Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 150

Temperature: minus 20 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen) and minus 23 degrees Celsius in the katabatic valley.

It didn’t snow for two days. The road was covered with a hard ice. So you could climb with minimal power. The radiative cooling wasn’t so strong this day as the mountains were covered with clouds. He did the interval training at the summit. The descent was fast. 50-60km/h at the corners and 65-75km/h in the straight.

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