Wolfman
Speeding Up
- Jul 31, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago I rode up to Tomin no Mori, re-enacting the KT3 "Okutama-Twist". However, after the route 18 climb, I then turned left onto rt411 towards Enzan.
This was a stunningly beautiful piece of road with cliffs either side and small rivers flowing beneath little bridges. I was in awe with nature, but due to impending rain I was unable to continue further down the road. Needless to say, I've been thinking of this scenery for the past couple of weeks and wanting to go back and explore rt411 again.
This Saturday (7th June) I'm thinking of heading out this way again as I really would like to see more of rt 411. What I'm intending to do is leave the rinko bukuro etc. at Musashi Itsukaichi and do the KT3 route as before; however, departing from this and then going along 411 before hanging a right where there is a little loop which goes into the hills called 犬切峠. After the loop I'll then return to the 411 and go back to okutama-ko before ascending up to Tomin again and back to itsukaichi.
Has anyone any experience of this loop section at all?
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/japan/toky/954435507784
There are thus four climbs: Tomin (1000m), Rt 18 (650m-ish), the loop section off the 411 (1000m-ish), and Tomin again (1000m) with a total distance of about 130km. I'm quite flexible on the route however, and am principally interested in 411.
Anyway, if anyone is interested I'll be setting off about 8:30 to 9ish from Itsukaichi eki.
Lee
This was a stunningly beautiful piece of road with cliffs either side and small rivers flowing beneath little bridges. I was in awe with nature, but due to impending rain I was unable to continue further down the road. Needless to say, I've been thinking of this scenery for the past couple of weeks and wanting to go back and explore rt411 again.
This Saturday (7th June) I'm thinking of heading out this way again as I really would like to see more of rt 411. What I'm intending to do is leave the rinko bukuro etc. at Musashi Itsukaichi and do the KT3 route as before; however, departing from this and then going along 411 before hanging a right where there is a little loop which goes into the hills called 犬切峠. After the loop I'll then return to the 411 and go back to okutama-ko before ascending up to Tomin again and back to itsukaichi.
Has anyone any experience of this loop section at all?
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/japan/toky/954435507784
There are thus four climbs: Tomin (1000m), Rt 18 (650m-ish), the loop section off the 411 (1000m-ish), and Tomin again (1000m) with a total distance of about 130km. I'm quite flexible on the route however, and am principally interested in 411.
Anyway, if anyone is interested I'll be setting off about 8:30 to 9ish from Itsukaichi eki.
Lee