Category: The Ride
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Chasing Mt Fuji
I’d have been perfectly content to sit at home today surfing the horrible news and the cat photos, but Nana had prepared the rice for her world-famous onigiri, and so I was obligated to get on the bike. (Granted, I could have doddled to the park and eaten the onigiri there, then hung out in…
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Any way the wind blows
I was determined to get out the bike yesterday. The forecast was for a warm day with some moderate wind. The only fly in the ointment was the temperature in the morning: about 3C. I finally got underway at 9:50, which was later than I’d planned but not as late as it might have been…
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Hey baby I’m your telephone man
I’d thought about having my 初走り ride today, just down to Haneda and back with a brief stop at the office to take care of a telephone configuration that I should have done back in December. And I just … kept putting off getting started this morning. The temperature was one reason, but just being…
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Breaking the Lethargy Habit
With just one day to go, I got in my first ride of December, and most likely my last ride of 2025. The day dawned cold, and I slow-rolled the start to allow things to warm up a bit. The forecast high was 16C, and I knew if I was dressed for 2C at the…
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Five Alarm Chilly
I’d planned an earlyish start today, out the door before 8 a.m. But our sleep was interrupted about 1 a.m. by a fire that broke out on a lower floor of the tower. Lots of sirens and alarms ringing, and conflicting instructions. By the time we’d dressed and grabbed our wallets and bags, they were…
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Catch-up potpourri
I’ve been quiet over the past couple of weeks as I’ve struggled with the aftermath of a self-inflicted mechanical, something that I really should know better than to have allowed to have happened. I was able to get home with no trouble, but when I hit a roadblock in sorting out the problem, I got…
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Edogawa overcast
After weeks of bad weather, mechanicals and prior commitments, the stars aligned today for a long ride with José. I wanted to stretch my legs a bit more than I have been recently, but without committing to too much effort. With those parameters in mind I decided on Edogawa. When it’s not too windy, it’s…
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Baptism
It’s less than a month to the Tour de Tohoku, and I’ve been desperately awaiting gaps in the heat to get in some practice rides. José let me know he’d be ready for an early ride today, to get out and back before the forecast high of 33C. We planned to meet at 7:30 at…
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Sunday I’m In Love
Following last week’s debut and my realization that the Corner Bar wasn’t working for me, and then yesterday’s trip to the bike shop for a replacement, today was the day for Hornsby’s second debut ride. And it went wonderfully. Dailing in After reaching the Tama River, I stopped at the first opportunity to dial in…