Half-Fast Mike
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Updates:
1. Added Sunday ride to Kamakura
2. Added Joe's ride-out for BOOB
3. Corrected date for Gourmet BBQ
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Welcome to August, cyclists
First a quick report. We assembled 51 bikers and hikers in Norikura last weekend. While indulging our hobby(s), together we raised 300,000 yen for our adopted and very deserving charity Shine On! Kids (f.k.a. Tyler Foundation). Many thanks and well done to everyone who participated in this event.
Now for the weekend's cycling menu:
Saturday 3rd August
The Okutama BOOB Ride (Warren)
Odaiba Beginners' Ride (Sal)
Sunday 4th August
Early Haneda Early Beginners' Early Ride (James)
Kamakura Ride (Ira)
Forward planner
Sat 10th August - Tokyo Bay Fireworks Ride
Sat 17th August - Tamagawa Fireworks Ride
Sun 29th September - Gourmet BBQ Ride (movie)
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That's all for now, folks. Keep the rubber side down!
--Mike--
Mike Sims-Williams
Deputy Benevolent Dictator
Mobile o8o-34o3-o239
Half Fast Cycling, Tokyo
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Wear a helmet. Don't wear earphones.
1. Added Sunday ride to Kamakura
2. Added Joe's ride-out for BOOB
3. Corrected date for Gourmet BBQ
--
Welcome to August, cyclists
First a quick report. We assembled 51 bikers and hikers in Norikura last weekend. While indulging our hobby(s), together we raised 300,000 yen for our adopted and very deserving charity Shine On! Kids (f.k.a. Tyler Foundation). Many thanks and well done to everyone who participated in this event.
Now for the weekend's cycling menu:
Saturday 3rd August
The Okutama BOOB Ride (Warren)
Following on from Norikura, on Saturday 3rd I'll be doing the double Tomi-no-Mori (Mt Mito, Hinohara). This is a popular cycle route (Map) out of Musashi-itsukaichi, also known as the Okutama BOOB Ride.
Be on the Chuo Special Rapid Service that leaves 07:37 Tokyo station (T2); or 07:46 Yotsuya (I get on); or 07:52 Shinjuku (T12). We change at Tachikawa (grabbing breakfast), so people coming from West Tokyo can join there, boarding the Itsukaichi train leaving at 08:32 (for Musashi-Itsukaichi). We arrive 09:08 and will be under way by 09:20 with a 7-11 stop 2.3km up the road.
We will do 1050m of ascent in the morning including a beautiful descent down to Lake Okutama. After lunch those who want to bail can ride 13km to Okutama Station (Ome line). The rest of us will ride back over the hill (660m ascent) and back to Musashi-itsukaichi. The entire ride can be done in 4.5 hours, but we will take 6.5hrs with stops.
Warning – this is a long ride, 90km, with a lot of climbing (those who did the complete Norikura Day 1 Intermediate ride will find it as hard), so no beginners. Bring your bike bag for the train and your smile for the hills, Warren. [email protected] o8o 2oo5 8654
For anyone interested in riding up the Tamagawa to the start point, Joe will be at the Setagaya Dori (r3) Tamagawa bridge at 07:00 for the 37 km ride to Musashi-itsukaichi station.
Odaiba Beginners' Ride (Sal)
Meet at 10.00 a.m. in front of the Grand Hyatt for a 15 km trundle to Odaiba beach paradise to have a wee picnic and a beer and watch the improbably tiny dogs on strings. Then 15 km back. All welcome - assuming you have a bike and know how to ride without training wheels. Wear a helmet. Don't wear earphones.
Leader: Sal [email protected] o9o 7816-4612
Sunday 4th August
Early Haneda Early Beginners' Early Ride (James)
Meet at 06.00 a.m. (yes - six in the morning) in front of the Grand Hyatt for a 15 km trundle to Jonan-jima beach paradise to have a wee picnic and a beer and laugh about how ridiculously early it is. Then 15 km back. Based on recent reports, this "beginners' ride" will be at thunderbolt pace unless someone turns up to slow them down.
Kamakura Ride (Ira)
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Higashi Tamagawa Park near Futago-tamagawa station. http://goo.gl/maps/kyL1
Enjoy a ride that goes West up our three rivers till the mountains near Hachioji and then heads south all the way to the Pacific Ocean. We ride up the Tamagawa, the Asakawa, and the Yudonogawa Rivers for about 33 km. Then ride the unknown river (Idono-gawa) 10 km to get to the Sakaigawa River. Then South down the Sakaigawa for over 30 km to some back roads for about 10 km into Eno-Shima. Then ride the coast for 7 km to Kamakura. Here we look to hit the beach, find food and drink, in Kamakura or ride to Zushi. Finally later in the day take the train back to Tokyo, from Kamakura or Zushi Station or ride back to wherever you like.
Total 90 km - 110 km. Easy to Medium pace, but distance makes this an intermediate ride. Most of the ride is on river roads, until we hit the coast. No big hills. Make sure to have plenty of water and a bike bag for the train ride home.
Leader: Ira Stevens o8o-5673-9o42 (call or send text to here)
--Forward planner
Sat 10th August - Tokyo Bay Fireworks Ride
Sat 17th August - Tamagawa Fireworks Ride
Sun 29th September - Gourmet BBQ Ride (movie)
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That's all for now, folks. Keep the rubber side down!
--Mike--
Mike Sims-Williams
Deputy Benevolent Dictator
Mobile o8o-34o3-o239
Half Fast Cycling, Tokyo
Web | Facebook | Strava | Picasa | YouTube
Wear a helmet. Don't wear earphones.