I now have a Team Helkama - Team Power.

I know nothing and had never heard of the company..
So now I'm learning some
A reliable source (aka original I bought it off
Helkama had team mountain bike and bmx riders in the 80's and early 90's, and many of the national championships were won on the Team Power and Pro Power mtb's. It's a well known bike brand in Finland/Sweden.
Team Power being the top of the range

The frame looks nice, welds look tidy.
Serial lends itself to outsourced (Axxxx...)

Take 1-1/8" headset and 30.4mm seat post.
Made from that Tange Ultimate Superlight thin stuff.

Was told 1993/1994.


Picture from source a it's still got bubble wrapped around it at the moment

Looks tidy, ultimate tubing too

My kili (in sig) is tange ultimate, although others of the year have tange prestige stickers. Either way this should ride lovely and the colour is really nice.

Be interested to know the weight once its unpacked.

looks great condition and a loverly colour,what plans do you have for the build?

That looks mint Ben, looking forward to seeing that

Still wrapped ben?......I'd have ripped it off before the postmans pen reached his pocket!!!!.......nice looking frame by the way!....

It's for my Wife so it a 'has to work' build

Frames not as light as my Kona and Altitude even though it's some 3" smaller.
Think it's was ~4lb 12oz (so ~2oz more) with some headset cups in.
Forks are 740g ish

I have lying around
M950 V's and Avid something or over levers
M950/2/3 I forget series rear and front mechs

Kalloy Uno seatpost as it came with it

Comfy Womens saddle (any recommends ?)

Taperlight bars, stem unknown but I have a syncros quill with noodle lying around so that for now. Could do with something shorter than 130 though.

Might switch for some judy or mag forks to comfort the wife....

Alivio/STX shifter with windows as I have them and they work, so 8 speed.

Wheels I mix swap them around anyway so whatever is free.

Nothing targeted and special.

Looking at the serial A4xxxx I would say a 1994 bike.


I lack working chainsets though. Bottom bracket I've just taken out UN7x is 122 would rather go for a 107/110 or 116 targeted chainset.

Hey, that backyard looks familiar

Interesting to know about the weight of the frame as I didn't have scales to measure it with, would've thought it was maybe even lighter being Ultimate superlight and all, but the forks are pretty light.


Looking forward to the build

Yeah, a Finnish brand!
Nowadays known for their casual commuter bikes and some pretty advanced electric bikes. But BITD they had a strong race team and also titanium frames etc.

Didn't know about the titanium frames, I'm guessing they had them made somewhere else?

There was also a Helkama White Power bitd, strange miss from the Helkama marketing dep.

edit: sorry for hijacking the thread.

nice looking frame ben

"for my wife " so it will be built with the finest parts available and left in the shed forever then ?

Fluff

Keep me in mind when you sell it

Titanium frames were from Soviet Union, same what Tunturi used also.
They were pretty good frames! I know all persons who rode that Helkama MTB Team.

How come I have missed this?

The picture looks like a finnish backyard btw .. Helkama really had a strong racing team in the mid 90's, but marketing & design something else than commuters wasn't their strongest ability.

A friend of mine was visiting their factory bitd.. The group of visitors went to see some models of bikes. He was looking at a quite good looking proto of a cruiser, when the head came and said "no, we are NEVER going to produce something like that!". Somebody remembers then how horrible looking their "cruiser" was ..

But this is very nice frame! Wonder why they were so heavy?

I remember the "White Power" too.

To be honest, I'm not sure it is Superlight tubing or at least not a lot of it.
I'm sure the diameters of them are to large (31.8 external seat tube for a start) and of course these large tubes just add weight.

The previous owner who's garden that is, is in this thread so may no the history of it.


Doesn't bother me though, it makes a lovely ping sound all the tubes.


EDIT
I was looking at the wrong specs
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http ... at1997.pdf
I guess it's the largest of each tubing, that would probably account for it heavier weight. Still more than I would have thought, so maybe a blend of tubing.