Category: Arakawa
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Quick and Muddy
We’ve been hoping to get more riding done in preparation for a certain event next weekend, but the weather has hardly been cooperative. We’d had rain in the forecast this morning and overcast for the rest of the day, so José and I conspired together for an easy start and a play-it-by-ear day, to be…
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Detour and Rain
The weather has been very challenging this summer. While we haven’t had the record-shattering highs seen in most of Europe and large swathes of the United States, it’s still been mostly too hot to ride over the past couple of months. We finally had a respite this weekend, with forecast highs of 30C or less,…
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Nonbiri Puddle Ride
Today marks the beginning of a three-day streak of rain, which motivated me to get out on the bike yesterday. Although I was up early, my stomach wasn’t quite right and so I let Nana sleep in a bit. I put aside earlier plans for a long ride and set out after 9 a.m. with…
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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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Saddle No. 5
I wanted to install the new saddle and seatpost before today’s ride. I set the bits out on the table last night, and then got started this morning before 8, when it was just 6C in the Workshop in the Sky. Replacing the saddle and seatpost was straightforward. Of course I weighed the old and…
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Foreboding Skies
Yesterday I had grandiose plans of riding 130+ kilometers today, getting a nice long ride in before the rain forecast for tomorrow. Instead I slept poorly, set out a couple of hours later than expected, and then cut the ride short when the dark skies dampened my enthusiasm (oh, and I was sore and tired).…
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Choose Your Adventure
Following last week’s jaunt to Disney, I set my sights this morning on Kawagoe — same river, but the opposite direction. The forecast was sunny and mild, and the morning view of Fujisan was encouraging. As I was getting dressed it was 6C, with a forecast high of 12C. I considered my choices of long-sleeved…
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Who’s the leader of the club
It was good weather for a ride today: bright sunshine, with a wind from the north that helped me on my way down the Arakawa and didn’t give me any trouble on the return. There was a 30km run in progress on the lower stretches of the Arakawa, but unlike last month’s marathon, cyclists were…
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Marathonus Interruptus
I got off to quite a lazy start this morning, and had to immediately forget any thoughts I had about riding the length of the Tamagawa in both directions. When Nana asked where I was going I said Disney, and figured I would decide once there whether to return via the Tokyo Gate Bridge or…