NCC Archives - Two Wheel Cruise https://twowheelcruise.com/tag/ncc/ Cycling Videos and Travel by Bike Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:12:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://twowheelcruise.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo_transparent_large-32x32.png NCC Archives - Two Wheel Cruise https://twowheelcruise.com/tag/ncc/ 32 32 Inaugural Nagoya Halloween Night Ride https://twowheelcruise.com/cycling-country/cycling-japan/inaugural-nagoya-halloween-night-ride/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:04:32 +0000 https://twowheelcruise.com/?p=389 I posted on the Nagoya Cycling Club facebook group (a group that I created this year) asking if people were interested in doing a Halloween night ride around Nagoya. Halloween isn’t really big in Japan yet, and it was also a Monday night, so there wasn’t a lot of interest, but those that were interested... Read more »

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]]> I posted on the Nagoya Cycling Club facebook group (a group that I created this year) asking if people were interested in doing a Halloween night ride around Nagoya.

Halloween isn’t really big in Japan yet, and it was also a Monday night, so there wasn’t a lot of interest, but those that were interested went pretty all out with their costumes as you can see from the pictures.

Halloween Nagoya JR Towers Nagoya Cycling Club

We ended up riding for a little bit over an hour, going through some of the more popular areas of Nagoya, while receiving a bunch of strange looks. It was awesome!

Cruzina Halloween Ride Nagoya

This is Cruzina, the female version of Cruise who only comes out to play a couple times a year (mainly just Halloween).

Only the best of times with the Nagoya Cycling Club night ride crew!

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]]> Mt Ontake 御嶽山 – Ride up Active Volcano https://twowheelcruise.com/cycling-country/cycling-japan/mt-ontake-ride-active-volcano/ Mon, 16 May 2016 20:34:39 +0000 https://twowheelcruise.com/?p=437 Mt Ontake (御嶽山) is a famous active volcano in central Japan. It actually erupted suddenly a few years back, killing a large number of people, so there is still some risk in coming to this type of place. Despite this, it is still a popular destination for cyclists, hikers, and snowboarders. In fact, the peak... Read more »

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]]> Mt Ontake (御嶽山) is a famous active volcano in central Japan. It actually erupted suddenly a few years back, killing a large number of people, so there is still some risk in coming to this type of place.

Despite this, it is still a popular destination for cyclists, hikers, and snowboarders. In fact, the peak of the mountain was still snow capped when we went in mid-May, and there were quite a few snowboarders there trying to get in some last few runs of the season.

cycle up mt ontake snow capped

A couple members of the Nagoya Cycling Club decided to drive out together and tackle the hill climb on our road bikes. Left to right is Sean, Stu, Cruise, Max

nagoya cycling club ontake hill climb

Lots of nice views at the peak!

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