The Golden Week holidays are over and I got up bright and early this morning so I could go for a ride before taking the kids to school. I decided to do the “sensible” thing and check the air pressure in my tires before setting off. I have a new small pump with a pressure [...]
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Back last night from my cycling trip to Kyoto. The group met at 5:00 AM in front of Nagoya Station. We set off for Kyoto soon after and made frequent stops long the way. I estimated we covered about 190km and several moderate climbs. The final hill into Kyoto city [...] The view of Nagoya from Jokoji, Seto City. Made it to Jokoji. Another beautiful day for cycling. I wasn’t able to take on the mountain climb in one go and had to walk up the last few hundred meters. But after a rest I made it up the last climb to the Jokoji viewing [...] The weather is perfect on this Golden Week Sunday for my first real ride on the new bike. I’m grateful for the padded pants cos this saddle (as Lowell said) is brutal. But for 31km today it wasn’t so bad. This bike rides like a dream, maybe partly because I was so used to riding [...]
Tony Here. Tomorrow morning I’m up at 4am to meet with a group of friends. We’re riding out from Nagoya City to Kyoto. The trip will be about 180 km and since some of the girls in the group are riding fixed gear bikes, we’re estimating an 11 hour trip [...] Giant Defy 3 Here she is, the workhorse that is (hopefully) going to get me over the Japan Alps and down the other side in one piece. A Giant Defy 3, it’s a lower-end model (about ¥90,000) but I’m going to give it a try for a while before deciding if I actually need [...] |
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