Chapeau! Well "kämpad"! I have always said to foreigners to be aware Finnish traffic.. it is what it is. Cars go first and slowing is no option! Even it has been getting a bit better still on every ride at least one close passing.. and number of cars is usually very low. This spring I encountered my first "chicken" -game with a car! No other traffic, forestry road and he wanted just roast me. 😵‍💫 Yes, big trucks are special extra and the reason avoid all one or two numbered roads on every time when possible. Good ride! Well managed with the pain. "Sisu -puukko" could be awarded. 😉Even with long travelling time hopefully You'll get back and have another night ride!

Hello Mattias. What a great video. I do love Saimaa. Thank you. Have good day. Matti

Hey, I haven't watched your videos before but was linked this in twitter. You seemed familiar and indeed I did catch myself in the video. Great that you took the effort to get to Imatra. I also had difficulties getting there and my train being an hour late. I do agree about the traffic in the last 100km. There were quite a bit of large trucks in the morning, but nowhere as much as if the event had been on a weekday (it was sunday). I felt quite safe in the night as more riders were grouped together and most of the cars going past were actually the teams' service vehicles (saw the registrations were often the same). It's interesting to get to know the contrasts to Vätterrundan. I was aware that you actually don't see Saimaa lake very often and of the rolling hills as I am familiar with the terrain. It definitely helped with the expectations :) Nice that you did a video about this, safe rides!

What a great video of Saimaa cycle tour! Great performance despite the challenges. I've thought about participating next year, but it's good to know about the hilly terrain. I subscribed to your channel. High quality videos. Keep it going!

Superb video, Mattias! Great story and I felt your pain. Well done for completing the event.

Wow, what a great adventure. & excellent filming. I couldn't have done it better myself. & that's saying a lot, because I'm phenomenal at everything I do. I love all the details of your filming that seemed to paint us an excellent picture of what you experienced.

👏 Bra kämpat Mattias, starkt 👊

Snyggt jobbat!!! 🙂👍

Hej Mattias, thank you for another great video. 👍 And congratulations for finishing the round of 300km. 👏👏👏 Regarding your knee pain have you ever thought about a bike fitting session? It is very common here in 🇩🇪. Have a good summer. Greetings Volker

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Bra kämpat 👍

Cool tour 😜