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June 2012

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Far Above the Polar Circle

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Up north where Sweden ends and Norway begins, there is still some snow framing the midsummer decorations at the partly frozen lake. We stopped at Riksgränsen to buy some coffee.

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The place was very sleepy, but we found lots of bikes outside… And not just any bikes. 

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Here for instance, you see a… Yeah what DO you call them in english?

But mostly there were mainstream bikes…

 

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Apparently we had just ran into an organized tour that would go from the north to the south of our long country. What a great idea. I should have tapped on the guide’s shoulder and said hey that will be easy-peasy, I mean they didn’t even have to carry their luggage! But I didn’t. However I do hope that the light weight bikes doesn’t make them race too fast, after all, it’s the journey that matters. I mean If you cycle really fast how much do you really get to experience of the beautiful surroundings? Oh I guess I just don’t have any of that tour de france blood in me…

Jun 27, 2012
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Sometimes I wish the small unnoticeable things in life could be a bit more decorated and pimped, like this bike pump. What a great initiative. Anyone who knows who did it? Heard it was taken down… Photo: Cyklistbloggen (a great blog about cycling in Stockholm by the way!)

Reminds me of when a company put artist’s work on their electric boxes in Stockholm:

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Artist: Johanna Hebel

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Artist: Emil Öhlund

It makes you a little happier, doesn’t it?

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What is your dream bike like?

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For you swedish citizens out there: There is a bike competition going on over at a Facebook page run by PostkodLotteriet.

Whats it about? The winners (yeah there will be five) will get their bike “pimped” by design students from Beckmans and Forsbergs and bike expert Simona Bava (who runs http://www.bavabici.com) 

How to enter: To take part of the competition, you have to like the page and simply send in a picture of your old bike, plus the reasons why you should win and what your dream bike would be like. 

The competition is on until 14/6, and has been on for a while so get on it. People vote online, and then a jury picks out five winners!

Also, the ones of you who go in and vote have the chance to win a new bike yourselves.


Looking forward to see what Simona and the students will come up with!

Xxxx

P.S: My dream bike is a bicycle in a happy color (kinda like a Papillionaire), has lots of smart storage, never gets a flat tire and can’t get stolen. The last one is a bit tricky, so If I’d be in the competition and win i’d like a GPS tracker mounted inside of my bike! (That’s something I’ve been wondering about, if such a thing exists, and hey just did a quick search: they do!!) In fact, I’d like a tracker in wheels, saddle and frame. Hehe!

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