Several milestones this weekend
And thanks to the people at Renovasjonsetaten at Oslo Kommune who already have been out sweeping the bike (and walk) road out at Klemetsrud.
After having considered for a while whether to buy a Scott Scale 29 Expert or the Everest Twenty9 I decided yesterday to go for less weight – so here it is in our living room, the brand new 2011 Everest Twenty9…even Elin accepted the fact that the bike is placed here for a while. Can’t take it outside just yet… So now it is truly all up to me when heading for Germany in June.
All the technical details can be found here www.oslosportslager.no/…/everest-twenty9-carbon-2011-terrengsykkel
Can’t wait to test the SRAM 2×10, I read the thread found here forums.mtbr.com/…/why-3×10-vs-2×10-662945.html and what some points out that the overlap is decreased a lot it just what I was hoping for…spring, come and get me!!
Got a spinning bike in the basement. Just had to share the view…thank god for the mp3-player with A Perfect Circle, Iron Maiden, Depeche and more, without it I would have gone mad…or at least I would never have spent any time there.
Moist…sweat…
Yesterday evening I had to change tires on my bike, good thing since it was a lot of snow this morning.
Last Sunday the weather forecast said heavy rain, but when I woke up the weather was pretty nice – so I headed out with my bike in a hurry. Have not been to Røverkollen this year, so I had to grab the chance before winter gets here. Pictures taken from the small tower next to the tv tower, view towards Groruddalen
And view towards Nittedal
Heading home I went over Årvollåsen.
The weather has been amazing today, and after having spent the whole day inside together with Anders who once again is sick I just had to take my bike and race trough Trulsrunden before Elin should head of to SATS. Halfway trough (see this clip at 0:30 to see where) my front wheel got jammed and I had to jump off my bike. My knee did hurt quite much, had to stop for some minutes before checking my bike realizing that the back wheel did not spin as it should. Realized the disk was totally messed up, but not worse than it did allow me to ride my bike back home. So no MTB tomorrow…
Last Sunday I attended in Stomperudrittet. 37 kilometers with plenty of mud, mud and more mud. Due to heavy rain the last month in fact it was really heavy conditions, tires where sucked down into the mud in a way I had never experienced before. Even going downhill on the fields were really heavy and I was not able to gain any speed at all, in fact running was almost as easy. But – very much fun also.
My plan was to film before start and afterwards, since my friends Anders and Lars also attended, but I did not bother. Only thing I had in my mind when I had passed the finish line was to clean my bike and then myself. And when at home I even had to flush them using the garden hose.
Hoping for better conditions next year.
OBS-varsel for Vestfold, Østfold og Buskerud, Oslo og Akershus:I natt og fram til søndag formiddag lokalt kraftige byger med store nedbørverdier.
Google translate translates this into:
OBS alert for Vestfold, Østfold and Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus: Last night until Sunday morning locally heavy showers with heavy rain values.
And I’m about to participate in Stomperudrittet…looking forward to it…not really sure
Needed a new bike in a hurry, bought the cheapest one available at XXL having hydraulic disc brakes.
Quite ok, need to replace the seat sometime, it is to big and soft.
Yesterday I attended Knapperrittet, 42 kilometers on gravel and tractor roads at Knapper in Nord-Odal. Elin and the kids joined me, since both start and finish are located at the same place, and since I did not plan to spend more than about 1 hour and 40 minutes they could manage to wait. Elin took a picture of me and the boys just minutes before start. Since my rear wheel is broken I had borrowed Espens bike which is light, fast and expensive 🙂
Quite pleased with myself, managed to hang in there with the guys in lead for almost 15 minutes, and passed the finish line at 1:31:54. Finished as #11 of 27, also good since I always want to be on the upper half of the result list.
Added an extra element of tension since I totally forgot a spare tube.
