riding in Tokyo area

[bggworm]

Anyone in the Tokyo/Yokohama area that knows the goods on places to ride? I'm looking primarily for DJ's or DH area's. Can find quite a bit of info on the net but I don't speak or read Japanese. Thanks for any info.

[Toshi]

point me towards a particular bit of info and i can take a stab at translating

[bggworm]

http://www.tubagra.com/biking/
http://downhill.tripod.co.jp/organizations_e.html

Just a couple I've found...

[Toshi]

i'll try this weekend

[bggworm]

No one else in the area??

[Toshi]

it looks as if i am not going to get to it. amusingly enough, this is because i must study for a japanese test myself. :D

[valve bouncer]

Originally posted by bggworm
Anyone in the Tokyo/Yokohama area that knows the goods on places to ride? I'm looking primarily for DJ's or DH area's. Can find quite a bit of info on the net but I don't speak or read Japanese. Thanks for any info.
Fujimi Panorama isn't too far from Tokyo I think. Heaps of places to ride around Tokyo (by around Tokyo I mean within a radious of 150kms.

[wildbill]

From the depths of the archives--I may be spending a year in Tokyo (downtown) on a work assignment. If I didn't have a car, would riding be possible at all? DH riding would be most important but post-work or daytrip trailrides would be nice as well.

I've read that to bring a bike on the train it must be broken down in a bike box...so, I'm not hopeful...

[valve bouncer]

Train thing is true. Best bet is to join a Japan specific forum and try to find other DHers in the Tokyo area. Try the forums on Japan Today or Gaijinpot.

[wildbill]

ah brutal.

so, no car--no mt. biking is basically what we're dealing with here?

or at the very least no short mt. bike trips where you wouldn't want to take the rig apart...

[valve bouncer]

ah brutal.

so, no car--no mt. biking is basically what we're dealing with here?

or at the very least no short mt. bike trips where you wouldn't want to take the rig apart...
Yeah, pretty much. You'd probably get away with just taking the wheels off and turning the bars so they don't stick out but they're big on the rules here so unless it's exactly how they like it you're f*cked. Think about renting a car, pretty reasonable in Japan.

[wildbill]

thanks for the advice. i read on gaijinpot that one dude would pull the wheels, bungee them to the frame and throw a tarp over the bike.

then i guess it would be feasible to throw the tarp/bungees in a camelbak and go ride.

i'm less concerned with dh-ing as you could just leave the travel bag in the lodge...

[ultraNoob]

just on a side note... Mtb Bill has a great vid on the Fuji Panorama ride.

www.mountainbikebill.com :spam: