The homepage of MC Kramppi

Page updated 4 Jan 2009

Winter riding is fun!

What is MC Kramppi?

MC Kramppi is a mountain bike team from Lahti, Finland. The main purpose of MC Kramppi is to have fun in the woods. The most important thing is not to ride a bike as much as possible - it is more important to enjoy and to have cramps. Actually kramppi means cramp in finnish. We don't measure distance in kilometres - we use hours as a standard measurement unit.

Events/current news:

	The english version of the homepage of MC Kramppi was opened on the 23 October 2003
	The team rides start every saturday on 10 a.m. from the Siiri Rantanen statue next to the Lahti sport stadium. Everybody is welcome to join in. It is better to make sure we start from that place at that time. Contact the team to make sure you are at the right place at the right time.

MC Kramppi on a team ride.

The team and the bikes:

Unfortunately the team and the bike pages are only in finnish language at the moment.

Oz	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Oz	Ossi Tuominen	President	Intense 5.5 EVP

Pekka	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Pekka	Pekka Hokkanen	Vice President	Cannondale Prophet

Portti	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Portti	Pertti Ojala	Member (webmaster)	Ibis Mojo SL

Heikki	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Heikki	Heikki Peltonen	Member	Cannondale Jekyll 1000

Kalle	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Kalle	Kalle-Veikka Lahtinen	Member	Schwinn Moab

Make	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Make	Marko Mälly	Member	Cannondale Jekyll

Retsi	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Retsi	Reino Tonttila	Member	Trek Fuel 100

Jari	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Jari	Jari Marttila	Member	Cannondale Jekyll

Pekka V	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Pekka V	Pekka Vihervuori	Member	Intense Tracer VP

Hape	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Hape	Harri Saarinen	Member	Cannondale Jekyll

Lade	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Lade	Jari Laitinen	Member	Specialize S-Works Epic Carbon

Henna	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Henna	Henna Saarinen	Member	Cannondale Super V

Miko	Rider:	Membership status:	Ajokalusto:
Miko	Miko Kaapu	Member	Cannondale Rush Carbon

Jussi	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Jussi	Jussi Heikkilä	Member	Cannondale Prophet

Petteri	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Petteri	Petteri Nopsanen	Member	Cannondale Rush Carbon

Tase	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Tase	Taisto Karjalainen	Jänes	Cannondale Prophet 2

Tommi	Rider:	Membership status:	Bike:
Tommi	Tommi Johnsson	Jänes	Trek 8500 ZR

Race and event stories and pictures:

All the stories are only in finnish but the picture archives can be accessed through the "Kuva-arkisto"-buttons.

Lago di Garda, Italy 2004

Timeless MTB-Endurocup, Rovaniemi 2003

Tahko MTB 120 2003

Tahko Training Camp 2003

Lohja 24h 2003

Tahko 120MTB 2002

Lohja 24h 2002

Portti in Nepal 2001

MCKSBRC research:

MTB Tires; rolling resistance, snakebite resistance etc. - an analysis based on tire test on Bike 08/2004, The research team of MC Kramppi Scientific Bike Research Center (MCKSBRC) was sent once again sent to their research facilities to analyze the factors contributing to the rolling resistance and snakebite resistance of mountain bike tires. The analyses are based on the measurements of German Bike magazine.

The differences between the real and the claimed weights of the mountain bike components. The research team of MC Kramppi Scientific Bike Research Center (MCKSBRC) was sent to their research facilities to analyze the differences between the claimed and the actual weights of mountain bike components. The report of their findings can be found here.

Mountain bike links:

Bike manufacturers:

Component and clothing manufacturers:

Fox (clothing)

How it all started?

During spring 2000 I was entering us into the Tahko 120MTB event and I was supposed to fill in the name of the team. I called to Pekka immediately and after some brainstorming we came up with now already a legendary name MC Kramppi. The next one to join the band was Heikki. All of us had been friends since our motocross days back in the eighties. After that more and more people have joined us and now we are here. - Oz

How to join MC Kramppi?

This is a question that we hear a lot. It ain't that easy. To became a newbie, not to mention a fulltime-member, requires a long and sometimes painful time as a prospect. And even though you could reach some kind of a status, there's no reason to become proud. The membership requires constant efforts - you have to ride with the team regularly and you have to participate in the most important events like the annual Tahko 120MTB. And of course you have to know how to put MC Kramppi stickers the right way. Anyway, it's always worth to try to join MC Kramppi. And everybody is welcome to the team rides. - Oz