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Ice ice baby

Since temperature has dropped to comfy -16°c(?) I took a little spin up river today. A damp warm beginning of winter. Followed by a few super cold weeks and no snow dumping has made the ice perfect for...

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Bikepacking the easy and the hard way

Here´s some inspiration on bikepacking. I would love to load up the bike and go away for a couple of days. Or just one day like Yetirides from Finland does. The idea that you can have an adventure by...

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Shores

For a long time i´ve been eager to explore the islands of our archipelago. A few days ago we took a trip to the nearest, Sandön. It´s located just outside the city bay. You just need to cross a little...

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Big mountain weekend – Day one

We finally got away on a big mountain weekend. Three days of fat bikes, rafting and beer drinking in Swedish Lapland. Me and Fredrik loaded up the minivan with fun stuff and headed to Bjorkliden. We...

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Big Mountain Weekend – Part Two

Since we were riding three full days in Björkliden. This a little edit from our second day. 17 kilometer downhill-ish from Katterjåkk to Rombakbotn in Narvik. Epic cycling in an amazing environment.

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Big Mountain Weekend Edit – Part Three

So i finally got together the last edit from our awesome weekend in Björkliden. This time i had the chance to try out Final Cut. Quite a upgrade from crappy imovie that i´ve been using for the other...

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Why bike pack? Two minutes that sums it all up.

“Cracking open a lake chilled beer and eating cheese”. Mike “Kid” Reimer from Salsa Cycles sums it up in two minutes. Not just bike packing but mountain biking in general.

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Rise of the planet of the Fat Bikes

About one year ago i wrote a post on how fat bikes was going to the masses. In my wildest dreams i could not think of the progress being made since then. Fat bikes are now a part of the … Continue...

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The OMFG-meter just hit the sky, Bucksaw carbon baby!

Salsa cycles made my pants wet a few months ago when the introduced their full suspension fat bike, Bucksaw. Just now when i was closing the shop for the day i received their latest news letter....

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Bothnia ice race and new trails

All of a sudden the seasonal trails start to wake up. Still no snow up here but cold weather allows the ice take control over our archipelago. It amazes me every year. How a whole new world gets easy...

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30 seconds to nowhere

Everything went according to plan. Slam69 delivered the new cranks from Raceface and i fitted them on my lunch break today. After fitting the cranks and having a quick snack i had about 15 minutes for...

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Fat Bike Fun part II

I´ve been planning to do a re-cap on my old fat bike fun video. Local trials but during winter. Yesterday i finally had some time off to do it. This video is shot just in the near surroundings of where...

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Back on the ice

After seven days of constant snowing, resulting in a new record, 113 cm, the sun showed her face again. I finally got to take a little ride on the ice before work. It’s a blessing to get out for about...

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Teaser of things to come

For a couple years in a row me and some friends been visiting Björkliden for some big mountain adventures. Björkliden is ski resort far up in Lapland way above the arctic circle. During summer they´re...

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Old friends, New friends, Fat bikes.

For the third time Kevin from England came to visit us here in Luleå. Kevin came here for the first time last March to do some ice riding and participate in Bothinaloppet, the 60 km ice race between...

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Alive and kicking

Sometimes life just runs past you and there is nothing you can do about it. I´ve been so busy the last few months. Renovating the house, some family trouble and writing content for other websites....

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Tennis ride by the river

   My oldest is going to tennis camp this week. Two hours a day, great stuff and she loves it. I´m not very interested in the white sport but so happens to be the tennis court is located just along …...

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Salsa 2016 line up

Salsa Cycles just released their 2016 lineup and i must say it is looking gooood! Besides their classics like Vaya, Horsethief, El Mariachi, Mukluk, Spearfish and so on they got a few pretty awesome...

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Five minutes of French fame

Last winter me, Sven and Anders participated in a French adventure tv-show called Echappés belles. Apparently they travel around the world doing adventure exotic adventure stuff. I guess fat biking on...

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Ride report, beach riding at Sandön

Once again my dear fat bike friend Kevin spend his vacation with us in Swedish Lapland. Kevin is joining us in Björkliden for the Bike summit but first he is going to explore Norway for a few days....

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