, so that was so nice to pull…

    Today me and Fredrik Johansson went to Lerum for a session that ended in 2.5h of really fun riding including all kind of technique stuff. I managed to do one and a half really big wheelie over a large double, that made my day! I also tried a new thing, wheelie tap to jump, that was super fun to do. Its really fun and motivating to ride with a good rider as Fredrik.

  • A smooth session at Lerums Bmx track

    Finished this weekend with a smooth session at Lerums Bmx track. In the beginning of this season I set up some goals on this track and not so unexpected I made most of them today, that was nice.  This weekend also Included a lot of candy, so next week there will be no more 🙂

    Next week here I come…

  • Last sunday i went to a dirt park

    Last Sunday I went to a dirt park here in Gothenburg. To my surprise the kids had shaped and made the small section of the dirt bigger so there were no way that I could jump these steep jumps right now so I pumped around and jumped some of the single jumps. I left the dirt a little bit disappointed.

    Later that day my Disappointment disappeared after getting a text from Fredrik that he was going to the track. We had a nice sunday afternoon with technique and jumping, I also found a new goal on the track for next year, more on that in another post.

    This week so far has included running, one gym session and two Bmx sessions. Today’s Bmx session were great. For the first time since the crash I felt that I had full control over the bike in the air and that feeling was amazing so the struggle continue…

  • Took my bike to a ramp and made some jumps

    Took my bike to a ramp and made some jumps this evening! Damn, I got to do this more often.

  • Headache and back pain

    This week have been a struggle with headache and back pain. I missed this tuesdays training but went to the track yesterday and had a relaxed session. I tried to do things differently and push my technique a bit, it was sketchy and fun!

    This morning I went to the gym for a session of legs and triceps. Hopefully there will be more training this weekend!

  • Season Twenty Thirteen #byebye

    This season of bmx cruiser racing is fading out and this week has really showed it. I’m really happy about my progress this year, a year that almost made me quit bmx racing.

    I haven’t said anything about this here on the blog yet but in the beginning of this year I started of riding a new black Chase 20", very close to my dream bike.

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    One day in March I decided to go to the track all by myself, not recommended. After a couple of laps at the track at Kungsbacka, I entered the first turn and headed towards the first jump which is a table top and jumped… After that I can’t remember what happened until I woke up next to my car laying on the ground with half my body into the driver seat. From where I’d crashed it’s almost 200meters and I have no memory from that time and how I got to the car, scary stuff. I managed to call my girlfriend and she and here sister decided to called the ambulance cause I was speaking and crying without any sense. The ambulance came and after that my memory is clear as hell even after the morphine kicked in. After this they x-rayed my body and I really thought that something in my left backside and right hand were broken but it turned out just being a crack, sprain and a large concussion, which meant two weeks in bed.  I told my self to never ride again!

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    …So one month later after many thoughts and lots of fear I decided to try again just to see how it would feel, do I hate it, am I to afraid and so on. Along with my girlfriend I took my bmx cruiser 24", that I bought just to enter some races that summer, to a track in Lerum for a test session. It was scary but really liberating and I pumped the track lap after lap. After this session I made some rules for my racing and rule #1 was not to jump in the near future or ever and just use speed and pumping.

    Summary: This year turned out to be great, now eight months later I have learned to wheelie, won some races and even jumped some doubles in this late season.

    I love bmx racing and I’m really glad we found each other again and now when It¨s time to hit the winter training and make a plan for next years races I’m really stoked about it. 

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    So today I took my legs for a run and some outside workout, I say good bye to season 2013 and here comes the 2014 pre-season training…

  • Today i had bmx training in kungsbacka

    Today I had bmx training in Kungsbacka and the rain poured down, I really love that except for the lost of speed. This session was mostly legs and stamina. My legs were really sore from yesterdays session but I really pushed it all today.

  • Started todays training with a light weight gym

    Started todays training with a light weight gym session, only legs and back. Then I had a session of Hot Moyo. The gym introduced a new schedule for the Hot Moyo last week a now its more focus on the hips for three months, exactly what I need!