Tokyo by Bike: A 2025 Review of the 2.5-Hour Central Cycle Tour

Tokyo by Bike: A 2025 Review of the 2.5-Hour Central Cycle Tour I was, you know, a little on the fence about trying a bike tour in a city as huge as Tokyo. So, you kind of wonder if you can actually see anything meaningful in just two and a half hours, right? Honestly, I pictured a mad dash through traffic, but my experience was, in a way, the complete opposite. It’s pretty much the single best way I found to get a real feel for the city’s pulse without getting swallowed up by the subway system. As a matter …

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My 2025 Cycling the Parks Ride: A Detailed Review

My 2025 Cycling the Parks Ride: A Detailed Review You know, for months I’d been looking at the webpage for ‘Cycling the parks, ride through the ages’, sort of wondering if it was for me. The idea, frankly, seemed a little grand; a multi-day bike tour that supposedly lets you pedal through different historical periods. At the end of the day, I’m just a person who really likes riding my bike on weekends, not some super-athlete. Still, something about it stuck with me, I mean, the pictures on their site were just filled with scenes of green open spaces and …

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