Bike and Bullet Test Rides
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Loading ...Last week my bike has arrived at the local bike shop, Iwai Sport Cycle, where they’re helping me with my bike set up. I was looking forward to this day for so long, and I finally got to test ride.
AUTHOR was kind enough to be my bike sponsor, and I will be riding one of their cyclocross bikes. The geometry is supposed to be quite comfortable for long rides. With some experienced riders’ advice, I picked the aluminum model so it absorbs more shock from my long, bumpy rides, over the lighter, stiffer carbon fiber models.
As I wrote in my first blog post, I am new to long rides. I hope I’ll get used to it quickly, but like anything new, some pain here and there will be inevitable…
To set my fear and pain aside, I am having this bike go through a fun transformation, which should be done in about a week. Let’s look forward to the result. 
Speaking of test rides, I had the rare opportunity to test ride the brand spanking new N700 shinkansen (bullet train) on Sunday. Its real operation in Kyushu will start on the 12th of March, 2011. This shinkansen line is the last of the bullet train projects to be completed in Japan, which makes traveling in Japan even easier and faster.
As opposed to such bullet-like speed, and despite my new bike, my ride will probably be about 1/20 of the speed of shinkansen.
The good news is, I will not be in such a hurry.
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