Saturday 20 January 2024

Chiang Mai Winter Adventure 2023

The Stats



Days of cycling: 23

Total distance covered: 1846 kilometers

Average per day: 80 kilometers

Total moving time: 115 hours

Average rolling time per day: 5 hours

Strava KOMs: 5

Crashes: 0

Days of rain/wind/clouds: 0

Saturday 24 June 2023

Alpentour Trophy 2023 - 4 day stage race

The Race

Alpentour Trophy is an Austrian stage race for mountain bikes. 
  • Four stages
  • Start/finish in one location
  • Elite and Master classes
  • Solo and duo categories
  • Location: Schladming / Austria
Nellie and I



Tuesday 20 June 2023

Slovenia and Croatia Mountain Biking summer 2023

Krk and the Slovenian Alps




The time between Beskidy Trophy in Poland, and Alpentour Trophy in Austria, 13th to the 20th of June, I spent mountain biking on the Croatian island of Krk and in the Slovenian Alps.




On previous years I have usually managed to fit in a race or two in this part of Europe. But as there were so few days between my two stage races in Poland and Austria, this time I mostly did nice and scenic recovery rides.

Monday 23 January 2023

Tenerife Mountain Biking Winter 2022/2023

Exploring the trails of Tenerife this Christmas

This winter I spent 18 days mountain biking around the southern parts of Tenerife including one loop around the volcano Teide.

That's Teide (the volcano) in the background

 Contents

- Tips about where to stay on Tenerife and where the good singletrack is
- Some of the best trails with Strava links and videos
- My epic New Year's ride around the volcano
- My crash :(

Saturday 17 December 2022

Racing and cruising in Croatia, summer 2022

This summer's training and racing vacation included a trip to the island of Krk in Croatia.

I'm a bit late in writing this post, it's December and in the middle of winter, but here goes...


Wednesday 28 September 2022

Swedish Marathon MTB Cup 2022 (LĂ„ngloppscupen) - Second Place

 


After seven races in Svenska LĂ„ngloppscupen I manage a second place overall in the cup. I was leading the cup before the last race but had mechanical issues at Bockstensturen and didn't manage to finish better than ninth. That dropped me into second overall.




All the races of the cup and positions:

Race              Position        Average Power  Weighted
Billingeracet     3               265W           290W
Lida Loop         4               256W           285W
RĂ€nneslĂ€ttsturen  11(sick)        214W           236W
Mörksuggejakten   4               259W           283W
Engelbrektsturen  1               259W           284W
Finnmarksturen    6               241W           277W
Bockstensturen    9 (mechanical)  216W           257W

Monday 25 July 2022

Engelbrektsturen - Sprinting for the win and getting it

Result: First place

Equipment: BMC Fourstroke with Maxxis Aspen 2.2" front tire and Continental Raceking 2.2" rear

Type of race: XCM (marathon), 70 kilometers


Monday 11 July 2022

Mörksuggejakten - Bouncing back

Result: 4th place

Equipment: BMC Fourstroke with Maxxis Aspen 2.2" front tire and Continental Raceking 2.2" rear

Type of race: XCM (marathon), 72 kilometers. Fourth race in the Swedish Marathon Cup

 


Sunday 3 July 2022

RÀnneslÀttsturen - Riding in sub-optimal shape

Result: 11th place

Equipment: BMC Fourstroke with Maxxis Aspen 2.2" front tire and Continental Raceking 2.2" rear

Type of race: XCM (marathon), 78 kilometers

This race went badly so I will not dwell on, or write about it, too much.



Thursday 23 June 2022

Monday 23 May 2022

Lida Loop - Fourth place

Result: 4th place

Equipment: BMC Fourstroke with Maxxis Aspen 2.2" tires

Type of race: XCM, 65 kilometers


Tuesday 10 May 2022

Billingeracet - Third place

Result: 3rd place

Equipment: BMC Fourstroke with Maxxis Aspen 2.2" tires

Type of race: XCM, 77 kilometers