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  • Good Friday Yokohama

    Good Friday Yokohama

    I got a day off work with beautiful weather. Before setting out I took off Kuroko’s stem cap and discovered the compression plug was standing proud of the top of the steerer tube. It was a moment’s work with the proper hex wrench and torque wrench to put that right. Then, with a couple of…

  • Sakura Century

    Sakura Century

    (metric) With a forecast for good weather today and rain tomorrow, I was determined to get out for a ride this morning. Nana was up early, whipping up a batch of her world-famous onigiri, but I was dawdling. I was hoping for the temperatures to get into double-digits before I set out. I’m not particularly…

  • Very late 初走り

    Very late 初走り

    Somehow the entire month of January got past me. There were weekends I had something else going on, like the visit to the snake shrine. I was all set to ride last weekend when I discovered it was far too windy to ride. And there were times I simply didn’t feel up to it. For…

  • I’m Back, B’s!

    I’m Back, B’s!

    It’s just a week to go for the Tour de Chiba and I haven’t been on the bike since the Heat Wave ride in June. (I did get in a few commutes on Dionysus.) I got the new fork and headset sorted out just last weekend, and meanwhile between the heat and the rain there…

  • But I might need it someday!

    But I might need it someday!

    I’ve got so much stuff sitting around that I won’t throw away because I might need it someday. It’s quite a challenge in our little flat. As an example: at least three different glasses cases. (One of them probably holds the reading glasses the doc wants me to use.) Today I’ve been going through various…

  • Weight limit

    I suited up to ride yesterday morning. Once again I started with the idea of a long ride, 130km or more, and by the time I was ready to go out the door I’d cut that goal in half. As as I was preparing for le départ, Nana was watching the hanging bug repeller swinging…

  • Kafun

    Pollen

  • Sagami exploration

    Sagami exploration

    Yesterday was a test ride to the Sagami Lake region. I’ve been there before by climbing Otarumi Touge and then looping back through Kanagawa Prefecture. That’s a long ride of 130km or so, and of course involves climbing a mountain pass. Instead, by riding more directly towards Sagami Lake, and through traffic, I hoped to…

  • Haneda: le Grand Retour

    The weather forecast was very changeable leading into the weekend, but it looked like the temperature would not rise above 32C, which has been pretty much my limit these past few years. When I checked the evening before, the forecast for Saturday was overcast but with little chance of rain, so I contacted José and…