Holliday rides, 26, 27, 1
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Holliday rides, 26, 27, 1
Date:
December 24th 2020
Xercise
is even more important at
Xmas
… what with all that year-end feasting and revelry. So with acceptable weather being forecast for this weekend (10-12 degrees, partly sunny), a few of the usual rides. The Saturday run to Odaiba and a Sunday Tama River loop (with a bail-out point if it looks too cold at Jonan Jima beach). Also attaching again the info for our traditional New Year’s Day Yamanote Loop ride.
Masks up, please. And bring an eco-bag for your convenience-store lunch if you want to avoid the stink-eye from us righteous Half-Fasters. We’re trying to eliminate our use of plastic bags.
Saturday Odaiba Beginners’
A little 30-km keep-fit ride out to the magical island in the Bay for a brew or two and maybe a snack. Start at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills at 11:00 a.m. Back by 2:30 or so. Leader: me.
Sunday Tama Loop
Intermediate-level. 55km, easy but fast. Start at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills at 11:00 a.m. Alternate rendezvous points: KFC in Ebisu @ 11:30, Intersection of Kan-Nana and Komazawa-Dori @ 11:45, Komazawa Park @ noon, bridge at Futako-Tamagawa (Kanagawa side) @ 12:20, Gas Bashi @ 12:45 or 1:00. Long break at Jonan Jima seaside park (across from Haneda) at 1:30 or 2:00 (see below*). Convenience store lunch. Please contact me if one of these meeting spots applies to you. 090-5813-6721. Back by 3:00 or 3:30.
* If it’s not at all sunny when we approach Jonan Jima, we’ll head to a conveini near the Ota Ku baseball stadium and take our break there. This shortens the ride by about 5km.
New Year’s Day Yamanote Adventure
This from Mike:
Each January 1st it is our tradition to ride around the Yamanote loop, keeping fairly close to the route of the eponymous train line.
Normally we’d stop twice for grub and beer. However, to minimize any coronavirus risk, this year will instead have a simple picnic in the park at Nippori - either bring your own food or buy from a nearby convenience store. Not warm. Not glamorous. Safe.
Riders will wear masks.
Meet: Friday 1st Jan (of course), 9:15 at Ebisu Station; the koban by the bottom of the ATRE escalator. [here]
* Stop peeling those mikan.
* Only 364 more days for riding in 2021.
* Start the New Year off right with a ride around the Yamanote!
* Ride through some parts of town we usually don't visit.
* Transmit only the joy of cycling, and certainly no coronavirus.
Ready to leave at 9:30 promptly, after a masked group photo.
We aim to be back at Ebisu by 16:00, and the ride will then finish.
Bring: Face mask, warm clothes, water bottle, helmet, pump, spare tube, and your bike. If you think you might want to bail early, bring your bike bag. Although less than 50 km, it is still an intermediate level ride. Weather in recent years has been sunny with a high around 9ºC, but we’ll say go/no-go depending on the forecast.
If you feel at all unwell: Stay away please. There will be more rides.
Write/call if you have questions or need reassurance/harassment: mike2@PROTECTED 080-3403-0239
Write/call if you have questions or need reassurance/harassment: mike2@PROTECTED 080-3403-0239
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