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Speeding Up
- Jun 22, 2008
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One of the best things about cycling in Japan is, that the maximum distance between one food/drink replenishment point and the next one is in average approximately 467 meters. Even out in the countryside there are many places where you can buy something 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is no need to stuff the jersey pockets full of sandwiches and muesli bars and worry about finding something to drink along the way. Yes, thanks to the rapidly increasing number of convenience stores, Japan has become cycling wonderland.
[The massive problems created by them should be of no concern to the cycling world reading this blog].
Recently I noted that unconsiciously I established my own preference of conbis, (the wonderful Japanese shortcut for this unhandy English word): I see a 7-Eleven and I want to stop, lusting after the special raisin bread. I see a Lawson and I might consider to stop. On the other end, I notice a Yamazaki
and I feel no particular sensation in my brain. So among the more common combis, 7-Eleven and Lawson are the preferred ones, somewhere in the middle is AM/PM, Family Mart and Three M, then Popular, Ministop and Yamazaki should be avoided whenever possible.
What is your preference ?
And what do you buy there? Come on, let's be honest. Of course I buy the Weider energy gel every time I am afraid to fail on the next climbing attempt. But I also but the heated cheese/ham burrito from 7-Eleven, the mow icecream with coffee taste, the ampan bread, the CC lemon drink and sometimes I sit on the photocopy machine and make copies of my tights. No, just joking.
What do you buy ?
[The massive problems created by them should be of no concern to the cycling world reading this blog].
Recently I noted that unconsiciously I established my own preference of conbis, (the wonderful Japanese shortcut for this unhandy English word): I see a 7-Eleven and I want to stop, lusting after the special raisin bread. I see a Lawson and I might consider to stop. On the other end, I notice a Yamazaki
and I feel no particular sensation in my brain. So among the more common combis, 7-Eleven and Lawson are the preferred ones, somewhere in the middle is AM/PM, Family Mart and Three M, then Popular, Ministop and Yamazaki should be avoided whenever possible.
What is your preference ?
And what do you buy there? Come on, let's be honest. Of course I buy the Weider energy gel every time I am afraid to fail on the next climbing attempt. But I also but the heated cheese/ham burrito from 7-Eleven, the mow icecream with coffee taste, the ampan bread, the CC lemon drink and sometimes I sit on the photocopy machine and make copies of my tights. No, just joking.
What do you buy ?