Dinner time!

It's hard to find good shade in this part of Sweden, all you see is open fields for hours at a time. 67km so far today. Now I'm just waiting for my drytech food to warm up, then it's back on the road :)
Temperature is around 25 degrees, if there was a lake nearby I'd go for a quick swim.

Back on the road.

Late start, done 20km so far, 26 degrees and very sunny. Good roads and not too much traffic.

Day 2, 235km

Change of plans. Instead of pulling an all nighter on the road, I decided to stop in Linköping. I went for a swim after my first ferry ride and was later invited to go and drink a beer with a new found friend in his recently bought summerhouse. Tack Andreas! The water was nice and warm as was the weather. I managed to do 35km more than my daily minimum, which is 100km, so I can add those to my "plus account", and use them on a rainy day if there is one. So far my Helly Hansen bike clothes have kept me nice and dry, so no complaints there! Tomorrow I plan to reach Husqvarna or Jönköping, so stay tuned. Good night!

Data:

Distance: 135km

Average speed: 15,7 km/ h

Top speed: 47km/h

 

Göta Kanal

Famous Swedish landmark :)

Shopping with a Brompton in Norrköping

Passed Norrköping and hour ago and bought some energy bars for tonight. I'm planning to stay on the road until dusk and then get some sleep, we'll see how it goes.

Day 1, 100km

I left Gamla Stan Cykel (the bike shop) at 9am and getting out of town took some time. It was hot and sunny all morning so I considered stopping to rest and cool down for a couple of hours but that never happened. The GPS knows the way all the way to London, so if everything goes according to plan and technology doesn't fail me, all I have to worry about is pedaling on. I only slept 4 hours last night, so I'm going to bed early tonight. The tent is already up but it's still quite warm outside. Sometime during the day, the thermometer showed 26C! Time for bed!

Good night!

 

Data:

Distance: 100km

Average speed: 13km/h

Top speed: 49km/h

 

Less than 34 hrs to go!

Now rolling on a six-speed!

With less than two days until I get going there is still some preparations left to do. Today I spent all afternoon fitting a new back wheel, the bike is now a six-speed Brompton, a M6R. I've also fitten new handles and a GPS tracking device that will update my position every 10 minutes when I'm on the road. Other than that, my new clothes from Helly Hansen fit perfectly and I will post a detailed review of each piece of clothing as I go.
My good friend Karl Hallin has kindly lent me his Garmin Edge 800 GPS for this trip, with that, finding good bike friendly roads to London should get a whole lot easier.
At the front I've also fitted a 1400 lumen head light, at night, it looks like daylight in front of me.
To power up my iPad, GPS, MP3 and phone I've mounted solar panels (860mAh) on top of my new front bag, they charge up a 6600mAh battery which in turn charges up my electronics on the road.