Wow, seems to be a little quiet around these parts…..I guess that is my fault really since the last couple of months I’ve been a little busy and haven’t added much here.

Well anyway, the major reason I’ve been busy is because the World Cup is on……and it has been quite an exciting one to date (a little depressing for quite a few of the favourites but I won’t mention any names like Brazil or Argentina). Australia were unfortunately out pretty early, as were New Zealand so my back-up team by default (Germany) were there to pick up my crushed dreams. And pick them up they did – ok, I said I wouldn’t mention any favourites but how can I not mention the crushing defeat against Argentina dealt out by Germany 4:0. Yes, you read that correctly….so, if my math works ok – which I’m pretty sure it does, that means Australia plays at least as well as Argentina, who also suffered at the hands of our favourite little Deutschland. Great stuff I say, everyone here is happy, and when they are – I am!!

So, I thought this was quite fitting, a bit of AC DC with the highlights from the Germany vs. Argentina game, check it out:

Apart from that what has been happening? Hmmmm, not a lot, got some new forks for the bmx and finally put some new cranks on that I had lying around for ages. All in all they lightened the bike a little and it weighs in at around 9kg in total…..I guess I should join Weight Weenies now – that is if they had a BMX section Anyway, the forks are Answer Scythe Carbon Pro 24 and the cranks are FSA Carbon Pro and look like this:

All in all I’m pretty happy with it, although I still would prefer my chain to be a little more in-line with the rear cog. Oh well, I still have some ideas as to how I can manage that so will keep you informed on how I go. What I would really like is to ditch the spider and chainwheel combo and just have a chainwheel that integrates the spider. I have seen a picture of someone’s bike where they had manually cut a Profile Imperial to fit the cranks…..that would be perfect….obviously a lot of work and quite difficult. I believe the FSAs use a similar pattern to the Shimano XTR M952. Can’t find a picture at the moment, but if I do I will add it.

Got a pump track near me now too which is quite wicked. Problem is, it is too freaking hot to ride hard at the moment……that is no complaint by the way. I love it that there is finally daily sun and warmth, just a pity that Germany doesn’t really believe in air-conditioning because it means everywhere is hot…..even work.

So, that’s the news for the moment, as I said, I’ll keep you up to date if I do end up changing the chainwheel, I think it is quite a worthy project though.