The Rant;
Why do people here cycle against the flow of traffic here???!!!
Iv'e moved recently to japan(since last December) after having lived in southeast asia all my teenage life (17yrs now) due to a change in school and have almost been involved in a serious accident on two occasions within the space of only a month.
One was near takadanobaba station doing the yamanote loop on my xc bike, going at 30kph some ojisan suddenly pops out from the front of a sagawa kyubin truck...gosh boy did i brake for my life (luckily the toyota prius behind me was giving me adequate shyakankyori (distance between two motor vehicles), one thing i love about most of my fellow countrymen.
Another almost happened today near komazawa daigaku on the busy tamagawa doori in setagaya ward. Similar manner, some guy in an ss (not being prejudiced here, on the contrary i respect SS riders who tackle the slopes near ikejiri seriously at a pace that shames mtbers especially female ones(rather common here)). Same as before, luckily the tokyu (toukyu) bus behind had decent shyakankyori.
Gosh is there a way to prepare for such people??? Its starting to scare me off cycling fast on roads (usually 25-30kph average).I don't want to die young when iv'e even yet to reach hatachi(20yrs old) or have yet to have a hatsukoi(first relationship/love).
Well the rant part's finished. Now for my question(hope you could help).
My school in the eastern part of the 23 special wards has quite a few cyclists within my schoolmates and quite a few teachers who commute by cycling. I am thinking of setting up a cycling CCA(school group) which would be held on Saturday mornings.
I am planning on a 2-4 hours route per saturday with intentions of having training sessions on weekdays if there's demand. Is there a popular(balance of things to see/good training enviroment) (tamagawa route seems amateurish,though i have to admit i have yet to try it ) and safe (school parents committees are always brutal with these sorts of things)?? Has to be relatively free (very subjective i know) and have wide roads with lanes to fliter left to allow traffic to pass. ( the atrociously busy yamate doori in meguro-ku was a nightmare especially with evening rush).Are the requirements feasible or is this just wishful thinking. Still very much the gaijin with regards to tokyo and also its traffic situation though my passport says otherwise. Hope you are able to help me with this. All replies are greatly appreciated. Many Thanks!!!
Hope i posted this in the right category......
Why do people here cycle against the flow of traffic here???!!!
Iv'e moved recently to japan(since last December) after having lived in southeast asia all my teenage life (17yrs now) due to a change in school and have almost been involved in a serious accident on two occasions within the space of only a month.
One was near takadanobaba station doing the yamanote loop on my xc bike, going at 30kph some ojisan suddenly pops out from the front of a sagawa kyubin truck...gosh boy did i brake for my life (luckily the toyota prius behind me was giving me adequate shyakankyori (distance between two motor vehicles), one thing i love about most of my fellow countrymen.
Another almost happened today near komazawa daigaku on the busy tamagawa doori in setagaya ward. Similar manner, some guy in an ss (not being prejudiced here, on the contrary i respect SS riders who tackle the slopes near ikejiri seriously at a pace that shames mtbers especially female ones(rather common here)). Same as before, luckily the tokyu (toukyu) bus behind had decent shyakankyori.
Gosh is there a way to prepare for such people??? Its starting to scare me off cycling fast on roads (usually 25-30kph average).I don't want to die young when iv'e even yet to reach hatachi(20yrs old) or have yet to have a hatsukoi(first relationship/love).
Well the rant part's finished. Now for my question(hope you could help).
My school in the eastern part of the 23 special wards has quite a few cyclists within my schoolmates and quite a few teachers who commute by cycling. I am thinking of setting up a cycling CCA(school group) which would be held on Saturday mornings.
I am planning on a 2-4 hours route per saturday with intentions of having training sessions on weekdays if there's demand. Is there a popular(balance of things to see/good training enviroment) (tamagawa route seems amateurish,though i have to admit i have yet to try it ) and safe (school parents committees are always brutal with these sorts of things)?? Has to be relatively free (very subjective i know) and have wide roads with lanes to fliter left to allow traffic to pass. ( the atrociously busy yamate doori in meguro-ku was a nightmare especially with evening rush).Are the requirements feasible or is this just wishful thinking. Still very much the gaijin with regards to tokyo and also its traffic situation though my passport says otherwise. Hope you are able to help me with this. All replies are greatly appreciated. Many Thanks!!!
Hope i posted this in the right category......