Hello all. I am moving to Tokyo next week and have a couple of questions.
1) Is bike theft a problem in Tokyo? I have a relatively expensive road bike which I want to bring to Japan, but can I lock it up on the street? Normally I would not do this on the streets of my native Toronto for too long a time.
2)Can I get in any good 40k-50k rides in the city itself, or do I have to get out of the city? Is traffic a big problem?
Basically I am trying to decide if I should bring my expensive road bike or my cheap hybrid. If I don't have to worry about theft too much, and I can get some decent rides in without having to get too far out of the city, then I would prefer the road bike.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Warren
1) Is bike theft a problem in Tokyo? I have a relatively expensive road bike which I want to bring to Japan, but can I lock it up on the street? Normally I would not do this on the streets of my native Toronto for too long a time.
2)Can I get in any good 40k-50k rides in the city itself, or do I have to get out of the city? Is traffic a big problem?
Basically I am trying to decide if I should bring my expensive road bike or my cheap hybrid. If I don't have to worry about theft too much, and I can get some decent rides in without having to get too far out of the city, then I would prefer the road bike.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Warren