Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Kamifurano

Temperature: minus 6 degrees Celsius in Kamifurano.

Winds were extremely strong. From time to time, the visibility went down considerably because of ground blizzard. After doing the interval training on a small hill, he headed for the Senbo Pass. However, there was absolutely no visibility on the road leading to the summit, you couldn’t see even 3m ahead. He renounced to climb the Senbo Pass because it would be too dangerous as he wouldn’t be recognised by automobilists.

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