eimaiosatanas
Speeding Up
- Dec 17, 2011
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Hello!
This is Marios, a ryuugakusei (foreign student) from Greece. I recently moved to Tokyo and I'll be here for the next three months.
Just last weekend I bought a Giant Defy 3 to commute back and forth to my work place and, since this is the first time I buy a road bike, I am thrilled. Changing from a cheap crossbike-like bicycle to this, the difference is night and day.
However, I'm still not 100% confident riding in the streets of Tokyo. Currently I'm reading this to get a feel of how a cyclist should behave on the road. What are the rules for bicycles here in Japan? Are they significantly different than those found on the linked handbook? Anything that I should REALLY pay attention to?
Secondly, any pointers for cycling routes/roads in Tokyo? Anything from 30km to 50km would be great!
And.. that's about it! Cheers!
This is Marios, a ryuugakusei (foreign student) from Greece. I recently moved to Tokyo and I'll be here for the next three months.
Just last weekend I bought a Giant Defy 3 to commute back and forth to my work place and, since this is the first time I buy a road bike, I am thrilled. Changing from a cheap crossbike-like bicycle to this, the difference is night and day.
However, I'm still not 100% confident riding in the streets of Tokyo. Currently I'm reading this to get a feel of how a cyclist should behave on the road. What are the rules for bicycles here in Japan? Are they significantly different than those found on the linked handbook? Anything that I should REALLY pay attention to?
Secondly, any pointers for cycling routes/roads in Tokyo? Anything from 30km to 50km would be great!
And.. that's about it! Cheers!