Today’s pottering is started from Tsuchiura Station. the main stage is Mt. Tsukuba. Yes. hill climb!!

Tsuchiura station has a very nice cycling station for rider. it was free. I like it. I did not know that.  LOL.

 

 

Tsuchiura Station

 

Cycling station

 

 

There is a Tsukuba rinrin road from Tsuchiura. it used to be a train line. but now it is a cycling road. so that almost straiht line!!

 

Tsukuba Rinrin load

 

at Houjou

 

Houjo Ohike

 

Fudou touge

Hill climb start point

 

Hill climb goal point

 

Results:

28 minutes 30second…

Anyway, i enjoyed hill climb at Tsukuba!!

 

 

Tsukuba Station

 

 

Today’s DATA

 

From Tsuchiura Station to Mt.Tsukuba

 

Tsukuba hill climb at Fudou Path

https://www.strava.com/activities/643367858

 

From Mt.Tsukuba to Tsukuba Station

 

 

in Total,  44.46km ride!!

I had a great time.

Yabitsu Touge (mountaion pass)

Yabitsu pass is poplar place to climb with bike.

So, I try time trial here today!!  you know, This is fist my hill climb in my life.

 

 

Today’s pottering start point is  Hadano Station in Kanagawa prefecture. (8:55am)

 

 

Naganuki intersection (9:14am)

This is real start point to climb yabitsu pass for time trial.

 

Anyway, break time fist after taking a picture. There are many people who wearing cycle jersey at this seven-eleven.

Let’s go to time trial!!

It’s about 11km long and 761m high from here to top!!

 

 

 

LOL (10:07am)

Here is a first break point….

It was too hard to climb yabitsu pass.

Especially around here.

but I’m still under time trial 🙂

 

 

Second break point… LOL (10:37am)

Hill climb is harder than I expected…

but I’m still under time trial 🙂

 

 

GOOOOOOAL!!!!! (11:24am  I took a picture after some break time here… because my HP is almost zero…)

At last, I got the Yabitsu PASS!!

My time is …. 1:26:54 with 2 stop.

It’s toooo late. hahahah…

LOL

 

Hill Climb  Results:

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/565767865

 

Well,  I wanna go to lake near here.

I don’t go back. but go straight. (go to ura yabitsu)

This is down hill from here.

I feel very cold when down hill. too much speed and wind.

but FUN!! down hill is kind of bonus stage.

yay. very interesting!!!!

 

There are some nice place at Ura Yabitsu below:

 

 

Lunch time!!!!!

Sansai Templa Soba.

Oishiiii. (It was nice!!)

 

OKay, I’m enough.

Let’s go back to statin from now on.

(2:34pm)

 

 

By the way, where is the station….

Garmin Edge520J’s navi works fine. It’s very nice. I did not lost!!

 

 

Onsen!! (Hot spring!!)

 

beer!!

 

Let’s go back home with train at Tsurumaki-Onsen statison. (6:17pm)

 

Down Hill Results:

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/565891212

 

 

[Today’s Pottering DATA]

Hill Climb: 11.65km

Down Hill: 42.32km

Total: 53.97km