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Pekka Tahkola

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Urban planner & well-being engineer, Oulu, 🇫🇮, the winter cycling capital of the world. Welcome to our MasterClasses at http://masterclass.city ☃️ YouTube: http://youtube.com/pekkatahkola

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Jan 17

This is Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu . It was -31°C in the morning (-40° windchill). What you see here is just 1 of the 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science.
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu
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Photo shows hundreds and hundreds of kids' bicycles parked outside a school in a beautiful snowy early morning scenery.

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · 5d

Sarmitunturi oli kyllä hieno ja kiva paikka 🥰

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · 10d

I'm Finnish, but thank you nevertheless 🤗🇫🇮

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · 10d

Honoured to be on this list. What I love so much about Bluesky is how many people here care about better environment, better streets, better mobility, better transit, and better cities. Go follow the others on this list. Your feed will thank you 🚲🌆

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12d

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · 18d

Kiitos! 🥰 Harmillisesti oli vasta neljäs kerta ;)

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · 18d

Jep, aina on ollut mukana. Mutta se katkenneen pätkän onkiminen kahvan sisältä on se työläämpi osuus. Onneksi se onnistui lopulta, niin sai vaihdettua uuden tilalle.

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Sep 1

This year we navigate from Verla via various forest-related checkpoints and parkours to the world's northernmost pine forest in Stabbursdalen National Park. Feel free to follow our journey! And if you're participating, please, please consider getting the much better Sportrec live tracking!

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's #ruska2025 #ultracycling event time very soon again! This year we start our way from Verla, Finland on 12th Sep, hopefully completing about 2000 kilometers to North Norway within a little over 8 days. I've now published two Q & A -videos about Ruska, here's the 2nd episode:
youtu.be/7ROtV3CVBDQ

Ruska Q & A, E2

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks! I've definitely thought about it, but then again, I'd like to keep this 70+ year old bike as close to the original as reasonably possible 😊

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Jun 11

That would be sweet! This is not an e-bike though and with that 100 kg load added to the tricycle's own 48 kg weight it's indeed quite heavy to pedal uphills with 😅

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Jun 11

Transporting about 100 kg of traffic signs on my old 1950's cargo bike 🤌
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics

100 kg of traffic signs loaded on my cargo bike on an Oulu baana, a type of a wide bicycle highway going towards an underpass

100 kg of traffic signs loaded on my cargo bike in an industrial hall

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · May 20

The Nallibaana cycling and pedestrian baana (superhighway) in Oulu has received a national honorable mention for construction projects, the press release says. It was awarded by the Finnish Municipal Engineering Association.
www.kaleva.fi/oulun-nallib...

Oulun Nallibaanalle valtakunnallinen kunniamaininta

Pyöräily- ja jalankulkuväylä Oulun Nallibaana on saanut valtakunnallisen rakennushankkeiden kunniamaininnan.

www.kaleva.fi

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · May 13

"efficiency"

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Apr 23

The Winter Mobility survey is still open until the end of April, please participate! 🚴‍♂️❄️😊

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Feb 26

Help us learn more about how people travel in winter and participate in a short survey! form.typeform.com/to/wYMF4MzC The survey is conducted in collaboration between the FinnCycle research program at Tampere University and the @wintercycling.bsky.social
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Apr 20

New video up! Oulu 200 km brevet in the best weather of this spring 🥰☃️🚲💨 ENG and FIN subtitles! 🤌
youtu.be/pTg2kngLLBk

Oulu 200 km brevet cover photo. My snowy selfie and my ride friends enjoying riding bicycles on the background 👌

Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Apr 10

More bicycles and better racks on the other side of the same school 👌

More bicycles on the schoolyard in much better covered racks.

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Pekka Tahkola @pekkatahkola.bsky.social · Apr 10

April 10th,and almost all the snow has already melted. Anyway, it was -7°C in the morning (it's snowing now again) and loads of kids cycled to Linnakangas elementary school in Kempele, next to Oulu Finland 🇫🇮. Like they do every school day, rain or shine, snow or sleet. Because it's easy, fun & safe.