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<\/p>\nEarlier this week, work has taken me back to Sasebo in the southern part of Japan.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be here for about a month and change.\u00a0 I had debated about shipping\/bringing one of my own bikes over here for the duration but between the cost and hassle, I decided to take my chances with getting a rental.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking I maybe should have went with shipping one of my own bikes over as the pickings were slim at the rental place.<\/p>\n
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The steed for this trip is a total Throw \u201cWay The Hell\u201d Back rig complete with canti-brakes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Brakes is a bit of an optimistic term in this case, slowers is more appropriate.\u00a0 On the plus side, I\u2019ll soon have hands that can grip like a bear trap and I should not\u00a0be accused of skidding up the trails around here.<\/p>\n
The weather guessers were calling for a typhoon to come through the area the following day so getting a ride in before that was a priority.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The outdoor adventure center were I rented the bike is more centered on scuba and deep sea fishing than biking so I had to spend quite a bit of time get the bike setup and tuned before heading off for the late afternoon ride.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m fairly certain that the clipless pedal I put on the bike doubles its value.<\/p>\n When I started out from my hotel room, a nearby thermometer read 90 degrees with the humidity being around 85%.\u00a0 I was sweating and I was barely moving.\u00a0\u00a0 The climb up Mount Yumihari is on narrow paved roads.\u00a0\u00a0The plan was to take the pavement up and a couple of different trails down and then back into town.<\/p>\n The climb is fairly steep and it was good workout.\u00a0\u00a0 I have done this climb numerous times so I knew what to expect which helped with the climb but I was still getting worked. Once I got to the top I realized that all the pre-ride tinkering had eaten up my daylight margin.\u00a0\u00a0 I was pretty certain that taking the trails back down would end up being a night ride.\u00a0\u00a0 A night ride I was not really prepared for.\u00a0 So I went with\u00a0plan\u00a0B and enjoyed the views from the top for a leisurely bit before taking the roads back down the mountain.\u00a0 This should help with the jet lag.\u00a0\u00a0 This is not my first time MTBing in Sasebo so you\u00a0can find other Sasebo related blog posts here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"IMG_5191\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_5191.jpg\")
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