Phil
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- Sep 1, 2007
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Anyone up for a Boso (Chiba) run? It's a still a bit early for a proper Koyo Boso, but perhaps a good time for another back roads exploration...
Start: Honda (誉田) Station (JR Sotobo Line)
Day: Saturday Nov 3rd
Time: Rollout around 8:30/9:00 AM, back 4 pm latest
Finish: Honda Station
Pace: Moderate to quick road bike pace; lots of ups and downs and many turns, so not recommended for absolute beginners.
Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1837290
About 120 kms
We haven't really hit the rindos alongside Yoro Gorge in a while, and I've recently found another rindo stretch north of Takataki that gets us into the hills even quicker. We'll use the Uguisu line to get south--not nearly as nice as the usual route, but it connects nicely to the rindos--then follow the hills all the way to Kameyama Lake. We'll loop the lake and take in a rindo climb there, and after that we'll use the 172-173 roads that we took on the last Boso ride to get back to Takataki and thence the familiar route home. So, a few new stretches for the veterans, and a nice introduction to the Boso interior for newcomers.
Pace will be fairly quick as we want to get back before dusk, but based on recent Boso rides, 4 pm should be no problem. We'll try to limit it to 2, 3 stops at the most.
Anyway, would love to get a good group together--haven't done a TCC ride since the summer, which seems ages ago!
In so far (tentatively):
Basil
Thomas
Phil
Start: Honda (誉田) Station (JR Sotobo Line)
Day: Saturday Nov 3rd
Time: Rollout around 8:30/9:00 AM, back 4 pm latest
Finish: Honda Station
Pace: Moderate to quick road bike pace; lots of ups and downs and many turns, so not recommended for absolute beginners.
Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1837290
About 120 kms
We haven't really hit the rindos alongside Yoro Gorge in a while, and I've recently found another rindo stretch north of Takataki that gets us into the hills even quicker. We'll use the Uguisu line to get south--not nearly as nice as the usual route, but it connects nicely to the rindos--then follow the hills all the way to Kameyama Lake. We'll loop the lake and take in a rindo climb there, and after that we'll use the 172-173 roads that we took on the last Boso ride to get back to Takataki and thence the familiar route home. So, a few new stretches for the veterans, and a nice introduction to the Boso interior for newcomers.
Pace will be fairly quick as we want to get back before dusk, but based on recent Boso rides, 4 pm should be no problem. We'll try to limit it to 2, 3 stops at the most.
Anyway, would love to get a good group together--haven't done a TCC ride since the summer, which seems ages ago!
In so far (tentatively):
Basil
Thomas
Phil