Hi Guys!
First it´s a pleasure to join TCC and I would like to introduce myself. My name is Pedro, I live in Madrid however I will have to spent in October 6 weeks at Yokohama due to job issues. I'm mainly a road cyclist with quite a lot experience on cycling (12000-16000 km per year last 7 years) and decent high level on fitness (I´m single so plenty time to train hahahaha).
I´m planning to bring my bike with me to not lose fitness at first and also it´s a good opportunity to explore a new country with my bike. During my stay I will be living in the Intercontinental Hotel at Yokohama for your reference. I have never been in Japan so I do not know anything about the rules (every country have different rules), tricks and how is to cycle in this country in general. To be honest I see the area around Tokyo is very busy and high populated and I´m afraid if I will be able to cycle around without finishing on highway by mistake... I assume that in general it´s allowed to cycle on the roads, isn't it?.
During the week I will be working till 17:00 or so, so I will not be able to do much, but I normally try to train 2h, 3 days in between the week and the weekends do longer rides with other people, so I don´t know if there is any cycling area not far from the hotel to do some training not very crowded of vehicles to be able to develop a decent speed and cycle safe. A bike path with not many stops (I imagine in that area this might be difficult) where a steady training could be done would be great. Also I don´t know if there is any hill area not far to do some intervals.
For the weekends I would like to join rides with some other cyclists to explore the area around Tokyo/Yokohama and meet new friends!
Any help or information will be appreciated on above thank you in advance!
First it´s a pleasure to join TCC and I would like to introduce myself. My name is Pedro, I live in Madrid however I will have to spent in October 6 weeks at Yokohama due to job issues. I'm mainly a road cyclist with quite a lot experience on cycling (12000-16000 km per year last 7 years) and decent high level on fitness (I´m single so plenty time to train hahahaha).
I´m planning to bring my bike with me to not lose fitness at first and also it´s a good opportunity to explore a new country with my bike. During my stay I will be living in the Intercontinental Hotel at Yokohama for your reference. I have never been in Japan so I do not know anything about the rules (every country have different rules), tricks and how is to cycle in this country in general. To be honest I see the area around Tokyo is very busy and high populated and I´m afraid if I will be able to cycle around without finishing on highway by mistake... I assume that in general it´s allowed to cycle on the roads, isn't it?.
During the week I will be working till 17:00 or so, so I will not be able to do much, but I normally try to train 2h, 3 days in between the week and the weekends do longer rides with other people, so I don´t know if there is any cycling area not far from the hotel to do some training not very crowded of vehicles to be able to develop a decent speed and cycle safe. A bike path with not many stops (I imagine in that area this might be difficult) where a steady training could be done would be great. Also I don´t know if there is any hill area not far to do some intervals.
For the weekends I would like to join rides with some other cyclists to explore the area around Tokyo/Yokohama and meet new friends!
Any help or information will be appreciated on above thank you in advance!