Dynaset is sponsoring this year’s biking group Team Rynkeby Tampere and Lahti on their journey to Paris. Team Rynkeby is a yearly charity event which raises money for seriously ill children. DYNASET service vehicle accompanies the team serving the bikers throughout the whole trip: for example, the car’s hydraulic generator allows cooking on the road, and all the necessary tools for service and maintenance are on board in case of tyre malfunctions or other incidents.
Tampere and Lahti’s biking group consists of almost 30 bikers and six service persons. The age gap is wide, starting from 20-year-olds to over 60-year-olds. The bikers come from different backgrounds: some of the bikers are active enthusiast of the sport while others have found the sport thanks to Team Rynkeby. The common factor between every participant is great team spirit, desire to do good for the kids and excitement to develop together.
DYNASET Service Vehicle Transforms into a Moving Hydraulic Power Source
DYNASET service vehicle is suited for versatile trips and tasks. It is equipped with HG Hydraulic Generator, HK Hydraulic Piston Compressor and PPL Pipe Cleaning combined with HPW Hydraulic High Pressure Water Pump. Tools get their electricity from the hydraulic generator, whereas the compressed air comes from the piston compressor. PPL on the other hand works conveniently when washing the bikes. Because our products are compact in size, there is plenty of space left in the service vehicle for luggage and other tools needed for service.
Service vehicle has a hydraulic power outage, hydraulic PTO. It is a system that helps to convert vehicle’s or machine’s power into hydraulic power. Hydraulic power is utilized in the service vehicle’s hydraulic equipment. Check out our video for more information on how our service vehicle is equipped.
One of the biking group’s members, Ville Siekkinen, wrote down team Tampere and Lahti’s thoughts and greetings from the preparation and the journey. This travelogue also dives deeper into how the service vehicle was used during the trip.
Autumn 2022 – Spring 2023: Pre-season training
The biking group’s training for Paris started with stamina training last Autumn. The weekly training consisted of two long Nordic walking sessions and one spinning training. Occasionally the second Nordic walk was replaced with another exercise such as gym, row spinning or some other special exercise. When the group overcame winter, the regular training program changed to biking three times a week. During May and June, the preparation got more intense and during the weekends group rode 100 + 100 kilometre and 200 + 200-kilometre-long sessions. As a dress rehearsal the group attended the Pirkka Cycling event to gain experience from a bigger crowd of participants. The group rode the 217-kilometre-long route.
“We are in a good shape, the group has come together and the group riding flows. Now we’ll continue training three times a week and get ready to kickstart the trip on the 6th of July from Tampere.”
– Ville Siekkinen
Tampere, Finland 6th of July 2023
The trip started from Hakametsä ice hall in Tampere. The first milestone was found inside the country, when the excited and athletic group warmed up with a 187-kilometre-long bike ride to Helsinki. The kickstart party was held in the capital for all the teams from Finland at the Bolt Arena.
There were nine Finnish biking groups participating and overall 62 groups from all over Europe. Last year’s event raised funds for over 10,4 million euros to different organizations that help seriously ill children and their families. The raised funds on behalf of Finnish organizations will be donated to Aamu Suomen Lasten Syöpäsäätiö and Sylva ry.
Germany, 10th of July
The journey to France began from Travemünd in the Northern Germany, to where the group travelled on a ship. All of the biking groups travel their own desired routes, which makes everyone’s journey unique based on the different environment and roads. Our biking group’s route proceeded near the town of Osnabrück, which is in a straight-line distance approximately 145 kilometres from Düsseldorf. On the contrary to for example Helsinki’s biking group, Tampere and Lahti’s group rode through Bissendorf without stopping in Osnabruck. The town has a population of 14 000 people and is a part of Osnabrück’s county about 9 kilometres away from Osnabrück’s city centre.
“The trip is going really well. Yesterday the temperature was a bit too hot (+34 degrees celsius) but today’s weather is just perfect. DYNASET service vehicle is great – compressor, generator and the pipe cleaner have all been in use. As a bonus we have a microwave with us, which helps us with the food service massively. In addition to that we also have two induction stoves, and they provide us hot water and allergen foods separately.“
– Ville Siekkinen
The journey continued from Bissendorf to smaller villages and towns all the way to the border of Germany and the Netherlands. The trip’s longest leg was waiting ahead the next day: 204 kilometres to Vlodrop in the Netherlands.
Belgium, 12th of July
Our biking group woke up after a demanding day in the sights of Meinweg’s national park in Vlodrop where the group was having a well-deserved rest at a hotel. Despite yesterday’s longest leg of the trip, today wasn’t any different regarding pushing oneself to the limit: the group was about to face Muy de Huy, which is the most challenging hill of the trip. The hill has a slope of approximately 9%! It is 1,3 kilometres long and when you add the long riding days and a warm summer day to the equation, Huy is a challenge to anyone, even to the most experienced bikers.
Before arriving to Huy, the route proceeded along the Albert Canal. The canal flows right beside the border of Belgium and the Netherlands near Maastricht, which is the capital of Limburg county and the birthplace of the euro.
The last kilometres of the day were spent riding by the river of Maas. The river flows through France, Belgium and the Netherlands and it has an impressive amount of length, precisely speaking 925 kilometres. When the day turned into night, the group had almost reached France.
France, 13th of July
The journey’s final long leg was ridden during Thursday, when the biking group crossed the border of France at noon. 187 kilometres long route serves a nice amount of downhills after yesterday’s demanding uphills. The biking group rode through small French villages on their way to Soissons. The group once again got to see the familiar Maas along the way.
“The trip is coming to an end and DYNASET service vehicle has continued working well.“
– Ville Siekkinen
Paris, France 15th of July
An emotional and rememberable trip had come to an end when the group biked the last 61-kilometre leg to Paris. Now it was time to only take in the atmosphere and enjoy the accomplishment! Every biking group gathered in Parc de la Villette, where they were welcomed by close friends and family to celebrate the incredible achievement. The whole trip to Paris was 1300 kilometres long.
“The emotions were definitely kicking in. All the hard work was now behind us: first it took almost a year of training and then the trip itself on top of that brought success as a result. It was a beautiful celebration in Paris with a massive group of supporters. An amazing trip and effort in many ways.”
– Ville Siekkinen
