The Fastest Front Rack of 'em All

"Super-Judda" on Helsinki velodrome some time last summer.

Today

http://fixedgearbikes.blogspot.fi/2013/05/this-thursday.html

This Thursday

More old rusty and dusty club track frames just keep on popping up before the big sale... 

Käpylän Velodromin tyhjennysmyynti 23.5.2013

Otsikon mukaisesti, lähemmäs 20 CCH:n vanhaa ratarunkosettiä myynnissä Käpylän velodromilla 23.5.2013, lisätiedot täältä.

Yksivaihde.net presents: Amateur Keirin

Amateur Keirin -race last night at the Käpylä velodrome. Edit by tnst.

Olympia-ajot 31.7.2012 Käpylän Velodromilla

Huomenna tiistaina 31.7. aamulla klo 8-11.

"Helsingin Olympialaisten ratapyöräilyt kisattiin täsmälleen 60 vuotta sitten tuossa naapurissa Käpylän Olympiavelodromilla. Yksivaihde.netin ratajaos kunnioittaa perinteitä järjestämällä tiistaina 31.7.2012 omat Olympia-ajot ja -aamiaisen samassa paikassa alkaen aamulla kello 8. Kilpailujohtajana toimii tuore SM-mitalisti Lauri ja tarjoiluista ja muista järjestelyistä Jukka ja Toni.

Kilpailulajit tulevat olemaan ryhmä- ja parilähtöjä, joten kelloa vastaan ei tulla ajamaan. Kyseessä ei ole sen kummemmin retroilutapahtuma, joten avaruusajankin materiaaleilla on täysin hyväksyttävää osallistua. Kokemus velolla ajamisesta on suotavaa, mutta sen kummempaa kilpailutaustaa ei kuskeilta vaadita – Kaikki rohkeasti viivalle siis!"

 Lisäinfot: http://www.yksivaihde.net/site/foorumi/topic.php?id=12951

Apocalyptic

Photo by tnts.

Tandem

Oopa took a great photo this morning at the Käpylä velodrome.

At the Helsinki Velodrome

Tnts, Super-Judda and the boys at the Käpylä velodrome this morning.

Clip shot & edited by tnts.

Siinai - Finish Line

Wed 22.6.2011 in pics

Summer, finally...

Pics from the Wednesday night polo sesh' and Käpylä Velodrome this morning by tnts & Timo.

Käpylä Velodrome This Morning

J just stole these Lomo-tastic pics of the Käpylä Velodrome this morning from Mr. Konkeli. Somehow these photos look very Eastern Block/Soviet-like to me.

Anyhow, Paavo the Messenger looks and is fast as f**k on his Barenuckle. And yeah, as you can see, the condition of the track surface is not the best anymore, unfortunately.

Track Season!

All right, The Helsinki Veldrome in Käpylä is open again!

Pics solen from Daniel & Samuli.

Cars on Helsinki Velorome ...

Now, information on this is very limited at the time of writing but:

Jarkko discovered today that in the brand new issue of Tuulilasi magazine, 'Finland's Only Car Magazine' as their slogan goes, there's some kind of car test. And some of the photos of the feature have been shot on the Käpylä Velodrome here in Helsinki.

With the cars driving ON the velodrome.

I haven't seen the issue or any more photos than the one above and don't know more about this but the Helsinki velodrome is a publicly-owned municipal sports facility and the Tuulilasi magazine needed to ask someone at the City for a permission to conduct this stupidity. And someone somewhere in the City administration has actually granted them the permission. And probably for free. One would think that the City is supposed to maintain, not destroy, the velodrome with the tax money, right?

Another thing is that to my knowledge the Käpylä velodrome has the status of an official historical preserved monument (or something like) that due to being of certain architectural value. As a cycling velodrome, not as a car racing track.

Now let's see where this goes next when the word spreads because I certainly hope that we're not the only people seeing the fucked-upness of all this.

Lap At The Track

Helsinki Velodrome (last rides for the season) from Miglos on Vimeo.
Here's your special chance to experience (almost full) 400 metres of the Helsinki velodrome with Miglos, who's riding my old Sannino Pursuit, actually. Kind of a virtual reality tour in a way.

Saturday Morning at the Velodrome

Great Flickr-photoset of the Yksivaihde.net's Saturday Velo Morning at the Käpylä Velodrome here in Helsinki by Man of the Mountains AKA Timo. Fun times and a very beautiful morning too.