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August 17th, 2012 | categorizilation: all categories,Hokkaido (Japan),Japan,Post-2008

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About a month ago (July 31st), four chaps from Surly (the bicycle maker) visited Sapporo. They brought with them the hallowed new bike of theirs, the Krampus. I joined them along with a group from Sam’s Bike on a blat around some hills in Sapporo.

Thor getting air on the Surly Krampus 29+ in Sapporo, Japan

The guy above getting a lot of air on a bicycle with 29+ wheels (700c 50mm wide rims with 3.0 tyres) is Surly engineer Thor. It is nice that the Surly lot are bike nerds at heart.

The route for their visit in Sapporo was along a mountain bike trail which includes riding along a smooth-rock bottomed stream. This was at the Rarumanai Nature Park mountain bike trail near Sapporo (goo.gl/maps/LZQo4).

Tyler's non-stock Surly Krampus 29+ in Hokkaido, Japan

Tyler's non-stock Surly Krampus 29+ in Hokkaido, Japan

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Comment by Rooster — November 11, 2012 @ 9:01 pm | post a comment

Hey Rob, cool blog. Will check it out from to time!

Comment by Rob Thomson — November 12, 2012 @ 9:27 am | post a comment

Cheers Rooster!

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