Also you're not gonna be able to rent a nice bike here. If you rent a shitty bike for 3 months it'll cost you the price of buying a passable road bike. Go up a bit more and you could have a pretty nice one, fixed or geared.
When you get here I'll take you to Gira Gira and the two half-decent Kyoto shops straight away and when you've recovered from all the bike porn (and shock at the prices) you might have some idea.
Also you're not gonna be able to rent a nice bike here. If you rent a shitty bike for 3 months it'll cost you the price of buying a passable road bike. Go up a bit more and you could have a pretty nice one, fixed or geared.
When you get here I'll take you to Gira Gira and the two half-decent Kyoto shops straight away and when you've recovered from all the bike porn (and shock at the prices) you might have some idea.