STB rides Lapland

STBLPLND / STB rides Lapland from Markus Kontiainen on Vimeo.

fiftysix vigorelli

Riders Wanted

Promoting Tourism

Päätön video

"Headless video" from Oulu, northern Finland.

Splitting Finland - Snapshots from the road

Some random photos stolen from Splitting Finland FB page, after three first days out of the planned two weeks' 1600km trip. Godspeed, dudes!

Splitting Finland. In Half. By bike.

"Splitting Finland for a good cause! 8 wheels, 4 guys, 2 weeks and about 1 600km.

"Its pretty complicated to explain "why", but maybe there was some betting a year ago. Maybe not. Anyway there were no losers, but the idea of biking thru our homeland with great friends was too good to bury. So I guess it was 1st of May when Heppu and Tuukka (Andreas) called from Portugal and tell me that the journey is on, and I have to participate. Due the special "date" (whole Helsinki is one big party on that day), I have to admit that I don't remember saying "yes", "no" or much about the call in general. There was a plan to practice during the summer, to do lot of cycling and getting shape. By the mid July it was clear, that it was just a plan and there won't be any cycling or getting physically ready for this event. Beer and happy times with friends, no sweating on the saddle. It makes sense now :)

At some point Tuukka hooked Osku to join our journey, he is a bad ass bicycle guy, so he is like an insurance for us. Its good to have a guy onboard who actually knows something about cycling and bikes. He is also a video man, so there will be some film coming up after the trip, about the trip.

Thanks to Mr. Jasper Pääkkönen there is also a greater mission than just a friendship and getting some time off from working. Jasper hooked us up with the WWF and now we are cycling for the Baltic Sea!!! Thats cool I think! It will also make sure that we push and pull harder to get to the finish line. Basically it works like this; you can support our trip by donating a penny or two for WWF bank account: OP 578007-130581 Then write to message field "Your Name / Splitting Finland". After the trip we will publish the total amount and names of the people who donated in our blog and here!

Thats about it... We haven't planned this trip too much, but one things is sure; without Pelago and Hyppönen brothers we would not have bikes to ride. Timo and Mikko made this possible! Also a Sports Tracker will make sure that we will find the Nuorgam at some point. Plus thanks to Makia Clothing we will look fabulous when that happens!

Feeling weird. A bit scary to be honest. But its gonna be good. Its gonna be beautiful. Cheers!" - Juha"

In Facebook: Splitting Finland

http://wwf.fi/maapallomme/itameri/

Syöte MTB 2012

"Syöte MTB is a great new mountain biking event held in the astonishing and breath-taking sceneries and challenging terrain of the Syöte national park, Finland. The event is aimed at everyone who already has some experience in mountain biking. There's no need for any competition experience or a license.

- Experience the beautiful wilderness of the national park
- We're offering challenging terrain and loads of singletrack, with minimal amount of road sections
- Sweaty climbs and action-packed descents, including the biggest final climb of Finland!
- Distances: 30km / 60km / 120km - Mass start and timing
- Classes: Men/Women 18yrs, Men/Women , Men 40yrs, Men 50yrs, Single Speed

 Welcome to enjoy the nature of Syöte on Sat 4th Aug, 2012!"

More info: http://www.syotemtb.fi/

Only the music on the clip is awful.

"Trendikkäänäkin pidetty kiinteävälitteinen kaupunkipyörä"

Mutta samalla myös "Todellinen polkupyörän karvalakkimalli". 

Karpolla on asiaa:

L'Eroica Finland // Retrokilpurit 2012

Lisätiedot / for more info, look HERE .

Cyclocross Varjo SM 2012 // VPCX Stylin'

The unofficial shadow Cyclocross Finnish Championships today at Louhela/Kaivoksela, Vantaa.

First batch of photos has surfaced, here. Plenty of people showed up and raced despite the snowy and icy conditions and the course was hard and technical just like it should be. Geared cx bikes were dime and dozen like always but here are photos of the best different styles, in the true VPCX spirit.

Too Small Bikes 2

TOO SMALL BIKES 2 from Julius on Vimeo.

Obviously no fixed bikes here but if you even dream of doing some mad tricks on yo sweet fixie brah, you need to study this clip very very carefully.

Brand new flatland BMX movie from Finland, you can read more about the riders etc. here.

I'm happy to discover that the example our man Martti Kuoppa set and his influence on younger riders is still livin' and strong. Respect!

It should also maybe noted that at least one of the riders featured, Aapo, rides a fg bike too and he showed us some time ago how to do fifty+ backward circles in a row just like that, until no one could keep counting anymore.

VPCX Kangasala - Das Rutschbahnspektakel

Photos from VPCX Kangasala Race, November 2011, by Jimmy Doyle.

Columbus Troll

"FIXI - eli Fixed Gear -pyöräily kasvattaa suosiotaan hurjaa vauhtia..."

Thanks to Chainthug for discovering this.

Teh Fastest Mamachari

Probably the fastest granny bike in the world, owned by Manninen.

Rossin Pista 1989

These are very nice. Finnish catalogue scans of the Rossin track bikes from 1989 with original prices in Finnish markka and all. For example the 6350 FIM would be about 1070€ today. I guess the catalogue was made by Tunturi brand who imported Rossin to Finland at the time.

The fact that I very recently scored a lovely track frameset equiped with some original Gipiemme Pista Special parts on it much like the one above makes this an even sweeter find.

The TT bike conversion(?) below is bit funky looking, though. The grey track bike below made with more obscure and apparently slightly heavier Falck tubing appears to be the budget version as the complete bike was priced about two thirds of price of the Columbus SL version. The parts are not exactly the same either.

Scands stolen from http://cyclingnsht.blogspot.com

Takhion Replica 1 - 2011

Olli Erkkilä's latest and by far the greatest project the handbuilt soviet Takhion track bike replica is finally ready!

Polkupyöräpoolon SM 6.-7.8.2011

Looks like it's getting serious... More info here.

The tournament will be organized by Suomen Polkupyöräpoolo ry.