Odd bike out

Met this little yellow friend at a parking spot where 99% of the bikes belong to commuters taking the train to central Stockholm. And there I found this little BMX in shiny yellow. The next day it was there too and the day after that... Must belong to some cool, hip (yet short) art director or something.

Back from France

What can I say, cyclisme is pretty darn big in France. Four weeks of TDF on the TV, nice magazines and cyclists everywhere. The weather went from chilly, (typical Swedish summer) where I met people with arm warmers and jackets, to my latest invention "Bikram cycling" in 32 degrees C. There are so many small roads in Dordogne you can find a new route every day if you like and they are mostly small with very few cars. I would absolutely recommend anyone to book a training trip to this region. If you really want to ride higher climbs the Pyrenees are also quite close. Just to top everything of we took the car 45 min to Castillon la Bataille where we saw Contador, Voeckler, Rolland and some more battling it out in a post tour criterium. I went there with my father in law and his friend Les, an Englishman who sometimes takes his bike between his houses in England and Dordogne and is now planning to participate in a race from Athens to london!!! Now that is what I call a cyclist!
Unfortunately the criterium was shortened by a thunder storm that dampened the atmosphere a bit. On this quite bad picture Voeckler (if you can spot his green jersey..) has just made his attack on Contador with 1 km to go. Perhaps it was planned that he should win but it was cool seeing them up close anyway.