Our archipelagos biggest island Sandön is one of my favorite places to ride. Mostly because of the amazing shore line on the south side. During low tide it has never ending dunes. Sandön (Sandy Island) sure make it´s name proud. It´s located where the river of Luleå meets the bay of Bothnia. Here is what Lulea.nu… Continue reading Tour de Fat, Sandön
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Swedish Lapland Winter 2016 sum up
Winter 2015/16 was a good one. A few cold weeks made the ice build up properly and the archipelago was frozen far out to the outer islands. I have gotten further out this winter on the fat bike then the other years i´ve been riding. I made the first ride across over the river on… Continue reading Swedish Lapland Winter 2016 sum up
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Pack ice play ground
Since the last trip to the outskirts of the archipelago i´ve been longing to get back. Me and Kevin never got the chance to go further out to check the pack ice due to fog. It´s been a few weeks since we were out and the spring winter is turning out to be pretty awesome.… Continue reading Pack ice play ground
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The Archipelago whiteout
Finally got some time over to write. It´s been busy days, the good kind of busy. We had great conditions for the last weeks and March seams to be as awesome as it should be. Cold nights and warm days makes the snow conditions just perfect. My buddy Kevin came over from England for one week… Continue reading The Archipelago whiteout
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Fall by the shores
After a crappy summer with loads of rain and damp weather the fall is stepping up to make every thing all right again. As the weather forecast kept showing more lovely days i decided to take a day off to go on a last ride to Sandön. We been riding here a few times the… Continue reading Fall by the shores
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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 bikes. Here are my favorites. I´ve always been a fan of the Monster Cross type of bike. My Singular Peregrine is… Continue reading Salsa 2016 line up
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Mech Sunday
The day after snowy Saturday was maintenance Sunday. Due to the crappy weather the day before we were about to cancel. But all of a sudden May showed her best side. We finally got to re-place The Lars fork. Salsa reclaimed the Bearpaws on all 2014 Mukluks a few months ago. The Lars got a… Continue reading Mech Sunday
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Fat-Bike.com
In the beginning of the summer a certain Mr Lake Gomez contacted me regarding reporting fat bike adventures form Swedish Lapland. We were just about to leave for our summer vacation so i got some time to think about it. Not that i needed that. Of course i will write for the best source of… Continue reading Fat-Bike.com
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Three Mukluks and a Pugsley
The spring arrived early this year. Finally it was time to take the first proper trail ride. We, thats me the Lars, Sven and the newest fat biker in town Anders. it was decided to take a early morning ride today. What happens? Snow fall during night... Anyway falling back on rule #5 (harden the… Continue reading Three Mukluks and a Pugsley
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We´re on the air baby
I can't believe we did it. But we did! Our first episode of Bike Life in Swedish Lapland the pod cast is on the air on Mountain bike radio. Its our first staggering steps as pod casters. We went along and just did it. This first episode is trail and error for me and The… Continue reading We´re on the air baby
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