Yamabushi
Maximum Pace
- Jun 1, 2010
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It's that time again, and with a few route alterations to keep it interesting!!
We'll be riding up the Arakawa, and out and over Ono-toge, to avoid the traffic of Route #463. From there we will be descending down into Chichibu and out to Mitsumineguchi where we'll grab some food at a local soba shop. We'll then be heading out the southwest side of Chichibu climbing up to the abandoned mining town, Nichitsu. Nichitsu at an altitude of a little over 1000m was mostly abandoned in 1978 with the last few stragglers leaving in the early to mid 80's. See HERE for a 10 minute video about the ghost town, and HERE for Tom's ride report from a previous trip there. From Nichitsu we'll climb another 200m before eventually descending back down to #299 and the top of Shigasaka-toge. Once reaching #299 we'll continue with a long descent back to Chichibu to Seibu-Chichibu Station where we'll hop a train back to Tokyo.
This is a reasonably hefty ride with minimal bailout points and not so many stops, so pacing yourself will be important. All climbs will be wait at the top (WATT). There'll be plenty of climbing, descending, greenery, countless miles of beautiful rindos, and an eerie ghost town to really make it special! If you are capable and interested please, join us!
INFO:
Meet Time: 6:30am
Meet Place: Family Mart (HERE)
Climbing: 2500-2900m
Distance: 175-185km
Route: HERE
This is always a pretty amazing ride with stuff you definitely don't see every day!! I hope to see you Saturday morning!
We'll be riding up the Arakawa, and out and over Ono-toge, to avoid the traffic of Route #463. From there we will be descending down into Chichibu and out to Mitsumineguchi where we'll grab some food at a local soba shop. We'll then be heading out the southwest side of Chichibu climbing up to the abandoned mining town, Nichitsu. Nichitsu at an altitude of a little over 1000m was mostly abandoned in 1978 with the last few stragglers leaving in the early to mid 80's. See HERE for a 10 minute video about the ghost town, and HERE for Tom's ride report from a previous trip there. From Nichitsu we'll climb another 200m before eventually descending back down to #299 and the top of Shigasaka-toge. Once reaching #299 we'll continue with a long descent back to Chichibu to Seibu-Chichibu Station where we'll hop a train back to Tokyo.
This is a reasonably hefty ride with minimal bailout points and not so many stops, so pacing yourself will be important. All climbs will be wait at the top (WATT). There'll be plenty of climbing, descending, greenery, countless miles of beautiful rindos, and an eerie ghost town to really make it special! If you are capable and interested please, join us!
INFO:
Meet Time: 6:30am
Meet Place: Family Mart (HERE)
Climbing: 2500-2900m
Distance: 175-185km
Route: HERE
This is always a pretty amazing ride with stuff you definitely don't see every day!! I hope to see you Saturday morning!