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First time up the Azami line to the 5th station on Fuji this year. It's still an absolute BEAST of a climb.
About an hour to get up; 12 minutes (!!!!) to get down.
Awesome! I will do this sometime next week. BTW - what average gearing did you settle on? I saw Naomi's cheese grater rig I'm thinking 39/23 , but even that may be too high - and need to look at 34 /23 as my 'go to' for this event.
34/27 is my lowest gear. The highest I used in training on this climb was 34/19 so I think 34/23 is probably a good bet for you. Alternatively, use 'walkable' shoes like MTB spds and run up the steep sections, cyclo cross style!
You might want to put two brakes on to come down, even for training. The descent is a brake and wheel killer: Mike cooked one of his rims after last year's race, and other people have had wheels fail completely. If you've only got one brake it's going to take even more heat. I was alternating brakes and braking very late/hard to keep the heat down.
Was looking forward to commuting Tue, Wed & today but the rain scared me away. Today I had fun in the pool. Will now go to the pool every Wed or Thu by car or bike...depending on weather...
Was looking forward to commuting Tue, Wed & today but the rain scared me away. Today I had fun in the pool. Will now go to the pool every Wed or Thu by car or bike...depending on weather...
So you didn`t want to ride in the rain, but went to the pool instead and got wet???
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