Sunday 30th - Yabitsu RIDE
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Sunday 30th - Yabitsu RIDE
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August 27th 2026
Sunday 30 August: Yabitsu - from peter.evans.somewhere@PROTECTED
Setting off (not just gathering) at 07:50 from the sole exit of Karakida station (Odakyū Tama line, across the street from a Family Mart).
The route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51370607 . First, 25 km of suburbia/park/exurbia and kind-of-countryside brings us to our first convenience store stop. Then we really are out of the city. There’s a short stretch with pleasing views of lake Miyagase; at 29 km we turn onto Kanagawa route 70 and follow it up, over, and down Yabitsu pass.
The road zigs and zags, the scenery changes. There aren’t many cars or motorbikes; there are very few trucks. You won’t be breathing in exhaust fumes. And for a stretch of 28 km, there are no traffic lights.
58 km from the start we’ll veer east for lunch and Isehara station; but if you’re pushed for time or worried about a slightly scary tunnel, you can instead follow the road down to Hadano station.
Slow. (I’m an old geezer.) Anyone is free to go ahead. (But don’t expect me to look for you.)
We nowhere go along rindō; surfaces aren’t bad going uphill and are good everywhere else, and tyres of 23 mm and up should be fine. Your brakes must be in good condition for the descent ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfB3BCFsFc ).
As the RwGPS map says, the ride is 66 km and we climb 1250m. It’s not a tough climb, but neither is it trivial.
Bring:
And if you’re using the train, of course you’ll need a rinkōbukuro. (Don’t have one? Read https://tinyurl.com/rinkoubukuro .)
If you’d prefer a GPX, FIT or other file, the RwGPS web page lets you download this.
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Setting off (not just gathering) at 07:50 from the sole exit of Karakida station (Odakyū Tama line, across the street from a Family Mart).
The route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51370607 . First, 25 km of suburbia/park/exurbia and kind-of-countryside brings us to our first convenience store stop. Then we really are out of the city. There’s a short stretch with pleasing views of lake Miyagase; at 29 km we turn onto Kanagawa route 70 and follow it up, over, and down Yabitsu pass.
The road zigs and zags, the scenery changes. There aren’t many cars or motorbikes; there are very few trucks. You won’t be breathing in exhaust fumes. And for a stretch of 28 km, there are no traffic lights.
58 km from the start we’ll veer east for lunch and Isehara station; but if you’re pushed for time or worried about a slightly scary tunnel, you can instead follow the road down to Hadano station.
Slow. (I’m an old geezer.) Anyone is free to go ahead. (But don’t expect me to look for you.)
We nowhere go along rindō; surfaces aren’t bad going uphill and are good everywhere else, and tyres of 23 mm and up should be fine. Your brakes must be in good condition for the descent ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfB3BCFsFc ).
As the RwGPS map says, the ride is 66 km and we climb 1250m. It’s not a tough climb, but neither is it trivial.
Bring:
- whatever you need in order to recover from a puncture
- lights for a couple of tunnels
- one or two water bottles
- cash (for lunch)
- lock (for the bike, while you’re having lunch)
And if you’re using the train, of course you’ll need a rinkōbukuro. (Don’t have one? Read https://tinyurl.com/rinkoubukuro .)
If you’d prefer a GPX, FIT or other file, the RwGPS web page lets you download this.
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