tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730233429051035621.post5514644643689144914..comments2024-03-12T18:42:09.892+09:00Comments on POSITIVO ESPRESSO: Golden Week - Isabella Byrd's "Unbeaten Tracks of Japan" 1500kms #tohokudeyokattamobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15740078823008165116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730233429051035621.post-8237989136472222352017-05-08T20:33:59.665+09:002017-05-08T20:33:59.665+09:00Hi Manfred:
Thanks. Yes, the environment was goo...Hi Manfred: <br /><br />Thanks. Yes, the environment was good or great EXCEPT passing near Sendai. Really from Matsushima until we left the coastal Miyagi Route 10 in Watari-cho, it was awful. This is partly because other roads are still shut since the tsunami. <br /><br />As for climbing ... not as much as Okayama 1200 or rides in Yamanashi/Nagano, definitely. The first 300km had a lot. The 400km had much more gradual climbs the first 40%, then a long relatively flat section, then more gradual climbs, then some nasty bumps along the sea coast. The 600km was pretty flat for 100kms, then real climb to Towada-ko and the pass to its south (maybe elev 650), then another climb to Appi Kogen, then quite flat. It would have been an easy 600km, if it had not been preceded by the other rides!David Litthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821846303393230109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730233429051035621.post-64630388336466771662017-05-07T18:12:46.342+09:002017-05-07T18:12:46.342+09:00Amazing achievement! Sounds like a more rewarding ...Amazing achievement! Sounds like a more rewarding environment than the normal brevets around Tokyo. You took many really nice shots! How much climbing was there? The ridewithgps totals seem gross exaggerations, like so often.Manfred von Holsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569864868439666760noreply@blogger.com