Short post on the youngest sons’ progress… Not having a 16″ wheels bike available during the summer kept him going on the old 12″ bike, fine tuning his technique – the skidding became wider and wider on the gravel. We then moved him up to a 20″ wheels bike and now his proudly cruising […]
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Fat tires on asphalt – Åsa, Sweden
Back on Swedish soil and I just have to go biking. Old shoes with zip ties but brand new cleats: Road biking recommended by my Doctor, but only fat ties at hand – and that feels goood You can bring a lot of stuff with you and you can have a trailer, but […]
Dealu Mare, Romania
Time to go road biking in Romania. A bit of an extreme sport considering the lack of body armour in combination with poor pavement, a lot of dogs and crazy traffic. I got the car filled up with some carbon fiber and drove to Dealu Mare. 1,5 hour north of Bucharest, or one hour […]
4 km/h – Băneasa, Romania
I can’t bike now so no ride reports, but I can walk on crutches and give you a report on the kids’ biking. After an open fracture while skiing in Bulgaria a couple of weeks ago it’s clear that this season will look different… Once the fact sunk in and the weather is […]
Morning of X-mas eve – Åsa, Sweden
The strong wind from yesterday that offered good surf with the kayak was now gone. The scene was set for some nice biking along the coast. Some pictures. Merry X-mas!
Use what you have! – Praia do Forte, Brazil
At least that’s what I normally do – use what I have, to ride a bike. If you are approximately 1700-1800km North of Rio and there is only a rusty Caloi without suspension… well, then you take it! And here it is… …and with tires in excellent conditions and turned the right way… not […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This is what it is looks like when a lot of people gather in a small area… Touched ground at noon and with the right agenda I managed to be on two wheels already after lunch 🙂 I started right outside the hotel on Copacabana I managed to get hold of a good […]
Now I have done what the doctor told me to!
Well, he told me to do more road biking and then I came across this Carbon frame bike with Ultegra… Not the best looking head-set and top tube but the measures fit me and the price was OK. The whole idea however, feels really scary…
Oradea, Romania
Oradea is located in the North West of Romania. You can go there to do business, meet friends, visit the health resorts, go biking… Or just everything at once! 29 degrees during the afternoon and maybe a bit less when we got going to a hill in the nice resort of Baile 1 Mai, […]
Instead of hospital – Road trip, Sweden and Norway
After a stupid mistake on a DH trail I’ve been dealing with a foot injury, or rather with Romanian health care and my insurance company. After 9 visits to doctors in Romania with strange contradicting diagnosis and treatments I finally flew to Sweden during summer for a proper analysis. They told me it could […]