When I lived in Australia I’d hear people complain about Asian drivers. In my whole time living in Japan I’ve yet to figure out why they believe Asians are bad drivers. I once tried to ride to work in Australia and got honked off the road by huge 4WDs. Who needs a 4WD to go […]
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Performance
Still waiting for my arm to be good enough to ride again. Don’t want to burst the stitches open in a fall so I’ll wait. I have got the stationary trainer set up though and ready to give it a spin. It’s all about performance!!!
Injured!!!
Cut my arm badly while stripping puppy Sky’s coat with a grooming knife!!! WARNING: Graphic details ahead! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ELSE!!!! I’ve been spending a lot of time lately stripping Lunar, Sora and baby Sky in the bathroom. On Thursday, Sky had been playing The Great Escape tunneling under the […]
Semas Racing Shin Matsudo 9th
Now in our 6th year and still recruiting new members almost weekly, we are starting to show some great results. Out of over 150 registered teams in the Japan Cycling Race Clubs we have cracked the top 10 for the 2009 rankings. CP順位 CID クラブ名 1CP 1TCP 2CP 3CP 4CP 4TCP 5CP 5TCP 6CP CP合計 […]
Tuesday Night Training
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 […]
Omiya ‘Try The Bank’ Keirin
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 […]
Frame Size
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 […]
TT training and MTB
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 […]
Ogawamura
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 […]
MTB in Hakuba
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 […]