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Saturday, May 31st
Early - 5:20 Train from Tokyo (5:29 from Shinagawa), arrives in Odawara at 6:42. Rollout from Odawara at 7:00.
There will be minimal stops - a drink-fill in Oyama (30km) before heading straight up Mikuni-toge. Then, rather than stopping at the Yamanaka-ko 7-11, we'll continue on to the Rte.138 descent and have a break at the bottom (60km), at the base of the Azami-line, near the Subarishi interchange - There is a Lawson convenience store there, where we'll eat before climbing the Azami -line.
This will be my first time up the Azami-line - I've heard a lot about it, but have never climbed it before, so it'll be intersting to find out what kind of monster it really is.
After descending back down the zig-zag Azami, we'll ride all the way through Gotemba and make one last stop at the Mini-Stop (95km) just before the last little climb of the day, Nagao-toge.
After that, it's pretty much a straight downhill run into Odawara again - 130km, with over 3,500m of climbing.
If you're interested, please be on the above-mentioned train.
See you there!
Travis
Early - 5:20 Train from Tokyo (5:29 from Shinagawa), arrives in Odawara at 6:42. Rollout from Odawara at 7:00.
There will be minimal stops - a drink-fill in Oyama (30km) before heading straight up Mikuni-toge. Then, rather than stopping at the Yamanaka-ko 7-11, we'll continue on to the Rte.138 descent and have a break at the bottom (60km), at the base of the Azami-line, near the Subarishi interchange - There is a Lawson convenience store there, where we'll eat before climbing the Azami -line.
This will be my first time up the Azami-line - I've heard a lot about it, but have never climbed it before, so it'll be intersting to find out what kind of monster it really is.
After descending back down the zig-zag Azami, we'll ride all the way through Gotemba and make one last stop at the Mini-Stop (95km) just before the last little climb of the day, Nagao-toge.
After that, it's pretty much a straight downhill run into Odawara again - 130km, with over 3,500m of climbing.
If you're interested, please be on the above-mentioned train.
See you there!
Travis