Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 26

Temperature: minus 16 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).

He was wearing a pair of new Burton gloves. They were working well. The road was covered muddy fresh snow. It made very difficult to climb fast. The rear wheel spun several times at the steepest part of the climb as the studs didn’t reach the compacted snow beneath the thick fresh snow. The descent wasn’t easy neither. The muddy fresh snow took the wheels several times. It was difficult to manoeuvre the bike at high speeds.

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