japan
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Nakasendo Day 1 ・中山道１日目
March 21, 2025 The relief and satisfaction of getting bags on bike was slightly soured by how I was already behind schedule by about 2 hours. But, out of all days to have a late wheels on ground, today was definitely Rank 1. While I had 105 km planned, it was the flattest day scheduled…
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Small-ish bike person problems aka when things don’t go to plan
Walked over to CycleTrip Akihabara in the morning to pick up my reserved Topstone. Paid an additional ¥500/week insurance for roadside assistance/stranded pick up service, though as the employee warned, I would have to wait a day or two for help and therefore, I would likely have to abandon the bike and they would pick…
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Touchdown Tokyo
After a weekend side quest to New York, I started my Tuesday at 4 am eastern with a 6 am LGA-MSP flight. I said bye to Ken 😭 and spent possibly my first layover at MSP. After a four-hour layover which included an hour delay, 12 hours in the air, a stuffy hour through Japanese…
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