The lates update was published today and you can download it here: https://transeurotrail.org/finland/ And because you should always have the latest routes and updates I really hope you will go and download the file now! And remove all old gpx -files from your computer and GPS. First update was made in Tammela – Hattula area for Section 1 (and little bit for section 5):
These roads I was checking not so long time ago, here’s the video of that adventure:
Second update is in Section 8 in Utajärvi:
Advseeker.fi made this update for me and he also made a video about checking these routes:
Third update this time was in Section 2 in the southside of Kärsämäki & Pyhäntä:
This route I got already long time ago and it was Atte A who sent the update, thank you! There was also small updates done in section 1 near Hauho and section 5 near Tenhola.
I still have some of my old action cameras and I had this idea quite long time! I wanted to compare the old ones to the new ones I am using now. Finally I did it. The old cameras that I have: JVC GC-FM1 (pocket camera), but for this one I didn’t find the correct wire to charge it. Sony HDR-AS30V Quite good camera already! It has even digital Steady Shot stabilizer. My video of this camera here! Sony FDR-X1000V was my first 4K camera, and I was so happy with this camera! My video of this camera here! And then I’m also showing (testing) the video quality of Insta360 One RS 4K Boost lens, video is here! Insta360 One X3, video is here! I did also a short flight with my drone because they are also kind of action cameras… Nobody had a drone 10 years ago! DJI Air 2S, and my flight video is here! The full video I made you can check here:
Comparing old action cameras to the new ones
I made also another video where I’m shooting the video with Insta360 One RS 4K boost lens. That video you can see here:
I’ve been riding Adventure and Enduro about 10 years. TET Linesman of Finland I’ve been now 2,5 years. The more I’ve been riding the more it is not clear to me where you can ride and where it is not OK? Finland Roads and Traffic act says that it is OK ride to ride on the road -It is not OK to ride outside the road (OffRoad). But the problem is about the fact “What is the road?” But I also have quite clear thoughts how it should be! What the road owners should do… We have quite many possible traffic signs and they should use more of those! Like I’m saying in the video: The amount of road users is getting bigger and bigger (OffRoad car drivers, ATV riders and adventure motorcycle riders) so it is obvious that the private forest roads cannot stay unused forever. If you don’t want other road users there you need to put the traffic sign to your road!
It’s been a long time since I called other riders to join my ride. But now I did it. 12 bikes started from Veikkola and interesting detail was that there was no more bike models than 1 of each! We had: 2 x BMW, 2 x Husqvarna, 3 x Honda, 2 x KTM and 3 x Yamaha.
The group of “Pohjolan Kurapyöräilijät” (Nordic Dirt Riders) had so much! Here’s the video:
This summer was third time for this amazing AdventureBike event in Himos! I’m lucky and very happy I can be one of the Team Leaders -This time for red – black routes (Team 13). Here’s the video how I made it to the event:
Then after one day of resting and chilling out at Himos it was time for some action! Thursday was the first day for riding!
That first ride on thursday was very fun!! On the next day I did it with the group and it was much more difficult! We made 25 kilometers in 2 hours! That episode is here:
When I was planning the routes and sections of TET Finland I definitely wasn’t thinking that we would end up being the second longest TET route in Europe!! But here we are: 1. France 13,300 km (29 sections) 2. Finland 9700 km (20 sections) 3. Poland 9600 km (14 sections) 4. Spain 8400 km (27 sections) 5. Turkey 6500 km (20 sections) 6. UK 6400 km (21 sections) 7. Georgia 4900 km (29 sections) 8. Greece 4600 km (15 sections) 9. Italy 3900 km (17 sections) 10. Estonia 3300 km (10 sections) 11. Sweden 3300 km (6 sections) 12. Hungary 3250 km (11 sections) 13. Bulgaria 3000 km (11 sections) 14. North Macedonia 2400 km (11 sections) 15. Norway 2250 km (4 sections)
Total length of all tracks is 100,039 km (September 2023)
Day started with morning swim, breakfast and packing the bike. Before 9 AM I was ready to start riding!
Weather forecast looked quite bad fot the afternoon so I wanted to ride as far as possible before the rain. After Savonlinna there was a long challenging part. In the video this starts at 06:00. I took 1 picture in that part:
Luckily that wasn’t so hard because I was able to go around! After Juva there was quite long and little bit boring part with ordinary Finnish countryside roads and I got my first raindrops… I decided to put on the rainsuit. But while I was putting the rain gear I noticed the front wheel! There was 2 new spokes broken and they were just beside the previous ones. So now I had 4 spokes missing from a very short part of the rim. I was thinking right away that I can’t continue riding with this bike! My holiday adventure ended there… About 150km’s before Jyväskylä. Called a towing car and got a ride to Mikkeli and took the train back home…
This was the route for the day:
And the entire adventure looked like this on the map:
“The rainy day” The weather forecast promised that during the day it would come better, the rain would stop and there would be sunshine. But it didn’t! So I didn’t stop too many times and I didn’t take too many pictures.
On the north side of Imatra TET Section 4 is following “Niska-Pietilä” museum road and not too far north from this road I turned away from TET. I was now checking the new possible section 10. And it had right away very nice parts that you can see in the video starting from here. It was amazing roads and tracks all the way to Punkaharju. And in Punkaharju the route goes of course from the old ridge road that was voted as the most beautiful road in Finland. It’s called now as “Vuosisadan tie” (The road of the century).
Before Savonlinna quite luckily just beside this “new TET-route” there was sport resort Tanhuvaara and I stopped to ask the price for the room. It was a big surprise when they said 55€! And the breakfast was included. I didn’t think too long to choose this! Later in the evening I was riding to Savonlinna to eat something and I found quite good Chinese restaurant. The video of the day:
Biketeam Finland was helping me in a difficult situation. I got a loaner bike for one week since I had some interesting things to do (with motorcycle)! This was before I got my own bike back.
It was an interesting ride! To realize that Suzuki is very capable of doing pretty much same things than BMW GS. The ground clearance is little bit shorter and factory tires wouldn’t be ok in muddy conditions but otherwise the difference to GS is almost zero. We did also some “OffRoad” riding! Here’s the video:
The next day I did already pretty much same kind of riding with this GS than I usually do! Checking TransEuroTrail Tracks. And also some offroad tracks. GS feels heavier than my own XChallenge especially in the tricky parts. But other than that the 800GS is very “Adventurous”! Here’s the video:
I would enjoy more riding with GS compare to my own bike if I would do many days long trip. In the paved road this bike feels pretty much like any other road bike and when you come to the gravel roads and smaller forest tracks it is still very capable doing all you want. The big Touratech screen I would change to smaller right away -I didn’t like it!
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