Resending due to suspected snags in our email server: Sorry for the bother. LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY’S “A.M. RAIN” …may extend into our usual afternoon biking time, so we’ll give that day a pass. Sunday, however, will be warm at 25-26 degrees if not all that sunny, so perhaps an Odaiba Plus ride. Note: All rides and meetings are excellent times to sign up (and pay) for this year’s Tokyo Bay Cruise on June 14. Boat is filling up fast.  Sunday Odaiba Plus So named because we add 15 km to the front end of our usual Odai ...Continue Reading

LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY’S “AM RAIN” …may extend into our usual afternoon biking time, so we’ll give that day a pass. Sunday, however, will be warm at 25-26 degrees if not all that sunny, so perhaps an Odaiba Plus ride. Note: All rides and meetings are excellent times to sign up (and pay) for this year’s Tokyo Bay Cruise on June 14. Boat is filling up fast.  Sunday Odaiba Plus So named because we add 15 km to the front end of our usual Odaiba jaunt to make it 45km. Bridges, canals, forests, dedicated bike paths and a ...Continue Reading

🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕 🍕Since Monday’s a holiday, we’ve decided to do a Tama River loop, but instead of going out to Jonan, we’ll divert to Tennozu Isle and hit Pizza Salvatore for a sit-down late lunch. Start at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills at 11:00 Monday morning. This ride should be about 45-50 km total. 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 ...Continue Reading

Sorry for the resend; had a few network issues and wasn’t sure it got through. IP > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Don Morton > Subject: Rides, 3, 4 > Date: May 2, 2025 at 12:05:27 JST > To: List > > > WHEN IT’S > 23-26 > DEGREES AND > MOSTLY SUNNY > > …it’s simply impossible to NOT go out biking, so this golden weekend I’m looking at a pair of easy beginners’ rides, to Odaiba and Jonan. Use sunscreen! If you forget, ask me, I have plenty. > > BUT FIRST, I wa ...Continue Reading

WHEN IT’S 23-26 DEGREES AND MOSTLY SUNNY …it’s simply impossible to NOT go out biking, so this golden weekend I’m looking at a pair of easy beginners’ rides, to Odaiba and Jonan. Use sunscreen! If you forget, ask me, I have plenty. BUT FIRST, I want all you sailors out there to understand that, in a senior moment, last week I listed two dates for our upcoming Tokyo Bay Cruise. The correct date is June 14th. There’s a flyer attached, which you can print out and invite your friends. Note that just three days after the ...Continue Reading

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*TOKYO BAY CRUISE VII*A Half-Fast Adventure  On the evening of June 14πth we will once again board the elegant Marco Polo for a three-hour adventure on Tokyo Bay. Live music! Dance performance!It’s a potluck, so in addition to putting up your share of the boat rental fee, please bring along a small dish to share and plenty of whatever you wish to drink.Adults: ¥8000. Kids 11 and under: ¥4000. Under 2: free. *SIGN UP NOW!*I’m taking reservations now, so make sure you have a spot  ...Continue Reading

*“PM **SHOWERS”*…is the forecast for Saturday and 18 degrees. which means it probably won’t rain. But *Sunday* is looking like 23 degrees and mostly sunny, so let’s take the long way out to Odaiba for a brew or two. Don’t forget the sunscreen!*Sunday Odaiba Plus*We tack on canals, bike paths and bridges to the front end of our usual Odiba run to bring the total distance to 45km. Start at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills at 11:00. Beach bar lunch. Back by around 3:00. May Pink Cow Meeting*Penciled in right now ...Continue Reading

28!*Degrees is the Saturday forecast, with little wind, and Sunday follows up with 24 degrees and a bit more blowy. Mostly sunny both days. Don’t forget the sunscreen!So I’m looking at a Kasai Rinkai adventure for Saturday and a shorter jaunt to Jonan Jima on Sunday. In addition, Peter is offering a slightly more ambitious hill-climb on Saturday over the Kazahari Pass.*Saturday Kasai Rinkai Adventure***A lovely ride out to Kasai Rinkai Seaside Park, on the other side of the Mighty Arakawa, out near Disneyland. We’l ...Continue Reading

*BURRITOS**BY BIKE*Just a note to remind you of our monthly gathering at the Pink Cow in Akasaka tomorrow (Wednesday). This is something we did each month for two decades until COVID, and resumed last month to great success. The Cow is a funky art bar run by the irrepressible Traci Consoli, offering some fine and healthy things to eat, especially the burritos. Consider these monthly meetings as a way to see what your fellow Half-Fasters look like without the helmets, shades and Rapha togs. We start rollin ...Continue Reading