Third time for me today. They only took pics of the keirin bikes though! 500mTT 43.29 seconds. (same as last year) Used an easier gear 52/16 and slotted into the aerobars at about 250m to go. Thought I would have beaten last years time. Cadence for the 500 was up around the 115rpm. Was holding

Really need to get sized up to see what is best for me. I always assumed the two bikes I ride were identical. I can never really feel the difference. The seat post of course is raised or lowered to suit my legs but the rest of it you can’t change much. I have 170mm

I was a day behind schedule as it rained all day yesterday and all I managed to do was eat Italian and watch Youtube all day. This morning the rain started to stop and some blue sky started popping out here and there so I got my aero barred Trek ready and proceeded to do

Today’s Route on Garmin Connect After taking the dogs for a morning walk to the local river I did my favorite ride of all time today. Past Hakuba station, up 406 to the top in 34 minutes 45 seconds. (didn’t break my record). A 2 minute breather then through the tunnel and down the 406

The rain stopped long enough for me to take the MTB out for a short spin today. Up to 47 to check out the weir and waterfall. Across to Goryu to see if I could find Track’s Bar (couldn’t). Then a bit of exploring around Goryu around 3:26 Then home to try and give the

Sunday July 26th (yesterday), I went to watch the Ogawamura JBCF races. Ogawamura is my favorite place to ride the mountains up here near Hakuba. The course for the race was parallel to the road I normally ride and just as steep and curvy. These guys have guts to go full pelt down the tight

Not these ones!! Thunderstorms threatening, I couldn’t wait any longer and took the Trek out for a spin up to the castle and back to test the new aerobars. Felt better than I thought it would. I didn’t have the computer on so wasn’t concerned about speed. Just wanted to get a feel for them.

Was supposed to rain but we all turned up and rode anyway. Only got hit by a few drops. The lack of warm up had me chasing them all for the first 4 laps. When I’d catch up to them we’d hit the headwind or the sprint would start and it would take the wind

Did a bit of gardening, a bit of cleaning, a bit of dog washing, a bit of tidying up and earnt myself a ride. Took the Edo river to the castle a right hander on the Tone river to the 100km to the sea mark, (Fukuda) then the road past the golf clubs to the

Just the usual Sunday morning run with the team. Missed the start and has to TT by myself to the finish line. Could see the second group trying to catch me from behind but I managed to keep away. Also dropped my water bottle and had to turn around to pick it up. That’s when