SteveT
Maximum Pace
- Nov 11, 2007
- 241
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Hello there,
First - what an amazing website ! I've taken the occasional peek at the TCC postings over the last year and even stolen a few tips for routes, but I've at last decided to put my name down. A few of those rides I've read about look outrageously tough, and the motto of your club, Cycling for Fun, leads me to believe there are more than just a few masochists out there. But I love the mountains as well, and in my ten plus years in Japan have managed to cover most of them, Kyushu thru to Hokkaido. Though at more of a slightly leisurely pace I dare say.
A little about myself. I'm from the UK and ride a battered heavy steel touring bike that has been through hell - with me - and I'd feel too guilty to trade it in for a younger slimmer model. I manage to get out to the mountains three or four times a month, mainly Chichibu/Tanzawa/Okutama way, but I don't like traffic and I don't like concrete so I bag my bike and ride the train there. When I can, I try to head off somewhere longer with a tent and list of onsen to hit...
Anyway, I look forward to joining one of your more modest rides out in the mountains someday. If I'm lucky, maybe one or two people will look as bad in lyrca as I do -
Cheers
Steve
First - what an amazing website ! I've taken the occasional peek at the TCC postings over the last year and even stolen a few tips for routes, but I've at last decided to put my name down. A few of those rides I've read about look outrageously tough, and the motto of your club, Cycling for Fun, leads me to believe there are more than just a few masochists out there. But I love the mountains as well, and in my ten plus years in Japan have managed to cover most of them, Kyushu thru to Hokkaido. Though at more of a slightly leisurely pace I dare say.
A little about myself. I'm from the UK and ride a battered heavy steel touring bike that has been through hell - with me - and I'd feel too guilty to trade it in for a younger slimmer model. I manage to get out to the mountains three or four times a month, mainly Chichibu/Tanzawa/Okutama way, but I don't like traffic and I don't like concrete so I bag my bike and ride the train there. When I can, I try to head off somewhere longer with a tent and list of onsen to hit...
Anyway, I look forward to joining one of your more modest rides out in the mountains someday. If I'm lucky, maybe one or two people will look as bad in lyrca as I do -
Cheers
Steve