222 Racing

Odense skatehalle

2011-11-26T01:14:00.000-08:00

Night Session

2011-11-19T07:52:00.000-08:00

So it has been a while since I last blogged, so I thought that I would write a little bit about a session a few weeks back.

Since we are not allowed to ride 26" wheels in the skatepark on a regular bacis, Stefan Hjortkær opend it up for us, for a private session. As soon I heard that Stefan would open the skatepark, I jumped on my AMP, when I got off from work. I also called Stefan Hovaldt who is good friend and photograf to shoot some pictures.

I have been working on me 360´s lately, since I ride my AMP alot in the wintertime. So I tought that I would give it a go over the jumpbox, which worked out good. I had a few sketchy ones, but they got better as I got on with it.

One of my goals this winter it to get better at riding skateparks. In the past I have been riding alot of dirt jumps, but that is just too cold when winter comes and the snow falls. Therefore I am giving the wooden ramps a go.

The day before the session I got some new parts for my Banshee. I got a new Gusset Pigmy 853 and Gusset sprocket on it. It is my first steel crank and I am truely impressed by how stiff it is and it looks super cool in black chrome! Furthermore I got a new Halo DJD rearhub, to replace my Supradrive, which was really good, but I need a dirt jump specific hub, that could keep it in the frame were i wanted it, since it only had a 9mm axle. Therefore I got the DJD with a 10mm bolted axle :)

Overall it was a good session, which was stopped by a brused ankle from my side :)

All the photos are taken by Stefan Hovaldt and can be contacted on his webside - http://shphoto.dk/

- Sebastian Jensen, 222racing.

Danish DH cup - Finals

2011-09-16T09:20:00.000-07:00

The last round of the Danish DH cup took place this past weekend in the north of Jutland at a place called Rold forrest. This was the second time we were going to race at that venue. The track in it self is rather basic, with a lot of man made jumps and obstacles. The hole way down the track you are scrubing jumps, pumping holes and pedaling every were you can which is sick! The weather made the race quite interesting thus it had rained all week and the to weather prognoses said it would rain sunday as well.

Saturday practice

Since I had already wrapped up the overall title at the last round I came into the race with a mindset of having fun and putting down the best runs I could do. So I cracked on with practice which went really well on the damp track. I was still running the High Roller II´s which keeps getting better and better. Even though it is almost my home track since I live about 30 minutes drive away, I do not ride there that often. So I put in some good practice runs, with my dad who was attending to his first DH race.

Second race run

After a little delay the race began in the quite sunny weather in contrast to the bad weather they had forecasted. Run no. 1 went okay, I hit all of my lines but i had a little mechanical which cost me some time. Nevertheless I came down with a 3.5 second lead. After the first run we had the obligatory one hour practice on the second track. The 2 run went good i had a solid run with minor mistakes coming down about 1 second faster that second place, which gave me the 6th win out of 6 race in the Danish DH cup this year.

6th round podium

Mathis Lystbæk - Mike Thisted - Sebastian Jensen - Rasmus Reding - Rasmus Jensen

Overall it was a good weekend with good racing and a good season ender. Personally I still have one more race, which is the final round of the German iXS cup which takes place the 24.-25. this month in Thale.

Overall Podium :)

A big thank you goes out to Stefan Hovaldt for taking all of the pictures.

- Sebastian Jensen

Danish DH cup - Ry.

2011-08-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

The second to last round of the Danish DH cup took place at Ry this weekend. Ry is located close to “Himmelbjerget” which is the highest “mountain” in Denmark approx. 170 meters high. The track is super fun to ride, it has some steep and technical bits and some pedaling to round of with. Furthermore the track only gets used one time in a year - for the DH cup, since it is private property so nobody can train on it before the race. And the dirt is also really loose, which is sick.

Training went pretty good, I did not get so many runs in as i had liked, but if felt home on it. I was trying out the new High Roller II in the muddy/loamy conditions - I was pretty surprised how well the cleared the mud and the corner grip in them. Nevertheless the racing went good on the two tracks we had practiced on. The first run I had a few mistakes, that cost me some time, but I came down in first about 2 seconds faster then second.

Christian on his way to his best result yet.

Before the second run we got about an hour of training on the second track and some time to get something to eat. The second run went good I hit all my lines pretty good and only had one pretty big stall. I came down 3 seconds faster then second so I extended my lead to 5 seconds and won it! Even though iI felt under-practiced I decided to have fun on the track, which payed off. Since I have won all the races, so far in the Danish DH cup this year, I also took the overall title with one round left! Kasper Nancke the team freerider and Christian Lynaes the team mechanic also attended at the race. Kaspers runs were good enough for a 4th even though he crashed two times. Kasper is currently sitting in 3rd overall going into the last round i Rold forrest near Aalborg. Christian posted his best result in the cup so far, with a top 10, which he was super happy with.

Kasper Nancke pinning it through the rocks.

Overall it was a good weekend, with a good track and happy times. I have only got two planed races left, so I am looking forward to giving it my all and round up the season in a good way.

Mike Thisted - Sebastian Jensen - Theis Koch

Thanks to PSFOTOGRAFI.DK for all the actions pictures - http://www.facebook.com/psfotografi and Mikkel Groth for the podium shot.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

24 t DH i semmering

2011-08-08T03:20:00.000-07:00

Bad Willdbad

2011-08-03T03:02:00.000-07:00

En aften tur i muder

2011-08-03T02:54:00.000-07:00

Slettestrand DH cup!

2011-07-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

The fourth round of the Danish DH cup was on a new venue in North Jutland. The course is not that long but it has some very fun a steep sections with some good ruts. The forecast for the weekend said that it would rain all saturday and there would be some showers on race day. The forecast held pretty much and the track got really good.

Kasper putting the last pedal stroke

Saturday Kasper and I got some good runs in on the two courses. When we felt confident on the track we headed back to the hotel and jumped in the pool and got a good dinner and a few beers.

Sunday morning we got up fairly early so we could get a couple of runs in before the first race run. For the race I had raised the front end a bit since the track was quite steep, which I think helped a bit. Come race time Kasper and I warmed up and put in a solid first run Kasper posted a 45.5 which was the 4th fastest time and I posted the fastest by about 2 seconds over 2nd. We were both happy with our runs and felt confident for the second run. After an hour of training on the second course we once again got in a warm up. Kasper had a good run coming over the finish line in 37.9 ending up on 5th spot. My second run was the worst of the week blowing feet of and staling in turns but it was still the fastest on the last course. I ended up first with a 3 second gap to 2nd place which I was happy with considering the circumstances.

Sebastian Jensen pinning it.

Kasper Nancke - Rasmus Reding . Mike Thisted - Sebastian Jensen - Mathias Lystbæk

Photo´s by Stefan Hovaldt!

At the end of the day it was a super good event, a good course and a fun weekend of racing.

- Sebastian Jensen

One race and a Jam!

2011-07-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

Fyn DH cup:

The third round of the Danish DH cup was held on Fyn at a place called Ruehede. A fairly flat and not that difficult track, where keeping speed trough berms and rock is important. As usually on Fyn it was raining almost all weekend so the track was quite slick.

Kasper and myself was going to race on sunday, so we got one day of training in before the finals. Saturday went good, we got our lines dialed in and knew where the track going. So we went home to Kaspers apartment and go a good night of sleep.

Sunday morning we arrived at the track a couple of hours before the race began so we could get some runs in and get a feeling of the bikes. As usually ind Denmark we were running the Maxxis EXO tires for fast and lighter rolling. The Marzocchi suspension was also stiffened up so the Legend and the Last pedaled better.

At 12 pm the race began so Kasper and I warmed up together. Kasper was up first on his home track and posted a fast time of 47 seconds which he was happy with. The next time he posted was a 45.7 which meant that he ended up 2nd on the day and defending his 2nd from Randers. Kasper is now sitting in 2nd spot in the overall. Last up was myself with a good run coming in fastest on both my runs and ended up #1 and #2 for 222Racing.

Overall it was a good weekend of racing and good times. The next round will be at Slettestrand a new venue.

Kasper Nancke - Sebastian Jensen - Rasmus Reding

222Dirt Jam - Fyn:

The actual first round of the 222Dirt Jam was held on Lars´ pumptrack which is a super fun little pumptrack with some jumps. The format of the event is pretty chilled with a catch up race, with a timed seeding. Until the race we had lots of fun on the fresh prepped track. Come race time we had to do two timed laps on the track, where I was the fastest by a couple of seconds. First up was the faster riders against the slower. In the end I was in the final which I won. Overall it was fun day with a good vibe. Next round is going down on Mols on a new build pumptrack.

Photo´s by: John Hyldgaard and Lars Mortensen!

- Sebastian Jensen

Dirtmasters!

2011-06-19T03:28:00.000-07:00

The last two week´s i have been fairly busy riding my bikes and preparing for exam´s. So ill start with Dirtmasters in Winterberg which is a super cool event with a lot of different MTB events and exhibitions. In fact it is the biggest freeride festival in Europe.

Bo, Christian and I arrived Wednesday night so we had a day to relax before practice started friday. After we had got our number plats and walked the track we headed up for a few runs. The track was super dry and flowing well. The track was quite short some the times were going to be really close. Practice went well and I was having tons of fun.

Sebastian Jensen

Saturday morning Bo and I got up early to avoid the sun burning us in the long queue since some 500 people was racing DH. I got 4 good runs in before seeding later that day. I also changed some lines since the track was good bed in for the better. After the early practice we went down to the pits and got some food and chill a bit before our seeding runs. Bo seeded in 6th in the masters class, which he was quite happy with. I seeding in 66th spot, 9 seconds of the pace in Elite men, which I was not that happy with, but I had some left in the tank for sundays race.

Bo Andersen

Sunday we got up early again to got some runs in and dial the last things in. Practice went well until I crashed hard into a tree on my last run. I was pretty sore after the crash I could not pedal that well but I was okay.

Come finals the bikes were running good and I was felling quite confident that I could put in a good time and get a top 30 which was my goal. Bo was also felling good and was hoping for a top 10. First up was Bo who put in a good effort and ended up 11th. After Bo´s run there was a big crash in the rock garden just after I had warmed up and the race was delayed about 45 minutes which influenced on my starting time. Nevertheless I got going and had a okay run riding some sections on my heels but it was okay. I ended up in 46th spot only 7 seconds off the winning time. I was only 1 second from a top 30 which was pretty annoying. But the positive was that is was only 7 second off the pace where is was 15 second off last year, so that a good improvement.

Bo´s Banshee Legend

Overall the weekend was good I had lots of fun on and off the bike enjoying the good weather and the festival atmosphere. I´m looking forward to next iXS in Ilmenau in about 4 weeks and hoping to get in the top 30 there!

- Sebastian Jensen

DH-cup Fyn

2011-06-14T02:05:00.000-07:00

3. afdeling af den danske dh-cup.

Tredje omgang af cuppen gik igen rigtig godt for 222cycles teamet. Et løb med god stemning, perfekt temperatur og regnen holdte sig heldigvis væk fra Fyn i år. Træningsdagen forløb fint med kun et par enkelte små styrt imellem. For mit eget vedkommende tog jeg det meget stille og roligt, da Fyn er min hjemmebane, så jeg kørte kun lige, hvad der var nødvendigt og fik trænet de små ændringer, som var kommet på sporet. Senere på dagen kom Sebastian også til Fyns land for lige at få kørt det hele på plads til cup dagen.

Om søndagen ankom vi til skoven et par timer før racet gik i gang. Der blev lagt hårdt ud fra morgenstunden, hvor Sebastian og jeg selv skiftedes til at ligge efter hinanden for lige at få presset hinanden lidt og få indøvet noget fart, inden cuppen gik i gang. Bjarke var også dukket op på dagen, og viste som altid kæmpe overskud ved at kører både op og ned. Han fik også en del nedkørsler, hvor han så ret hurtig ud, før racet, men desværre, da tiden talte, skred cyklen ud for ham i starten af sporet. Da jeg selv kørte gik det godt. Jeg kørte stort set fejlfrit i mit første gennemløb og fik 2. hurtigste tid. Den hurtigste var som sædvanlig Sebastian som, som altid kører et par sekunder hurtigere end os andre.
Andet gennemløb gik endnu bedre end det første. Vi alle 3 forbedrede vores tider og det resulterede i, at Seb vandt afdelingen, jeg blev nummer 2 og Bjarke blev nummer 10 (med styrt).

#2 Round of the Danish DH cup

2011-06-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

Sebastian Jensen prejumping the last drop.

The second round of the Danish DH cup was held at a new venue in Randers this past weekend. The forecast for the weekend said rain, rain and rain and so it was. The track was not that difficult, there was a couple of turn and a bunch of jumps and drops. Nevertheless it was a bunch of fun to ride. Compared to other danish courses it was good since they only had a couple of months to build it. Props to the builders!

Kasper Nancke pinning it.

Saturday practice:

Both Kasper and myself were on new bikes. Kaspers last parts arrived before the race so he could build up his new Last Herb DH. My old bike was stolen, a couple of days before the race. So Bo and I build up my new bike friday night just in the for the race. I would like to give at big shout out to the people who made it happen!

Practice went well and we got our bikes dialed in for the race on Sunday. We were trying out some funky lines in practice and having a lost of fun. Both Bo and I opted for the Maxxis EXO´s again for a fast and lighter rolling bike.

Bo trying out a offcamber line in practice.

Sunday practice and racing:

Sunday started out fairly chilled with a couple of runs to dial in some lines and get a feeling of the bike.

Bo was up first to race since he hadn´t ridden the first DH cup. Bo´s first run went good until he crashed in the middle section and picked it up again and ended up posting a 50,7. For his second run Bo wanted to get down without crashing and came in 6 seconds faster, which he was fairly happy with.

Next up was Kasper. He was feeling comfortable on his new Last. Kasper posted a 44,550 for his first run and went into the hot seat. Second run was good but .5 of a second slower but was good enough for a 2nd place and his first podium of the year.

Since I won the first round I was seeded first and therefore to last to pin it down the hill. My first run went good with on real mistakes and came down in 42.13 which I was happy with. My last run almost the exact the same only .35 slower which was the two fastest times of the day over 5 seconds faster than 2nd place. 1. and 2. for 222Racing was pretty good and were looking forward to doing the same at the next round.

Kasper Nancke - Sebastian Jensen - Mike Thisted - Mathias Lystbæk - Mikkel Groth

Thanks to Simon Nejst and Lars Mortensen for the pictures.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

Min ny DMR 898

2011-05-25T13:01:00.000-07:00

Billede fra en aftens tur

2011-05-25T12:50:00.000-07:00

Foto: Lars Mortensen

222Racing in Willingen and Winterberg

2011-05-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago 222Racing went to Willingen and Winterberg in Germany to get up to speed and have fun before the race season started. We rode in Willingen for two days and Winterberg for two days aswell.

Here is a edit from the trip, enjoy!

http://video.mpora.com/watch/qFUeA4EA1/

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

1st round of the Danish DH cup

2011-05-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

This past weekend the first race of the season was held in Rold forest which was the first of 6 rounds. The track is pretty basic with some jumps and berms mixed up with the super loose ground after a few weeks of sunny weather. 222Racing (Bo Andersen and Sebastian Jensen) and 222Freeride (Kasper Nancke and Bjarke Pedersen) meet up saturday for practise.

Bjarke Pedersen sending it into a berm.

Saturday practise was good and we all got the dry course dialled in. I was trying out a pair of Maxxis Minion EXO´s since the course isn´t that rough so I would save a bit of weight and time in the end hopefully. Everybody was having fun and catching up after the winter break. Since we do no have any seeding in the Danish DH cup, practise on saturday is always chilled.

Bo Andersen on the logride.

On race day the track was rolling fast and was getting quite loose after the practise on saturday. So we got our bikes and geared up and headed up for one hour of practise before the first runs started. We all got a few runs in which we felt good about and was fairly confident on the course.

Sebastian Jensen in practise.

First up was Kasper who rode a decent run with a few mistakes and ended up in 19th spot with a 1.05,94. Next up was Bjarke on his Scythe who posted a 1.00,01, which he was happy with. Bjarke got a 4th which is quite solid. Last up was myself. My run went well I hit all my lines and I pedaled hard on the flat course. I posted a 56,93 which was the fastest time of the day and therefore good enough for 1st, winning with .4 of a second.

Bjarke Pedersen - Danny Sørensen - Sebastian Jensen - Henrik Martinsen - Mike Thisted

All in all it was a good weekend with happy people and a good vibe. The Banshee Legends and the Scythe was running good all weekend teamed up with the Marzocchi 888´s and the Roco shocks. We also got the chance to flash our new Sombrio kits and the new TLD lids and gloves. Thanks to all of you!

All of the pictures are taken by Andreas Gudum.

Next weekend 222Racing is going to Winterberg and Willingen in Germany so stay tuned!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

Kasper's Ny svin. Bike Check

2011-02-11T05:20:00.000-08:00

Ramme - Last Cord

Gaffel - Marzocchi DJ1
Bremse - Gusset Hydro Chute
Dæk - Halo Twinrails
Fornav - Last Carmen
Bagnav - Halo DJD
Fælge - Halo 4xr
Styr - Funn
Saddel - Pivotal
Saddelpind - Last Thirty
Krank - Gusset
Pedaler - Gusset PCP
Tandhjul - Last Dibond 25 tands
Kæde - Stolen Half-Link
Frempind - S.I.G.
Greb - Funn
222cycles spinner topcap!
11.53kg

Troy lee designs til 222 Racing fra Yamaha Store Ringsted

2011-02-11T05:12:00.000-08:00

Så komme føste sending fra hvors nyen sponser Yamaha Store Ringsted. Med Troy lee designs

tak for det. (http://www.ysr.dk/)

Race Schedule ´11

2011-02-01T22:50:00.000-08:00

Here is my race schedule for the ´11 season. I will be racing in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. I am really looking forward to be racing in three diffrent countrys and just having fun with my mates!

30-01.05 - Danish DH Cup #1, Rold.

21-22.05 - SWEcup #1, Vånga.

28.05 - 222Dirt Jam #1, Mols.

28-29.05 - Danish DH cup #2, Mols.

04-05.06 - iXS GDC #1, Winterberg.

11-12.06 - Danish DH Cup #3, Fyn.

18-19.06 - Scandinavian Cup, Gesunda.

26.06 - 222Dirt Jam #2, Fyn.

02-03.07 - Danish DH cup #4, Slettestrand.

09-10.07 - iXS GDC #2, Ilmenau.

23-24.07 - iXS GDC #3, Bad Wildbad.

13.08 - 222Dirt Jam #3, Vejle.

27-28.08 - Danish DH cup #5, Ry.

10-11.09 - Danish DH cup #6, Rold.

24-25.09 - iXS GDC #4, Thale.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

Afternoon shoot

2011-01-26T11:53:00.000-08:00

Last week my friend Stefan and I went out to shoot some pictures in the frozen forest. He had just got the 7D so he wanted to try it out. So we went out to the local wood to shoot some pictures just before the sunset. It turned out good I think. Enjoy!

Today it got my Banshee AMP which im looking forward to trying! That thing is so light and looks really nimble and flickable. When I get it build up and dialed in I will be sure to post some pictures and a bike check!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

First ride!

2011-01-17T23:45:00.000-08:00

After the forest was buried in snow from mid november, it has been hard to ride. So today I headed out to my local DH spot. Its only about 30 sekunds long but fun and has a lot of good momories to it. It was quite weird to ride my bike again after two mounths, but it was super sick. The first runs was like if I had to learn to ride again - really funky. But after a few runs I felt home again! It was also one of the first rides on my new Marzocchi 888 RC3 Ti from 2011. That fork is so controlled and super plush! I can wait to get my Marzocchi Roco shock on, when I get my spring for it. Besides the suspension my Legend is running smooth. It can´t wait to see what 2011 might bring!

First ride of ´11 - happy!

2011 is looking to be a good year racing wise so stay tuned for the race schedule!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

Pictures from France

2011-01-10T13:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from France. All the pictures are from my trip to 2Alpes and

Morzine/Chatel with the FusionFreeride team in August 2010.

One of Chatels super fun flowy runs.

On the top of Morzine.

The famous chute at 2Aples!

2Aples - on the way to the top.

I would like to thank Mike Thisted from the FusionFreeride team for taking the all pictures with his GoPro HD.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

Race kalener 2011 ixs cup

2010-12-17T05:30:00.000-08:00

Så kom de første løbstider i 2011

iXS German Downhill Cup:

04.-05.06.2011 iXS German Downhill Cup #1 Winterberg

09.-10.07.2011 iXS German Downhill Cup #2 Ilmenau

23.-24.07.2011 iXS German Downhill Cup #3 + DM Bad Wildbad

24.-25.09.2011 iXS German Downhill Cup #4 Thale

Dirt jam tour:

???????? Hvis der er andre, der vil arrangerer er det muligt ????????
29-5 2011 Mols (ny pump trak)
3-7 2011 Lars's baghave
14-8 2011 Bo's baghave

Edit from France!

2010-11-22T07:30:00.000-08:00

Here is an edit from France with me and half of the Fusion Freeride team..

Enjoy!

http://video.mpora.com/watch/69BYhku38/hd/

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

The last race of the year.

2010-10-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

After the Danish DH cup was over we only had one more race on the calender. The race was held in Thale, GER and was the final of the German iXS cup.

The track there is pretty flat and pedally, but was quite fun to ride in practice. The top section is open with some jumps and roadgaps and the middle and bottom is in the forrest with some off cambers and pedal-sections.

Friday:

Friday morning we went up to walk the track and get our start numbers. After the track walk we ate some lunch and got ready to get some runs in. The track was super dry and was running really fast. I was felling confident on the track as there were not any tech bits. Bo was running the new Maxxis Minion 2.5 protection tires all day and was very impressed by how nimble the Banshee Legend felt with some lighter tires and tubes.

Saturday:

Saturday was a wet day. It had rained all night and the prognosis said that it would not stop at all so we got the Maxxis Wetscreams on. The track was almost running as fast as in the dry, because of the constant rain. I got some good runs in before seeding later that day. Unfortunately Bo crashed hard two times in practice and was pretty sore, so he just wanted to get a okay seeding in. Seeding went okay for me, I rode into a tree midway but was on the pedals fast again. I ended up seeding 41th in Elite men. Bo seeded 64th. So we had something to work with for the finals!:)

Sunday:

Sunday practice went good for both of us, but Bo was pretty sore from the crashes. I decide to ride the practice on cut Wetscreams which went really good, if felt I could carry more speed on the flat sections, but still have grip on the off camber bits.

Bo had a good run, but rode into a tree half way. He finished 56th which is his best result in Elite men so far, so he was happy. Bo rode about 10 sek. faster than his seeding.

My run was good I pedaled hard and hit all my lines pretty good. I was really happy to have a tear off on my Smith googles:) I ended up 31th and 4th Junior in Elite men, so I was pretty stoked. I rode 5 sek faster than my seeding.

All in all it was a fun weekend riding in the mud. It was super good to have our mechanic, Christian with us that weekend! We are both looking forward to next years races!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

222 Racing Billede fra sidste IXS cup i Thale

2010-10-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

Her er et par billede fra Thale

The last two rounds of the Danish DH cup.

2010-09-23T02:00:00.000-07:00

The last two races was held in Rold forrest. The track there is super fun. It is a pretty basic course with some fun jumps and steep sections.

Bo on the log ride.

Saturday:

The Fusion Freeride event was held Saturday. It is about getting points on the jumps and North Shore sections. Both Bo and I rode the event, just for fun. Bo rode all the big jumps and North Shore sections so he got 2nd in the event. Bjarke from the 222Freeride team got a 3rd. I just rode some jumps and used it as a practice run for Sunday. Saturday was also a training day, so I got a bit training in there. Unfortunately Bo could only ride Saturday. So I was left alone with our mechanic Christian. Bjarke and Kasper from the 222Freeride team was also there.

Bjarke on the 30 feet road gap.

Sunday:

The first race of the started at 10.00 so I was there an hour or so before to get some practice run in and warm up. The course was a bit dryer so my Minions could hook up in de damp conditions.

The first race of the day was two runs on two different course, where the times are gathered to one time. The first run went good and I came in 1.2 up on no. 2 on the 50 seconds course. Second run was good with a little mistake in the middle. I came in .4 seconds faster than no. 2 so I had won the 7th round. I was really happy to have won the 6th and 7th round. It gave me a lot of confidence for the 8th round.

Me in practice.

The 8th round was one run called "No Limits". The concept is to find the fastest way down the hill on the two courses.

The run went well but I came down .04 slower than no. 1. I was pretty gutted that I had lost by .04 of a second.. But 2nd is also good:)

Rasmus Reading - Me - Mike Thisted.

Podium from the 7th round.

This weekend 222Racing will be at the last round of the German iXS cup i Thale!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

Ry, 6. round of the Danish DH cup.

2010-09-20T11:23:00.001-07:00

Last weekend Bo and I rode the 6th round of the Danish DH cup i Ry. The course was steep and muddy, just how we like it:) Both Bo and I came Sunday morning so we could get some runs in before the race.

From the first run I felt home on the track, so I knew that I could get a good result. We took turns to ride in front and tried some new lines, which worked out good. A lot of people were running dry tyres, but we decided to try the Maxxis Wetscream out - that tyre has so much grip in the mud it is almost like riding in the dry!

Come race the rain came down hard so the course got even more muddy. Bo was fast in his first run, but had a mistake in his second run. Even though the mistake he got a 5th at the race.

My first run went really good, I hit all my lines and came down 4 sec. faster than no. 2 so I just had the stay on the bike in my second run. My second run went good but I had a crash midway so I got up fast and gave it my all to the bottom. Even tough I crashed I won the race by 1 sec. so I was happy.

Stay tuned for a race report from the 7th and 8th round of the Danish Dh cup in Rold.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

The last few weeks

2010-09-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

It´s been a while since I have written on the blog, but I have been up to a lot so here it goes:)

About a month ago the 5th round of the Danish DH cup went off. The race was held i Ruehede a little forest on Fyn. The course was pretty basic, but the rain came, and made it interesting.

Bo had a bad crash the week before at the 222cycles dirt jam, so he was not riding. So it was up to me and the 222Freeride team to pin it.

Unfortunately the I crashed in both of my race runs, 10 meters before the finsih line. I was gutted because I felt fast trough practise. Luckily the 222Freeride team was at the race to get a result. Lars Mortensen from the Freeride team won the race by 2 sek and Bjarke got a 4th place so the team was happy:)

Bjarke pinning it.

After the race I went to France for four days. It was the first time for me to ride my bike in there, so I was pretty excited.

The first day we rode in Morzine which was okay but there were alot of brake bumps so it was not the most fun. We found some secret runs in the forest which was super sick! Steep and very rutted. To end the day of we took the super Morzine lift to the top and found a fast super fun trails all the way down to Morzine.

The second day we went to Les Deux Alpes to get some longer runs. We rode alot of red and black runs there all day. The trails there are super fun and flowy. I defiantly got better at riding berms.

The last two days we rode in Chatel. The bikepark there is soo fun to ride. There´s berms jumps and some rock pits, that are fun. We had some fun days there in the rain.

To sum it up it was a super fun trip. I rode with my new Leatt Brace and got to try some new things with my Legend and my Marzocchi fork.

Stay tuned for a race update from the two last rounds of the danish DH cup!

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing

2011. 888 nye farver

2010-09-03T07:23:00.000-07:00

nu giver marzocchi den gas med ny faver.

Billede fra 222 Dirt jam I Bag have

2010-08-17T04:45:00.000-07:00

Test af mig ny start rampe

2010-08-08T04:56:00.000-07:00

Og det viket fint. Så nu er det klara til på lørdag til 222 dirtjam

3. Round of the SWE cup in Vånga, Sweden.

2010-07-25T12:40:00.000-07:00

Saturday

The next weekend I decided to race one of the Swedish DH races, which was new for me. I took the race as traning for the iXS cup, and just to have fun.

The track was very short about 1.15, but a very fun 1.15 sekunds. The track very rocky and tekincal.

We came on seeding day, so we took some chilled runs, finding some good lines. It was a pretty basic track, so I was up to speed fast.

Seeding went well, I decided to ride really chill and have fun. I seeded 5th so it was okay, consideret I did not pedal or push it.

We slept in a barn infront of a snow machine, which was sickJ thanks to the staff for letting us sleep there.

Sunday

Sunday we went up for some runs, when the practise started. I started pre-jumping, jumps and having loads of fun. The atmosfere at the race was so chilled, that I did not fell that I was at a race.

I was confident with my lines and the track, so I knew that I could ride alot faster than my seeding, and get a podium. The top sektion went good and I hit all the fast lines, but had a puncture just before the halfmark, which was pretty anoying, because I was only 2 sek slower, than the guy in the hot seat, so I was on a good run.

After two great weekends the team and I are looking forward to a little time of before some Danish races and one iXS cup.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing.

Round 2 of the German iXS

2010-07-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

2. round of the German iXS cup in Rittershausen

The 2. round of the german iXS cup was in Rittershausen. The track is steep at some places and very rutted. It is a good allround track with some pedaling at the top, and teknical riding at the bottom. I think the hole team was looking forward to the race in Rittershausen after the track walk.

Friday

The practise Friday was really fun, the track was very dry and fast. We were finding some new lines as the track was strating to get a bit rougher. The practise ended on at good note, so we had something to look forward to the Saturday.

Saturday

Saturday started early, with practise from 8 am. It was going to be about 38 degrees Saturday, so we wanted to get up early and do some runs, before it got really hot. After 3-4 runs we desided to stop and chill out in the lake before our seeding run.

Seeding went really bad for Bo and I, Bo crashed two times and i crashed one time, we ended up in the lower half in the seeding. We were both strugling with the heat, and therefore we just needed to get down, in a okay time, without getting really hurt. We desided to put the seeding result behind us an focus on the race Sunday.

Sunday

Sunday we headed up for practise, focusing on hitting our lines smooth, and getting confortable with the track getting more and more rutted up. We got some good stable runs and rode down to the lake to cool off.

Bo and I seeded with only two riders between us, so we took the shuttel up toghter. Bo was going to start before me. Unfurtnutly Bo got in to his pedaling mode and got excited and rode into a tree, but came down about 25 sekunds faster then his seeding. Now it was up to me to get in a good run. I hit all my lines in the top and middel sektion, so I was feeling confident, that could push abit hard on the last steep seltion, but then I blew both my feet in a steep corner and had a little off, but came down to the finish 1 sek. Faster than I wanted, so it was good.

After the race we headed to Willingen, which is one of our favorit tracks, because of the jumps. I rode some new lines, which was cool, now the only jump I have´nt ridden is the WC hip. Bo blew up his rear wheel, so he was out for the rest of the day. We rode there for a half day, before we sat in the car on the way home to Denmark.

DH på Mols

2010-07-06T09:15:00.000-07:00

4. Afdeling af DHC i DK

Så blev det tid til at køre 4. afdeling i den danske DH cup, som foregik på Mols. Personligt havde jeg glædet mig til weekenden, da det er et fedt spor og jeg har gode erfaringer med det. Løbet var mit første på min nye cykel nemlig min Banshee Legend MKII.

Lørdag:

Jeg havde besluttet mig for at komme lørdag, for at træne på sporet før løbet om søndagen, da jeg ikke ville stresse på løbsdagen med træning og transport fra Aalborg. Træningen lørdag gik med at finde linjer gennem diverse sten og det løse underlag, hvilket ikke var noget problem, da jeg valgte at køre på mine Maxxis Minion F dæk i super tacky. Bo og jeg fandt nogle gode linjer, som vi var komfortable med at køre.

Aftenen tilbragte jeg sammen med nogle andre deltagere, på det lokale Dirt Spot, i telt, det var super hyggeligt.

Søndag:

Søndag var jeg på sporet kl. 9.30 klar til at få frisket linjerne op og få trænet det sidste. Sporet var lidt hurtigere, hvilket jeg følte mig meget tilpas med. Da løbet startede, var der en del tid til jeg skulle starte, da jeg lå nr. 3 i cuppen. Mit første run var godt og jeg ramte alle mine linjer, men et akavet styrt før mål, da jeg havde stoppet tiden med min krop. DH cup ledelsen skulle votere om hvorvidt om jeg skulle have et nyt run eller en straf tid, det blev et nyt run. Så jeg trak op til mit andet run, for at gøre klar. Mit andet run startede rigtig dårligt ud, da jeg styrtede ned af startrampen, fordi mit styr ramte start pælen. Styret blev hurtigt glemt og jeg fandt min rytme igen, men da jeg kom ned virkede tidtagningssystemet ikke, så jeg skulle op og køre et nyt run igen.. De næste to runs gik godt med tiderne henholdsvis 1.03 og 1.04, 3 sekunder foran nr. 2, hvilket gav mig min første sejr i år.

De efterfølgende dage voterede DH-ledelsen omkring deres kendelse på løbsdagen, omkring min ekstra tur. De blev enige om jeg skulle have en DNF, hvilket får mig til at ligge nr. 5 i den samlede pointstilling.

Alt i alt var det en god weekend, hvor cykel og udstyr fungerede upåklageligt og jeg hyggede mig.

Lige nu sidder jeg i sommerhus og gælder mig til 222Racing drager til 2. afdeling af den tyske iXS cup i Rittershausen.

God Sommer

Sebastian Jensen – Powered by SIS.

Bike Check

2010-07-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

Banshee Legenden er en ny cykel fra Banshee til deres 2010 line up. Rammen har været undervejs i nogle år nu, som en prototype, hvilket 52 ryttere blev udvalgt til at køre på. Jeg kan kun sige at Banshee har lavet et godt stykke arbejde med at få vinkler og linksystemet til at spille perfekt sammen. Jeg blev overrasket hvor godt den køre i sving og rough terræn. Det eneste jeg skulle var at fokusere på hvor jeg ville hen. Alt i alt er jeg super glad for det set up den har nu. Jeg havde hørt meget godt om Legenden fra Bo og Claus, der var nogle af de udvalgte til at køre på MK1´eren, derfor valgte jeg Legenden.

Jeg har bygget ramme op med super gode komponenter, som passer rigtig godt til rammens formål, nemlig en full on DH race cykel.

Jeg har valgt at sætte en Marzocchi 888 EVO RC3 TI gaffel på fra 2010, da jeg som sidste år kørte med en Marzocchi 66 ata, og var meget tilfreds med den, så det var naturligt for mig at være en Marzocchi. Marzocchi gaffelen kommer med en directmount frempind, som jeg har sat et Spank Spike 777 styr og Funn greb på. Bagved har jeg valgt en Rock Shox Vivid 5.1 bagdæmper, da jeg er vild med end- og beginnig redound, som hjælper cyklen med at have en stabil kontakt med jorden. Headsetet er et low stack fra Arcos, som hedder Ai.25, jeg valgte den fordi jeg havde hørt meget godt omkring det og fordi det er lavt og let. Hjulene er blevet lette for et DH kompatibelt hjulsæt, som lige runder 1900 gram. Det er bygget op på Burgtec nav med Halo eger og nipler på Halo Freedom fælge. Jeg valgte Freedom fælgen, da den er let og meget holdbar. Dæk og slanger er fra Maxxis, som er en selvfølge, da jeg mener de lave de bedste mønstre, såsom Minion, Ardent og High Roller. Endnu en ny ting for mig er at køre med Funn Drop in bremser, da jeg kørte Diatech Anchor sidste år. Funn Drop in´en bremser når man har brug for det, hårdt og modulerbart, hvilket er vigtig for mig. Saddel og saddelpind kommer fra SDG, som jeg har kørt med de sidste 3 år. Gear kommer fra Sram, som også er en favorit af mine. MRP´s G2 kørte jeg også med sidste år. Jeg har ikke tabt kæden én gang! Kranken er en Funn Hooka DH, som er super stiv og kan holde til nogle bank. Med hensyn til pedaler kører jeg pt. med et par Straitline, som har super godt fast i mine Five Ten sko. Grunden til valget faldt på Straitline var for at se om nogle pedaler kunne udkonkurrere Burgtec´s Penthouse pedaler. Straitline pedalen gør det meget godt ind til videreJ.

Cyklen vejer 17,5 kg, hvilket er meget respektabelt for en DH cykelJ.

God Sommer.

Sebastian Jensen – powered by SIS.

2010-03-28T08:38:00.000-07:00

Et par Billede af mit spot.

Det er ved at blive pusset så det stå klare til det bliver tørvejr

2010-02-23T09:54:00.000-08:00

Komme og være med. Det bliver fed.

Snowbikes levere vi! så ta din hjelm og raceface med så køre vi!

Snowboarder cross medbring eget snowboard.

Alle deltagere har chance for at vinde en ny GT BMX bike.

Ellers præmie til de 3 første i A-B finaler i snowbike og 3 første i Boardercross.

Lørdag den. 27 feb. Romalt bakke kl 11. Tilmelding 50 kr.

Tilmelding og info rasmus@aroc.dk Rasmus tlf 20446450 Tommy tlf 26813228

Sne er ikke så skidt enda

2010-02-15T00:46:00.000-08:00

Odense skatehalle

2010-01-23T23:23:00.000-08:00

Torsdag den 21-01-10 Være vi en tur i odense skatehalle

Konge billede:

2010-01-07T06:49:00.000-08:00

Billede er tage den 30-03-09 på munkeberg ved vejle til klubbe mester skab. Hvor sebastian blev nummer et.

Min Dh Cykel

2010-01-06T01:04:00.000-08:00

Banshee Legend Mk1

Det er en prototype, der lavet 52 styk af rammen.

Den er monteret med:

Bos idylle RARE forgafle

Cane creek Double barrel bagdæmper