Heroux Cycles

20/07/2026

26/06/2026

Because sunset at 22.07. Had to check if the ti beast really rides that differently from the little steel one, or if I just had not ridden it for so long that I forgot how it feels. But a different thing it is indeed. And most bikes are great fun. It’s the trails that make it worthwhile. That’s what’s important.

08/06/2026

I have a period where I prefer riding this little steel prototype Heroux frame with oldish parts, over the nice and more modern and brutally built titanium big brother Zen. I think it is because this feels like bikes used to be in my more formative years! Longer stem, shorter bar, steeper angle, lighter wheels, rounder tire profile (narrower rims), comfier saddle, and my favorite grips making any bike feel like home. Or maybe it is just the midnight long long evening and two hours on the trails far away that provides the magic. Any bike would have done it this evening.

23/12/2025

After three weeks, no sun, just all wet and dark and work. Finally there is sun, crispy fresh snow, and holiday. Life is good. Winter has many sounds and silences to it that are unique. As Knausgård writes, nothing is as silent as the forest when it snows. The silence of the winter is the acoustic version of its whiteness. And you know the sound of that new thin puddle ice cracking when you roll through it. The sharp cracks and the tingling of shatters spreading on the ice that remains.