Month: November 2022
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Never replicate a successful experiment
I had a slow start this morning. I’d have been content to just sit at home quietly all day, except for the knowledge it will be raining the next two days. We have plans for next weekend, so if I wanted to get out on the bike, it would have to be today. Nana had…
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Enoshima and Back
After weeks of planning and then days and days of anxiously watching the weather forecast, the Enoshima weekend came off without a hitch. Enoshima is a popular vacation destination not far from Tokyo. The most straightforward route is heavily trafficked, so I was pleased to find a route which followed some cycling courses along rivers,…
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Amazing act of planning ahead
José and I have a ride this weekend that has been some weeks in the planning. The forecast has been changing daily, but as I write this it looks like it will be sunny and fair on Saturday, with a good chance of rain later in the day on Sunday. Nana says we’ll be fine…
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Yokohama solo
I set out this morning in sunny but cool weather towards Yokohama, which I’d had to give up on last weekend when I learned the Yokohama marathon was running the same day. It was a chilly 9C when I started preparing for the ride, but by the time Nana had got out of bed and…
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From the depths of the toolbox
I’m taking advantage of a three-day weekend to do some cleaning and light maintenance in preparation for a short tour next weekend. (For which the forecast is now rain, but I digress … ) Kuroko hasn’t been washed in quite a while, and I decided this was time to remove all the gunk and residue…