Rinko'ed bike waiting as I purchase a shinkansen ticket. In Japan, cyclists need a "rinko bukuro" or rinko bag in order to tak...

Wazuka, in southern Kyoto Prefecture. Famous uji-cha fields. 800 years of tea growing, a designated cultural artifact. My final ride needed ...

Michael O.B. Kraehe, the esteemed founder (or at least principal co-founder) of this blog long ago and not so far away, who was also our lea...

Jerome and I plan to ride our 600km PBP qualifier this coming weekend. We have signed up for an Audax Kinki event -- clockwise from an area ...

 EF Education is one of my favorite world tour teams. The Alt Tour [de France] was more enjoyable to follow than the real tour in a recent ...

In order to qualify for the quadrennial Paris-Brest-Paris randonee, to be held this August, I must complete a full series of 200, 300, 400, ...

I used the same mini-pump for at least the past 15 years. That pump still works, even if it needs to be tightened at times. But it is gettin...