Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 100

Temperature: minus 12 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).

A cold air mass was covering Hokkaido. The temperature was going down. It was snowing hard at the beginning of the training. But the snowfall became lighter during the training. He repeated the interval training at the summit. The descent was more technical than usual. The snow on the road was really muddy. He could barely ride at 40km/h because of the muddy snow.

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