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Donut tempt me into any more puns.Finally, was that a bagel on your bike seat or is that a new type of padding?
My best recollection...@Karl - can I ask you about this section south of Dōshimichi on your "More gravel than expected" ride? Were you walking or cycling? Remember anything about the terrain?
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That's all really helpful. Thank you. I have a "Keep off Dōshimichi plan" now . https://www.strava.com/routes/26277231My best recollection...
That's the plan, eventually - but I think your Tanzawa hiking tiles are safe for a while longer.At this rate, there won't be any Golden Tiles left.
I'm really pleased with my Niner MCR 9 RinDO. It's expensive. It's heavy. But the comfort of having suspension front and rear is worth the trade-off for me on rides like yesterday's; my rigid CX frame would rattle me so much, especially on descents. (I could slow down, but where's the fun in that!?) The Schwalbe Land Cruiser tires I transplanted from the CX bike seem to be really hard-wearing and offer a nice sweet spot: hard centerline for long stretches of tarmac (with suspension locked-off), but enough grip at the sides to cope with gnarlier conditions (boinnngg).How do the new Niner work out?
I found a very faint trace on the Strava global heat map, so someone has ridden this unmapped rindō. Blue dots are as far as I got yesterday, green dots follow the trace. It seems to go down (in elevation) another 200 m or so, and then just stop. Weird... but by no means unprecedented.how far the rindō goes. It keeps going after the summit, but I couldn't find it on any map and it seemed to be going back into tiles that I already have.
I've barely used my car for years, but by golly it's getting some miles on it these days. Disadvantage of car vs train is that I have to go back to where I left it, and then drive. On the upside, it's not a train.It is getting harder and harder to avoid using the rinko
Will miss your smile and seemingly limitless energy. Keep the rubber side down, Cookie!And well, that's a wrap. Decided to move back to the states and am flying out in a few days.