bike of the week

In the middle of two XCO world cup weekends, in the beginning of Glava Tour of Norway and Giro d’Italia I found a special bike to blog about. Not a XCbike, not a roadbike. Cyclocross is always right. So here we go. Giant TCX Advanced SL: Have you ever seen a cyclocross that fits so [...]

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bike of the week

Sometimes I have to get a bike in here for a hole week. And as I would love to change my Flash for a Scalpel this Scalpel wasn’t so hard to get in here. over 600g heavier frame but the bike is more than 400g lighter than mine: Spec like this: Brake (Front): - Formula R1 [...]

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bike of the week

A while ago since last bike but looked at one a couple of days ago that is perfectly fitting here even when it’s a Trek which I usually don’t like. But original a Gary Fisher so okay . Benny Andersson got a Trek Superfly 100 Pro this year: And if some of you don’t know [...]

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under 6kg Caad10!

Today I ”finished” my lovely Cannondale Caad10. Tires, cassette and chain is just borrowed but light anyway. Mounted a lovely Deda bar tape today, 40g. Yesterday I fixed the Powercordz Prime wire housing for gears for the first time and mounted my old Alligator I-Link for brakes, both with KCNC wires. The Primehousing is interesting, [...]

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The lightest worldcup fs?

The Italian Junior XC Champion, Matteo Olivotto, have been rebuilding his naked Scalpel. Sanded by Eliflap, wheels from Extralite, steerer from Experimental Prototype, chainrings from Carbon-Ti, fork and crank from Cannondale and a lot of other nice parts. Look at the build here: Or look at the 7,98kg complete build here:

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Guru of the week

Mostly of the ww-bikes are owned by middle aged men. But not this weeks bike, belongs to a nice women that as us like light bikes The bike is a Canadian Guru Photon with some lovely Madfibers: Spec as followed: Frame: Guru Photon Wheels: Madfiber Ceramic Tires: Vittoria Corsa Evo Rear Derailleur: Sram Red Front [...]

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Evo of the week (read year)

Today I build the best bike I’ve ever built, to take a bike for 10000€ and then change parts is sick but really fun. Enjoyed. Got a Super SIX Evo Ultimate to work two days ago and since then I wanted to build it. The lightest Cannondale road bike they produced (except this one was [...]

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Focus of the week

Been shown before but not as bike of the week I think. Jeremy Powers Focus Marres cyclocross with maybe the best cyclocrossframes that is existing. Or how many cxframes do you know with BB30 in carbon fibre? But the thing I like the most with this bike is the fork. Rounded like a AX-Lightnessfork with [...]

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Tarmac of the week

  One of the most beautiful frame from Specialized built in a really light way with an affordable group set. Spec as followed: Frame : Specialized S-Works SL3 neon T.54 (OSBB) Handlebar : New Ultimate (180gr) Stem : Extralite Roadstem OC Levers : Sram force 2010 Brakes : Zero Gravity TI Négative G Rear Derailleur : Sram [...]

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Scale of the week

There are many light bikes here in Norway but if you want to have a light bike to race on you have to have proper tires. Like this Scale 899 with A. Dugast Fast Birds: The bike is build for easy races like Birkebeinerittet, Grenserittet or Raumerittet for example. Spec as follow: Frame: Scale premium [...]

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