Hello All. Fom the states, but now living in Japan for the past 9 months, 9 more until I return to the states. Did a lot of mountain biking when I was younger then got married, had kids, yada yada and the wheels fell off. Now in Japan the traffic is so bad I bought a new road bike and go 10km there and 10km back about 3 days per week (when there isn't a ton of rain). I live in Utsunomiya (~100km north of Tokyo), where the Japan Cup bike race is held every October so every other week I've been training on that course. Fun stuff. Considering entering the amateur side of that race. We'll see, don't feel so competitive just yet, but improving.
I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions for you all as I try to figure out better training methods, equipment, etc.
Hi, I'm pretty new here too. Wow, japan that's amazing, I'd love to enter the Japan Cup race, it'd be a great experience, you should definitely give it a shot.
