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Velocipedeowners #1- Petri from Finland – ViksWhenhomeVelocipedeowners #1- Petri from Finland 01/01/2017 Archive In the velocipede owners series,  we will do interviews with variegated people who have bought Viks bike. If you are one Viks owner and you have a story to share with us, don’t hesitate and write to Kristo. Our series start in Finland. As you grow older your Christmas list gets shorter, considering the things you want, can’t be bought. Is that true? We are not 100% sure well-nigh that quote considering you still can buy yourself a new bicycle. At least that is something the hero of our story did. He bought Viks. Let’s go to Finland for a while. As you probably know our neighbor country has lot to do with Christmas and Santa Claus – the Man himself comes from there. But not only. We in Estonia enlightened that Finns are crazy. In a good way of course. We all know their World famous hockey players, ski jumpers, Formula 1 pilots and rally drivers. These men were worldly-wise to stand out. Like the hero of the day  –  please meet Petri, a Viks rider from Finland, Kirkonummi, who has been enjoying the bicycle and putting it into test since August this year. Petri is true #viksikslife producer and Kristo had an opportunity to ask some questions from him. Not only well-nigh velocipede but in wider scale. Kristo: Tell us a bit on who you are and what you love in life? Petri: World is full of things that suit to your eye and are trappy to watch – cars, guns, glass, furniture, nice houses and trappy people for example. And bicycles. Some of those trappy things are out of your reach, some of these are reachable and that’s a good reason to love life. I had dreams in my life that became reality and I have dreams that are still dreams. Like the big one: to own coffee shop. Good coffee, succulent bakery, my velocipede hodgepodge on the wall and myself behind the counter making cappuccinos and telling velocipede stories to people. But I have to wait for a while to make that dream to reality – there are so many roads and trails still to ride. K: What do you do for a living? P: I am working as a journalist since 1989. I have wits from newspaper, tv and radio. Now I work in Finnish national dissemination visitor YLE. Soon it will be nine years since I started in YLE SUOMI. Oh boy  – time is flying! K: We noticed from your social media feed that you really are an voracious cyclist. Tell us a bit well-nigh your bikes and riding preferences. P: At the moment I have four bikes: WHITE fat bike, SUP cyclocross bike, old road velocipede Crescent from year 1975  and customized Viks caferacer bike. I ride basically everywhere and throughout a year. I moreover visit variegated countries just for riding around. My list of countries is not so long yet, but I’ll do my best. This year I went wanderlust to Azerbaijan and I have to say it was interesting trip. Probably the most memorable moment was 15 km long ride on a boulevard in Baku that went slantingly Caspian sea. K: Where do you normally  ride with Viks and what are your suggestion for leisure rides if someone comes to Finland? P: Viks is a bicycle that wants to be seen. So you probably go places where many people can be found – Helsinki for example –  a lot of velocipede path, parks and attractions are at tropical proximity. I think the weightier trail for venture rides is The Archipelago Trail, which starts in Turku and ends there. It is approximately 250 km of the route where you will see 12 bridges, nine ferries and many wonderful archipelago villages. There is moreover the option to do shorter routes. K: Thanks for your advice. Archipelago trail is for sure on our sight now considering it is tropical to us and we need to do some testing for Velonia venture bikes this summer. But let’s talk well-nigh Viks now. How did you found Viks? Did you looking for something special or was something missing from your life? P: I unchangingly search variegated stuff from in internet – bikes, parts, trips etc. Somehow I ended up visiting viks.cc page. I decided that at some point I will buy such a bike. That happened quite soon. K: How the whole process and liaison went for you – choosing your parts, right verisimilitude and other things? Were there any doubts for you surpassing purchasing process? P: Buying process was exciting. I ordered a velocipede that I didn’t had a endangerment to ride before. I have had the opportunity to do it by travelling to Tallinn, it is only a two-hour ferry trip from Helsinki, but for some reason I did not do that. I thought that if it is terrible to ride I will put it on the wall purely for diamond purpose. I don’t remember exactly how many emails I did sent, perhaps ten or so, but the process was easy. I didn’t know anything well-nigh single speed bikes so I asked all vital questions that needed to be asked. Waiting for the order was certainly a painJVerisimilitudewas not difficult to segregate since I was struggling only between two – orange and yellow. If you like to photograph a velocipede a lot as I do, you should segregate a unexceptionable verisimilitude which can be hands noticed and differs from background. If I should order a new Viks commuter, I probably segregate something different, maybe gunmetal gray or wet black. I usually order all vital parts for my two wheelers, considering I like to upgrade my bikes from time to time. It’s a fun thing to too. K: What were your first emotions when you had Viks? P: It was superstitious to unshut two wafer-thin boxes in which the bicycle came. I was definitely delighted, Viks was looking plane largest in reality than in the pictures. K: How the ride feels? P: Viks is very fun to ride, it’s like sport bike, not road- or race bike. And it’s quite speedy. The riding position is sporty but not overly racing, so a long trip goes without worries. K: What well-nigh the reactions of other people? Is there a funny story you can share with us? P: Last summer I went many times to Helsinki with a train and rode from there when home –  it’s between 30 to 60 km loftiness depending on what route to use. Once in train a German couple was sitting opposite me. Every time when I turned my throne to squint from a window, they were taking pictures from my bicycle. I saw it from the windows reflection. Viks is a very social bicycle. On every trip someone comes to talk to me and ask something well-nigh the bike. If you do not want to get attention, do not buy Viks. K: We noticed that you put Viks into tests really – you were chasing some upper speeds and long distances – what numbers did you got? P: Last summer I did three times increasingly than 100 km and my top speed with Viks is 67 kmph. Unfortunately we don’t have good downhills here – Viks is so stable that it is not a problem to write-up 70 kmph or more. K: You have big plans for this summer – tell us increasingly well-nigh it. P: My plan is to do Midsummer bicycle event tabbed Ratareisi with my Viks. It is a 24-hour endurance race on Alastaro racetrack – you have to do as many rounds as you can during that period. Weightierof us will ride increasingly than 540 km in 24 hours. K: That is most certainly an ultimate test you are going to pervade and we want to hear well-nigh it for sure and share it with our fans. But let’s finish your story increasingly on increasingly down-to-earth mode –  what Viks gave to you? Is there something uneaten that you didn’t have in your life before? P: Riding a single-speed velocipede is difficult to begin, but at the same time very developing. Your pedaling power is increasing with each trip and progress is really fast. And most certainly you squint really tomfool with that bike. K: Is there something encouraging you want to say to people who are well-nigh to have their Viks velocipede but still are in some sort of doubts? P: Life is short and if you have fine idea, then it must be realized at once. Then you do not need to puzzle on why you didn’t bought Viks earlier. If you liked this story, we are really thankful if you share it.Moreovermake sure, you are pursuit us on Instagram and like us on Facebook.