Re: [RBW] Re: Rinko (and other tips on traveling Japan by trains)

[Jay Lonner]

Thanks for the writeup Takashi. It’s impressive that you can break your Homer down in 18 minutes! It looks like you use downtube shifters, which would certainly simplify things. I like the liberal use of John’s Irish straps, especially to keep the headset bearings in place. Also, another vote for the Ezy-Superior pedals — my wife and I have them on our Bikes Friday. Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA Sent from my Atari 400 On Oct 16, 2025, at 4:13 AM, Takashi <lachrymae...@gmail.com> wrote: I forgot to say in my first post that it took me 18 minutes to disassemble and pack my Homer as pictured. For everyone planning to visit Japan, I suggest you to check Yamato Transport's website. Carrying a heavy bike AND heavy baggages is a hard work, and some of Yamato's services may be useful. https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ytc/en/send/services/ Scroll down to find various services. I use "Sales Office Pickup Service" often because it's useful when I plan to camp. Takashi 2025年10月16日木曜日 20:10:41 UTC+9 Takashi: Bill, that's a good investment for sure. 3 of 4 bikes I own have Ezy-Superior pedals. Tim, it must have been a wonderful tour! I've toured in Shikoku but not Kyushu. Are you planning to post your tour report somewhere? I'd love to see photos. Takashi 2025年10月15日水曜日 12:24:35 UTC+9 Tim Wood: Nice Takashi, your Rinko setup is tidy.  I just returned from a 2 week bike tour of Japan and I’m in love. Such an amazing place to ride a bike; beautiful scenery, paved roads everywhere, kind people, fair prices, and amazing food.  We tried to avoid big cities and focused our trip on Kyushu and Shikoku islands, but still did a fair bit of Rinko transits, but on quieter train routes and were able to get away with front wheel off, pedals on and seat lowered.  Flying in from Canada we had the logistical challenge of having a bag that worked for both plane and train travel. We thought about storing a bike box at narita airport for the duration of the trip but elected to just bag the whole way and it worked out. Here are two photos of the bike packed for train: (Tubus Tara protected the brakes and acted as a kick stand! It also allowed me to keep my fenders on.  I stored the Rinko in the saddle bag, it was quite bulky but necessary) I can’t wait to go back. My goal is to return every 2 years until I’ve seen it all. Shikoku was bike touring heaven in my opinion. Wow.  Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d81e080-3edc-4d48-961f-6bde08d91b56n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4F3EBF9A-3F3F-427A-9709-D5CBC012A6D2%40gmail.com.