Mike
Maximum Pace
- Sep 24, 2007
- 1,066
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Hey guys and gals, I've beeing umming and ahhing about whether I should celebrate this big day and being more vain than most I almost chose to ignore it altogether and pretend I was turning 38
Anyway what better way to celebrate turning the big 40 than going on a ride with some of my good friends here and with all the testosterone being thrown around on Deej's thread it might be a good chance to see who actually is the fastest :bike:
So if you have the time your presence (not presents) would be great I thought I'd lead a ride from Hon Atsugi Station down to Hanbara, over two very nice mountain passes (one closed to traffic), and two climbs over Yabitsu Toge, once from the north and the final one from the revered south. From the top of Yabitsu we head down to Miyagase Dam and return to Hon Atsugi. It's a great ride, over 110km but with 2000m plus in elevation with pretty much no traffic.
There are lockers at Hon Atsugi so you can stash bike bags etc there.
And just one more incentive, the final climb up Yabitsu is very similar in length and gradient to Kusatsu so perfect for a training run before the big race!
Here's the route:
http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/view/72515232/?new_route=1
Date : Saturday March 31st
Time : 9am (It probably won't take longer than 5 hours)
Place: Hon Atsugi Station (Odakyu Line)
Hope to see you there
Anyway what better way to celebrate turning the big 40 than going on a ride with some of my good friends here and with all the testosterone being thrown around on Deej's thread it might be a good chance to see who actually is the fastest :bike:
So if you have the time your presence (not presents) would be great I thought I'd lead a ride from Hon Atsugi Station down to Hanbara, over two very nice mountain passes (one closed to traffic), and two climbs over Yabitsu Toge, once from the north and the final one from the revered south. From the top of Yabitsu we head down to Miyagase Dam and return to Hon Atsugi. It's a great ride, over 110km but with 2000m plus in elevation with pretty much no traffic.
There are lockers at Hon Atsugi so you can stash bike bags etc there.
And just one more incentive, the final climb up Yabitsu is very similar in length and gradient to Kusatsu so perfect for a training run before the big race!
Here's the route:
http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/view/72515232/?new_route=1
Date : Saturday March 31st
Time : 9am (It probably won't take longer than 5 hours)
Place: Hon Atsugi Station (Odakyu Line)
Hope to see you there