Category: Cycling

13 riders. Got dropped on the second last lap after trying to catch the break away by myself. The grupetto then came flying past me as well. Took a one lap rest and jumped back in to the lead group for the final sprint. Not wanting to annoy the people who didn’t get dropped I […]

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 […]