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: > > > [image: IMG_6026.jpeg] > > > [image: IMG_6024.jpeg] > (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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4888a2da-5510-4ec4-b412-ed220ae7a881n%40googlegroups.com.
