Pelago Rides to Berlin

Read more about this here;
http://fixedgearbikes.blogspot.com/2013/02/pelago-cycles-berlin-pop-up-store.html

VPCX Cup 2012

"Mud, snow, ice, bikes, racing, pain, love, beer, sauna, stupidity... This is an open group for cyclocross enthusiasts in Finland. We aim to create some finnish 'cross culture by organizing races and rides. "

VPCX Cup is rather unofficial cup that consists of FIVE (!) CX-races around southern Finland.

2012 race schedule:
* 22.9.2012 - Keimola
* 7.10.2012 - Kivikko
* Early November - Hikiä
* Late November - Herttoniemi
* Mid-December - "Winter Wonderland"

More info on VPCX FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/20960030255/

Photos by Jimmy Doyle and Aleksi Lehti.

CXVSM 2012 January 7th w/ Course Preview

CXVSM 2012 Course Preview from Rhubarb on Vimeo.

"Course for the Mock Finnish National Cyclocross Championship race of 2012 (CXVSM 2012), Saturday January 7th 2012, Kaivoksela, Helsinki."

Read more / lue lisää: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/329832470362344/

"CXVSM 2012 -rata sijaitsee Kaivokselassa, Jokiuomanpuiston ja vanhojen kaivosten alueella. Rata sisältää hiekkaa, polkua, peltoa ja asfalttia, muutaman kantopaikan ja paljon hupia! Koko rata on täysin säännönmukaisella krossarilla ajettavissa."

Golden Training Tips. Suppleness.

From "Cycling for Triathletes: Endurance" and "Cycling: A Year Round Plan", both by Paul Van Den Bosch.

Tomorrow!

New Super Secret Winter Bike Polo Spot

Last night was super fun. There's a large recently vacated warehouse space with the electricity still on and everything in the Kyläsaari harbor area that someone recently discovered. Good for some bike polo.

(Pics takes by Ritari_S)

Winter Games 2009

The Bikepoli organized Winter Games 2009 in Otaniemi, Espoo, or actually on the Laajalahti bay, today. 

The smooth mirror-like ice was SUPER-slippery and there was wide variety of races to choose from, from 'Burning Rubber' to footdown, ice-skids, drifting, the Granx Prix and so on. The guys with MTBs were somewhat better equipped for the event but it was all good fun. Also, no one fell through the ice and the weather wasn't too cold either. Big thanks to Astro for main organizing duties. 

The pics were taken by tnts. Check out the full photo set here. 

Kjell Carlström Scored The Biggest Win Of His Career On Stage Three Of Paris-Nice

"Liquigas' Finnish rider Kjell Carlström scored the biggest win of his career on stage three of Paris-Nice on Wednesday, beating his breakaway companion Clément L'Hottelerie (Skil-Shimano) in the two-man sprint."

The news above has almost nothing to do with fixed gear bikes, (see below, though) but I need to share is here anyways. Why? Because I'm Finnish and this is a landmark in Finnish cycling history of recent times. And yes, I know this is actually pretty lame but I don't care as the patriotic warm glow warms my heart up right now. Check it out: 

I'm quite sure that Kjell does not practise on fixed gear bike during the winter season like many cycling greats of the yesteryear did but I think he should, and if I ever happen to meet him somewhere, I will talk some sense to him.

Also, I love the fact that in the pic from Tour de France 2007 above, he's rolling strong with a HED Trispoke frontwheel, which is nowadays pretty popular choice for some of the fixed gear tricksters out there.