So, I passed my halfway goal this week, little over a month to do another 1000 km, should hopefully go ok.
Apart from that, not much, here been fighting the wind in Stockholm, walking with the family at the weekends and well thats it!
Bike at work in the garage and from todays walk, stopped for a fika at Säby Gård Cafe (they are so awesome!)
That’s the three words of the day, it’s like 15°c outside, sun is shining and I’m home alone, time to get our with the more or less fixed mountain bike I’we gotten (build thread here).
I started from home and went out to Järva
The view from where I sit and a profile picture of my bike somewhere behind Bögsgård.
The rockshox SID from 1999 is soft as butter, flexy and what not, and there is a a selfie of me #nomakeup, #nature.
A must when biking in Järva, the bun at Säby gård, best in the world!
Mud all over the place, got to use my power washer again! (see this post for more information)
That’s it for today, Happy Easter thingy!
Yesterday (on Thursday) my wife went out shopping for me, from lidl she got a new helmet, a pair of gloves and a mechanic repair stand. from Clas Ohlson she got me a power washer!
Today I decided to test it, so here comes some pictures and more text (YAY!)
Some pictures of the bike and the washer
the bike wasn’t really that dirty, but had some sand and mud from my first commute in the rain (it needs some clip-on mudguards for commute duty), but here are some up and close pictures to fill the white spaces:
As you can see there is mud and sand on most parts of the frame
The machine is easy to use (but heavy to carry with a full tank of water, 17 liters), the pressure is OK, it’s not a power-washer, but it’s enough to get anything but ingrown filth off it, and it’s perfect for flushing before a sponge is used and to rinse afterwards, besides with the low pressure I don’t need to worry about flushing out the bearing grease 😉
These are just to show some action!
So that’s it, the bike got clean enough for me to take inside to finish the fixing on it!
Not going to be the biggest post in the world, but today me, the wife and the two girls went out to shop stuff, including my last items for the long trip.
So without much more fuss, here is the list of things we bought:
– 4 x Carbohydrate gel’s
– 2 x Continental tubes (I now how three spare ones with me)
– One new tire (my front one got a nasty rift and well I want a spare one with me for the trip and the two weeks in Finland..)
– Four pairs of white ankle socks!
And last but not least, my new pair of Castelli Velocissimo Due BIB:
Other then this, I’we done some more exploring, Igelbäcken to be precis, I was looking for some nice flowing forest paths and stuff, so I took the bike and headed down towards Igelbäcken, followed the road next to it past Akalla and past Kista, before I had to jump off the bike and go over the new road, down in Igelbäcken I think I found a little piece of heaven, lots and lots of tracks all over the place!
I also met Magnus, who was out with his 29’er MTB, after a little chat we went back towards Järva together and I showed him a few of the places I usualy bike (since I’m on a Cyclocross I dont go the most technical places, more flow, more fun!)
Anyway, here is the map from this day:
For a more detailed view, check out my Garmin connect page —>HERE<—
… At least the biking month of May.
It’s been a long and pretty tiresome affair, never before biked as much as this month, probably wont bike this much until after summer again either, probably…
Here’s some numbers from the last week:
Shortest commute to work and home: 57.7 km
Longest commute to work and home: 63.1 km
Average commute to work and home: 59,8 km
Total distance commuted this week: 299 km
Some records this month to:
| Distance 1,209.4 km Month of May 2013 |
Duration 49:53:47 Month of May 2013 |
| Calories Burned 48,957 Month of May 2013 |
Average Speed 24.5 km/h Month of May 2013 |
| Elevation Climb 14,718 m Month of May 2013 |
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Well that’s about it, or well there is the need for a new back tire, the Continental Cyclocross Race don’t like 1200 km of gravel and asphalt with a big fatty on the bike 🙁
Thinking about maybe going over to 32 mm Schwalbe Marathon touring tires…
Enjoy your weekend!
Was out biking and well, plan was to go for some thing like 20-40 km, but well, bad luck struck and I got a puncture!
Was fairly close to home as my round crosses back homewards, still sucked since I found out (silly me for not checking really) that my new bike, or more like the rims on my new bike will only fit a tube with presta valves.
Anyhow, that is fixed now, and I got a new saddlebag to!
My flat tire and me out and about
I’m starting with the weather, and the resulting commute home today!
I mean come on, sunshine, warm weather and all, had to get a long trip home
Now back to the good stuff!
The big kid got his new ride today to, a 2010 Dawes Espoir 3000 24
Awhile back I posted about a trip I was planning for the summer, the one from Turku, via Tammisaari to Helsinki.
Well today the date is set, boat from Stockholm the 18th of July, and the bike ride starts Friday the 19th of July from Turku to Tammisaari.
So far it’s me and my co-worker Leif that have confirmed but two more from Finland will hopefully join to!
So I’ll post about the weather, god I hate the wind we got these days, it’s insane, the commute home today was something like 12 min slower, pure hell fighting the wind.
In other news, I’m going to pick up the new bike for the kid today, a 24″ race/cyclocross bike with sti shifters and stuff, it’s going to be his 10 year birthday presents, there shall be pictures in the next post!
Went out for a trip to XXL for some browsing (was looking for kiddo shoes and a bell for his bike), but I found something else to.
My first real cycle jersey, matches my summer bib’s and the color of my bike fairly good to, also added a BBB chain cleaner, since I’m keeping the bike indoors..
