Well, the typhoon may have dashed our hopes for the Tohoku Cycling Festival this weekend, but it didn’t stop the two iron men on their Tohoku Coast to Coast challenge. Yesterday, it took them three attempts to get across the mountains that stand between the cities of Yamagata and Sendai, but they finally made [...]
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Typhoon #15 It looks like Typhoon #15 has left a trail of death and destruction in its wake as it swept across the country. About a dozen people are reported as dead or missing. While we are happy to report that all the Japan Coast to Coast and HOPE-JP personnel and riders in Tohoku [...]
Recumbent in the rain I mentioned yesterday how Tony ran into a guy who had traveled all the way from Norway to be at our Tohoku Cycling Festival this weekend. So here are some photos of Gunnstein and his recumbent bike, a pretty rare sight in Japan. As you can see, the bike is [...]
Rear wheel in the Sea of Japan After a night spent near Niigata City enjoying the warm hospitality of HOPE International development officer Takeishi Norio and his family (see the JC2C Gallery), Lowell and Stuart braved the worsening weather conditions on the first full ride of the Tohoku Coast to Coast. It started with [...] The Japan Coast to Coast gang gathered early this morning at Lowell’s hillside home in Seto to load up up the van with bikes, supplies and stuff needed for next weekend’s Tohoku Cycling Festival. Thanks to sponsors too numerous to mention who supplied spiffy new jerseys, helmets, power bars, drink bottles and more. The weather [...] The Tohoku Coast to Coast riders will be setting off from Niigata on Monday – wish them luck. Or better still, give them some extra motivation by sponsoring a rider. But there is still almost a week to go before the 1st annual Tohoku Cycling Festival. And what better place to spend the Silver Weekend [...] |
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