Diana and I arrived saved in lovely Belgium. It’s a nice town and so far everything looks fine. Diana made something wrong with the accomondation booking so when we arrived in the hotel no room was booked other her name. So yes we had no room and the only offer was a small room with an extern bathroom with breakfast for 65 euros…WOW super expensive. So we drove on and searched for another room. to be honest I was angry about the situation and the fact the training was going to start but we had to search for a new accomondation. BUT you will not believe it a man watched our searching process and invited us to his house. Private and we were very pleased. Now we are staying there for a very very good price and the man is nice the house is nice and we can use the kitchen, lock the bikes well and its in the middle of the centre. The first training went okay my pedal axle good loose. Fortunatley I realized it before I wanted to jump the biggest jumps but I wasn’t very relaxed. I don’t know what’s my problem I am just not myself at the moment. Tomorrow I will see how it goes and want to do good in the qualification.

bye bye LENE

DH Bike: 1780 Euro
Morewood IZIMU DH
Das Bike ist in einen super Zustand, keine Risse, Schutzfolie am Rahmen. Ideal für Biker die ein spielerisches Bike suchen. Ich würde es eher als Racebike bezeichnen und gutes Bike zum Springen, sehr wendig und leicht. Ist kein Bike für “aggressive und brutale” Fahrer.

Keine Gabel/kein Vorbau/ und keine Sattelstütze (30,9)

Farbe: weiß
Spezial Oberrohr und Steuerrohr design mit schwarzen Swarovski steinen.
Rahmengröße: Small (Ich bin 172 groß und es paßte gut)
Federweg hinten: 8,2 (210mm)
Steuerwinkel: 65°
Tretlagerhöhe: +30mm
Kettenlänge: 450mm
Oberrohrlänge: 570mm
Sitzrohrwinkel: 71°
Dämpferlänge: 9, 5”x 3”
Dämpfer: Fox DHX 5.0 (2008)+250 Manitou spring (keine Titanfeder)
Chain Ring: Shimano 38 T (used)
Steuersatz: Acros Ai 25 (neue Lager)
Lenker: Syncros Bulk neu , Alloy 2014, 710mm, 31,8, 9°, 40mm)
Bremsen: Shimano Saint (2007) gebraucht + neue Bremsbelege M06 (2Paar)+ Entlüftungskit
Bremsscheiben: Hayes V8 (neu)
Griffe: Bontrager (neu) 4 Bolt locking grips
Schaltung: Shimano XT gebraucht
Kettenführung: E13 Light Guide turquise (gebraucht)
Tretlager: Shimano Saint (2008) (gebraucht)
Kurbeln : Shimano Saint (2008) (gebraucht)
Sattel: San Marco (special edition white ) neu
Schaltwerk: Shimano XTR (kaum gebraucht)
Vorderrad: Sun Rims ADD mit ADD Narbe (gebraucht)
Hinterrad: Sun Rims ADD mit Flea Hub (gebraucht) + Dura ace Kassette (gebraucht)
Pedale: Shimano pd MX30 (new)
Sattelklemme: Morewood
Reifen: 1 Paar Michelin DH24 2,5+ 1 Paar New Michelin Mud + Michelin reifenheber
3x Ersatz Schaltaugen+ and hosingclamps

I am back in Austria now and I am very happy about this. For the ones who had followed my blog I had a lot of bad luck and at the end I was really mind blocked and I just wanted to have it passed. In the 4 cross in my first run i had a very good start but then I made a big mistake and didn’t close the first corner and went inside so the other girls behind me could pass me inside easiliy and I was last. It was so frustrating I can’t tell. and in the semifinal I had problems with my gear just before the start and the KHS mechanics helped me. By the way thank you. I was stressed out and had a bad start and was last again. I ended up on the 8th position.

On Sunday on the downhill I didn’t do much better. I didn’t crash but made also lots of mistakes. I pedalled as much as I could but I didn’t do all jumps and lost a lots of seconds. I ended up on the 14th position. 14th sounds not to bad but in the fact that just 18 girls where competing it is pretty bad.

The south african home local hero won Greg minnarr won the race and Tracy Moseley raced down like from another planet.

The next stop is Belgium but before i will spend some days with my boyfriend to get my mind free and to be happy again. Bye bye LENE

wc-nr-1.pdf

I am feeling better now. Yesterday I was still struggeling with my digestion. I kept on vomitting and didn’t feel good at all. But at least my bikes works fine now. Maxime from Boss Suspension changed a few things on my suspension. I got a springs size which fits to my weight now. So I am happy about that.

On the downhill track are jumpes with are scarring me a lot and I hope I jump them tomorrow. I crashed in my qualification run today, I washed out and landed on my sore side. So my time was scrap and I ended up on the 15th position.
In four cross I was so nervous. I didn’t do jumps I wanted so I was very worry about my performance in my qualification run. I think I did okay and I am on the 7th place.  I will see what tomorrow brings. bye LENE

I don’t know why but since I am here in South africa my life is just crazy. Nearly non stop everything goes wrong. I keep on crashing hard, have non stop bruises or scratches even when I would sleep with my bodyamour I would manage to hurt myself and now I am food poisened. Everything hurts in my body and I can hardly sleep because I don’t know on which part of my body i can lie without having pain. Yesterday I went sailing with Alex to get my mind free and to get some distance to the bike thing. And guess what happened I managed to hurt myself again. They sail get out of control and the robe burned my neck deeply. Then in the evening I cooked pasta with mince and I think the mince wasn’t cold properly. So I spent the whole night with vomitting, diarrhea, fever and catching mosquitoes.

Apart from that I competet this weekend. Got 3rd in the four cross and 6th in the downhill. I had pain as well because I crashed the day before so I rode very badly. I wasn’t happy at all……

Bye lene