Inokashira Park Ride
February 10, 2008 · Print This Article
As always, I only came up with the idea to ride to Inokashira Park just minutes before I left the house of my Trek 7.3 FX. It is definitely better to leave with a destination already in mind. The few times I’ve not had any particular destination I was riding too turned out to be unsatisfying rides for the most part. So before leaving I used the Bikely maps website and scouted a route. Basically it was just two roads to get there, nice and simple. The roads were small and medium small sized, which are pretty much the best sizes for quickly getting to places in Tokyo. When there were red lights, I could usually just roll through them.
…The second of the two roads was lined with many up-market care dealerships like Porsche, Alpha Romeo and Audi which made for some decent sightseeing for a car fan like myself. Even saw a sweet yellow Lamborghini Diablo, one of my top ten favorite cars.
…You can’t really ride fast at all, but they are good enough for one to gently roll and take in the scenery without having to worry about running someone over constantly. … I stopped and checked out one j-dude’s pen and ink paintings, as I myself just bought pen and ink supplies yesterday! … They were good, and I could use it also to study technique. Hmm, should have bought one, the dude was pretty cool.
…After riding around the ponds, I returned to a sunny area on the northern edge of the pond. I sat on the fence and look through half-opened eyes as the golden sunlight reflecting off the pond and through the trees. … And a trio of noisy obasans, the loudest of which was puffing away and drinking beer from an open can.
…I couldn’t take much more, so I said farewell to the pond and the ducks and enjoyed the moments on the ride home I was able to ride with the wind, flying down streets fast enough that cars didn’t pass me for good stretches of time.
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