dgl2
Maximum Pace
- Nov 3, 2007
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I may be spending some time (probably one day a week) at the Keio Univ. Shonan Fujisawa Campus later this year and am looking for the least-bad route via bicycle to get out there and back to my home (in Kaminoge, Setagaya -- near intersection of Kanpachi Dori and Komazawa Dori).
It is almost 40 kms one way, with 400 or so meters of climbing. My longest past "one way" commute distance by bike in Japan was 16 kms. In the Washington DC area I had a 19-20km commute, but there were no traffic signals or stop-and-go until the last 2 or 3 kms, in downtown DC ...
On the other hand, the alternatives for getting out there seem to take quite awhile, so I am thinking I can probably make the round trip once a week if I consider it the equivalent of getting in a regular mid-week ride.
Yesterday I tried pretty much the route that Google Maps had suggested ... here:
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1076378
1. Next time, I may try to get to the Sakaigawa (seems to be a favorite for North-South direction between Fujisawa and 246), and then stick to Nakahara Kaido almost all the way in from there, since if memory serves it is better (and less hilly) than the route I took yesterday on most of the stretch closer to Tokyo.
Any other ideas?
My vague memory is that Nakahara Kaido is unpleasant (no shoulder, one lane each direction) if I were to try west of the Sakaigawa, but I have not taken it in many years. I could just get on it as soon as possible and go straight in most of the way, but heading toward Futako instead of Marukobashi to save a little distance on the last leg, like this:
http://goo.gl/maps/r404l
2. Another alternative would be to hop the Denentoshi Line express train to Chuo Rinkan (under 35 minutes on the train) and ride 19 kms from there, perhaps along Sakaigawa, like this:
http://goo.gl/maps/RB51E
Any suggestions for a more direct route that would get me from Chuo Rinkan to Keio SFC? Has anyone ridden along the next stream west of the Sakaigawa, the 引地川 (Hiki-chi-gawa)? It looks like it might be plausible for part of the way ... but leaves one stranded near Atsugi airbase.
And for that I might need bike parking at Chuo Rinkan ... if such a thing exists ... to avoid way too much rinkobukuro use, even on a "reverse" rush hour commute.
Any suggestions are welcome.
It is almost 40 kms one way, with 400 or so meters of climbing. My longest past "one way" commute distance by bike in Japan was 16 kms. In the Washington DC area I had a 19-20km commute, but there were no traffic signals or stop-and-go until the last 2 or 3 kms, in downtown DC ...
On the other hand, the alternatives for getting out there seem to take quite awhile, so I am thinking I can probably make the round trip once a week if I consider it the equivalent of getting in a regular mid-week ride.
Yesterday I tried pretty much the route that Google Maps had suggested ... here:
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1076378
1. Next time, I may try to get to the Sakaigawa (seems to be a favorite for North-South direction between Fujisawa and 246), and then stick to Nakahara Kaido almost all the way in from there, since if memory serves it is better (and less hilly) than the route I took yesterday on most of the stretch closer to Tokyo.
Any other ideas?
My vague memory is that Nakahara Kaido is unpleasant (no shoulder, one lane each direction) if I were to try west of the Sakaigawa, but I have not taken it in many years. I could just get on it as soon as possible and go straight in most of the way, but heading toward Futako instead of Marukobashi to save a little distance on the last leg, like this:
http://goo.gl/maps/r404l
2. Another alternative would be to hop the Denentoshi Line express train to Chuo Rinkan (under 35 minutes on the train) and ride 19 kms from there, perhaps along Sakaigawa, like this:
http://goo.gl/maps/RB51E
Any suggestions for a more direct route that would get me from Chuo Rinkan to Keio SFC? Has anyone ridden along the next stream west of the Sakaigawa, the 引地川 (Hiki-chi-gawa)? It looks like it might be plausible for part of the way ... but leaves one stranded near Atsugi airbase.
And for that I might need bike parking at Chuo Rinkan ... if such a thing exists ... to avoid way too much rinkobukuro use, even on a "reverse" rush hour commute.
Any suggestions are welcome.