Andrew Deane
Speeding Up
- Aug 17, 2007
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I have been checking out the BBS for several weeks now, so I have just about nerved myself up to tapping out a few brief words of introduction.
I am also a "Brit-born Canuck". However, I lived in Hiroshima for several years about a decade ago, and I moved to Tokyo from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, August '06. Currently, I teach at an international middle school in Moto-Azabu, and my wife and I live in Yotsuya, near Shinjuku-gyoen. Sadly, my Nihon-go is amari jouzu-nai...
I have loved cycling ever since I got my first ten speed way back in 1975 - a lime-green neanderthal with paleolithic componentry. It was second-hand and far oo big for me, but I couldn't ride it ften enough. Since then, I have cycled on and off, road, touring and mountain, but I have never developed into a really competent rider in any of these disciplines. I used to think of myself as a serious amateur, although I am hesitant to claim that after reading about some of your "weekend" rides heading into the 200 clicks range. Also, the combined cycling knowledge of he contributers to this BBS is truly formidable!
I brought my road bike back to Tokyo this August, and I have already encountered some of the thunderously frightening traffic. I ride Saturday mornings, usually along the Tamagawa, but I am only up to a modest 45 km so far.
Maybe I'll stretch it to 46.5 next Saturday... if I survive the roads!
Cheers,
Andrew
I am also a "Brit-born Canuck". However, I lived in Hiroshima for several years about a decade ago, and I moved to Tokyo from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, August '06. Currently, I teach at an international middle school in Moto-Azabu, and my wife and I live in Yotsuya, near Shinjuku-gyoen. Sadly, my Nihon-go is amari jouzu-nai...
I have loved cycling ever since I got my first ten speed way back in 1975 - a lime-green neanderthal with paleolithic componentry. It was second-hand and far oo big for me, but I couldn't ride it ften enough. Since then, I have cycled on and off, road, touring and mountain, but I have never developed into a really competent rider in any of these disciplines. I used to think of myself as a serious amateur, although I am hesitant to claim that after reading about some of your "weekend" rides heading into the 200 clicks range. Also, the combined cycling knowledge of he contributers to this BBS is truly formidable!
I brought my road bike back to Tokyo this August, and I have already encountered some of the thunderously frightening traffic. I ride Saturday mornings, usually along the Tamagawa, but I am only up to a modest 45 km so far.
Maybe I'll stretch it to 46.5 next Saturday... if I survive the roads!
Cheers,
Andrew