Chichibu & Beyond - Monday, April 30th
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joewein
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- Oct 25, 2011
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It was all Licca-chan in my family... We've even visited the "Licca Town" museum at Fuji Q Highland.
My own cycling distance will probably be way down during GW.
patrick.yodar
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- Jun 9, 2011
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sorry I couldn't join you guys today. I managed to wake up early enough but was kept from leaving the house as a reasonable time by stomach problems that I thought were over (been sick all week. down 3kg as a result). I went west to do matsuhime instead. except for more landslide debris than usual on the roads things out in otsuki were really nice.
how was the chichibu area?
how was the chichibu area?
pedal-strike
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- Jul 26, 2011
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NEXT TIME, guys, next time...!
Also, Licca-chan >>> Barbie.
Also, Licca-chan >>> Barbie.
Yamabushi
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- Jun 1, 2010
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Wow big ride today with some great riding mates! We started with me, Takaaki, Eugen, Dave, msen, TheBlob, and Aron. Once we dropped down in to Chichbu we met up with Bartek, and shortly thereafter TheBlob and Eugen split off due to other committmenst. From Chichibu, Bartek generously shared his local knowledge and led us out and over the next two climbs. The last climb was particularly brutal, averaging 12.1% over 9.6km! I ended up in Takasaki with 185km with 2620m of climbing under my belt. A sincere thank you to everyone that participated!
msen
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- Aug 27, 2011
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I echo all of that. Fantastic day with everyone so again thanks Pete for organising such an EPIC ride - and Bart for leading us from Chichibu. The less said about that last climb the better though. I'll be having nightmares about those 20% sections for days to come 
Yamabushi
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- Jun 1, 2010
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I'll be having nightmares about those 20% sections for days to come
LOL... yeah, those extended sections were pretty unbelievable!! I don't know if it is accurate or not, but the GPS data is indicating that we hit 30% a couple of times!!
ikedawilliams
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- Oct 15, 2010
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He he he! Yeah you should post some pics too...... On the Barbie appreciation society BBS
Pic or it didn't happen, right? I could not find a more appropriate place to post, so settled for here. Enjoy.
Looking forward to the next big ride...
theBlob
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Glad I had another commitment and couldn't suffer that one with you! Seems like a great time had by all. I'm looking forward to joining you on the next ride.
Bartek
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- Jun 28, 2010
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It was a great ride indeed. And it was very nice meeting you guys and riding together around the Chichibu area.
As for the climb, I am sure we all feel it today. I certainly do. After all it was a 1st category climb (according to Strava).
Hope you’ll be back here soon for some more exploration.
As for the climb, I am sure we all feel it today. I certainly do. After all it was a 1st category climb (according to Strava).
Hope you’ll be back here soon for some more exploration.
Yamabushi
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Bart, thank you, mate! It was great meeting and riding with you, and definitely we'll be back. At the moment the weather is looking a bit dodgy for Thursday, so I am thinking of maybe hitting the ghost town on Friday. How is your schedule?