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Splitters are still on my bike, no complaints. It worked perfectly when I packed my bike in a hard case for my last trip to Japan. Used them with DA R9270 though, not with SRAM.
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Amazing stuff.
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I've done the route from Tokyo north on this map. You can find my story here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/338639/
Hope it helps.
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You'll be fine in most of Japan. However, a lot of urban areas don't allow street parking for bikes. You'll have to park your bike in underground storage most of the time.
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I feel you. I'm quite autistic so I planned my trip down to every inch, you can find my whole planning here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wtDcHmi43XSAugZT3RIPmiASLFK4fHoO94D8B1pugeU/edit?usp=sharing
It includes all the routes, KMs/HMs every day and all the places we stayed in. Also has some sightseeing spots for every location in the 4th page. It is in Dutch though.
Hope this helps!
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The RWG gradients are very misleading, most of the extreme inclines are somehow measured on the hills above the tunnels you'll be cycling through. The worst climb was around 14% and a few around 10% or 11%, had a 44 chainring with 10-46 cassette and never had to walk. This was my load out (second picture, bicycle on the right): https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9bOqhlJ7u/
Yeah, everything was pre-booked since we were there in May which is holiday season for Japanese people. Mainly stayed in hotels and Ryokans, if you want I can send a list of all the places we stayed?
Can't recommend this route enough.
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I did this from Tokyo:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/338639/
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28897252
Highly recommend the complete route and took a Shinkansen back to Tokyo. And the North will be a lot less hot. If you need any more info, just let me know.
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No I (clear) anodized them. Since it's a track bike it's only going to stay inside.
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The right one is after a week in a caustic soda bath, completely saturated the water. The left after some light sanding:
This is what they looked like after a day of polishing:
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@Sig_Arlecchino, thanks! It's a weird geometry, you can find a drawing here. Basically an aggressive road geo with a 74º head tube and 73,5º (effective) seat tube, but it looks slacker because of the bent seat tube. The bent seat tube gave me super short 385mm chain stays with ±38mm tyre clearance, these tyres measure 36mm. The top tube has a heavy slope for a shorter tube. Total build is 7,0kg.
@mig, that's right! I learned to drive in that right-hand drive series 1. The forward control is a left-hand drive 2A 109. The 2a FC is pretty common in the UK, but only 25 were built left-hand drive and this is one of them. Both that white 2a in front of it and the FC have been through most of Europe.
@Tijs sorry for hijacking your thread.
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