Trail Wanderlust
I got back from Japan a couple of weeks ago and have been taking it easy for the most. Enjoying the “normal” things in my life like the kid’s hockey games, practice, honey-dos, etc…. Oh, and I managed to break my FN left big toe just strolling through the house. So not much in the way of blogging … Continue reading “Back to Hitting the Local Stuff”
This past Monday was Columbus day in the United States, but I’m not in the States. Lucky for me Monday was also the Japanese Holiday of “Taiiku no hi” which is “Health-Sports Day”. What better way to celebrate that than a bike ride. Fall is happening here. The summer heat is gone and the cooler temps of fall … Continue reading ““Taiiku no hi” Ride”
Yesterday, I decided to check out the peninsula to the south of Sasebo. The plan was for this to be road ride and be on the lookout for some trails to explore on another day. I was actually looking forward to a ride where I did not have to deal with the arachnid gauntlet of webs across the … Continue reading “Tooling around the Tawaragaura Peninsula”
I finally got all my notes, photos and map information together for the Takatori-yama area near Zushi and Yokosuka, Japan. I added a Google Earth KMZ file to this review that is mashed up with my photos and trail notes as well as Japanese topo map to help you get to know the area better. One … Continue reading “Added Takatori to the website”
Okay for the last week or so I have been getting hammered at work. I’m doing lots of writing but it is not about Mountain Biking. Such is the nature of “work” sometimes. I have managed to get out and find some new stuff and experience some more of the culture of Sasebo. Here is … Continue reading “More sights from around Sasebo”
So there has not been too much on the MTB scene that I have felt like writing about since I got back from Japan. That does not mean that I have not been riding. I just did not seem too inspired to write about it. I have gotten in a couple of quick spins through Lake Calvera … Continue reading “Long Time No See! or “Funk Busting””
Well I’m back on the right side of the International Date Line and I must say I had a really cool time in Japan but I’m glad to be back at home where I have more “normal” things to fill up my day like leaky facets, broken sprinklers, kid’s hockey games and other family goodness. The last … Continue reading “Fugato-yama exploration”
Last weekend I went out to revisit some of the Kamakura trails I have been on in 2004 and also check out some of the trails I had never ventured down before. This area is really awesome and it offers a lot of great trails that range from mild buffness, to scary hairball rocks and … Continue reading “Exploring the Kamakura Mountains”
Who cares about the little retaining clip dohicky thing anyway? That is what I have often thought about the clip that goes onto the end of the post used on XTR brakes to keep the pads and the spring in the calipers. I have also thought of these as being along the same lines as “lawyer tabs” on … Continue reading “I love bamboo!”
The weather Gods showed favor on us last weekend as we had a couple of days of no rain and it looked like it was going to hold through most of the weekend. Friday afternoon, Dan and I headed out for some riding in an area near Zushi. We were enjoying the afternoon as we had plenty of … Continue reading ““Feeling” my way around — A Nippon Navigation Weekend”