A new economic crisis struck this weekend.  No, not the possible collapse of the Euro, or the prolonged high unemployment and sloppy home mo...

As James rightfully commented on his blog, there were quite a number of Sayonara rides during the last week. But having now finally arrived ...

Yesterday, Tom rode the giant Yanagizawa Loop, consisting of the climbs to Yanagizawa, Kamihikawa, Sasago, Suzugane, Hinazuru und some other...

I had a lot of correspondence to finish in the morning, so when I finally left the house for a ride It as already 14.30hr and naturally I ch...

On Wednesday I joined a ride organized by Sergey from TCC attacking Yabitsu from the South. In preparation for the ride I did two things: Fi...

Rather than to add further writings about the Ekiden event, I post some of the pictures Ludwig and me took along the ride. Ok, I can not res...

At Hakone pass in 2001 after climbing up the old Takaido. Please note the helmet which now my 8 year old daughter refuses to wear for reason...

The extened "Silver Week" is now finally over and a lot of riding has taken place. It started exactly one week ago. On Sunday Ludw...

On Sunday, before the official remounting permission came from the hospital, I decided to try Yabitsu Toge with my bad boy. I had some objec...

Woke up in time, had prepared the bike already the night before and was ready to go out and ride based on a grand master plan. But would we ...