Afterwork Cyclocross and delivery from chainreactioncycles.com

Posted on May 15, 2013 by ombrandt

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Yesterday I got some stuff I ordered about two weeks ago, a shirt and two pairs of gloves from Campagnolo and gilet (which is a fancy word for vest) from Royal, color theme is, as with the bike, light blue, white and some black

Campagnolo WHEEL gloves Campagnolo Retro gloves

Campagnolo shirt and gloves, Royal Gilet Comparison of the retro and wheel gloves

I used everything except the wheel gloves today (swapped the retro gloves for my normal nalini when doing the crossing on the way home.
– The gloves are ok, warm enough for the +7 at least, the stripes of grip-ish material on the inside didn’t really feel grippy on my brake levers.
– The Campagnolo shirt is comfy, small in size I feel, but really, really comfy!
– The Royal gilet was just what I expected, light weight, not to warm, well ventilated (and just the right color!)

All in all, some well spent money during Chain Reactions Giro D’Italia sale!

Now the CX stuff!
Me and two co-workers went around Norra Djurgården after work, fairly chill pace, some nice tracks, grassy fields and dirt roads, here is the map from the ride, includes my ride home again to, not the longest of rides, but next time that will change!

One awesome morning commute!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by ombrandt

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Just had to post this one, decided to take a long ride in the morning fog, +13° outside, short sleeve, short bibs, all alone on the roads (until I meet up with my coworker that is).
Started by going through Järvafältet, 10 km of gravel roads through the nature reserve, before heading up to barkarby and meet up with Leffe.

The bike posing by a fence in Järva, the fog lingering behind it in the fields!

From there it was the usual 12-ish km to Begshammra, before hitting the tracks that run next to Lilla Värtan, you can check the whole trip on the map below.