With less than a month to go I have started clearing out my apartment. Today I found some photos that I had forgotten about. This time last year we went on our first cycle tour around the Hakusan area of Ishikawa. We only had one pannier between the two of us but I still managed to fit in a disposable camera and the resulting photos are what I came across today.
We spent a week cycling around the Japanese Alps for golden week. We left Kanazawa with each bike weighing about 10 kg lighter than what we plan to carry when we are in Mongolia. We still hadn’t gathered all the equipment we needed to assure us that we could tackle most scenarios we may encounter in Mongolia or Russia. However we were ready for Japan, even if it did feel a bit excessive to be carrying around 10 litres of water as we passed more vending machines than people!
The mighty chariots fully loaded. Read More
Crank and Cog 