点评:As keen cyclists, from Cape Town South Africa, we explored options to do bikepacking in Japan in Autum 2023. We looked at various options and eventually made contact with Tim Smith owner of GS Astuto. He has been living and cycling in Japan for many years and know the available biking routes very well. He design and bulit great bike wheelsets and a fantastic Tintinium frameset the Ramax designed for bikepacking.
He suggested doing the Nakasendo Kaido 500 trail. This means literally means “ Central Mountain Route “ representing the old postal route between Tokyo and Kyoto the new and old capitals of Japan. We keenly embraced this proposal and after reaching Annaka town the base of GS Astuto where we received a warm welcome from Tim and his wife Naoko, we overnight at their comfortable GS Astuto Riders house . The next morning we embarked with our well equiped Ramax rental bikes ,fitted to our comfort the day before.
The next 6 days of cycling over 540km with 5600 meter ascend was one big amazing adventure that took us through rural Japan. We enjoyed fantastic scenic cycle routes passing through beautiful old postal towns and had a great experience of Japan on ground level ,staying every night in comfortable hotels. Our guides Tim, Roberto and Thiago did a fantastic job with their local knowledge , technical support and language skills. They expertly guided us to the front door of our hotel in Kyoto.
We were extremely impressed with their skill, knowledge and friendliness. We can strongly, without reservation recommend this trip and GS Astuto in general for bespoke affordable cycling trips in Japan ranging from bike rental to supported rides.
翻译:作为来自南非开普敦的热衷自行车爱好者,我们探索了 2023 年秋季在日本进行自行车打包的选择。我们考虑了各种选择,最终与 GS Astuto 的所有者 Tim Smith 取得了联系。他在日本生活和骑自行车多年,非常了解可用的自行车路线。他设计并制造了出色的自行车轮组和 Ramax 专为自行车包装设计的出色 Tintinium 车架组。
他建议进行中山道街道 500 步道。字面意思是“中央山路”,代表日本新都和旧都东京和京都之间的旧邮政路线。我们热切地接受了这个提议,到达 GS Astuto 基地安中镇后,我们受到了 Tim 和他的妻子 Naoko 的热烈欢迎,我们在他们舒适的 GS Astuto Riders 之家过夜。第二天早上,我们带着装备精良的 Ramax 租赁自行车出发了,这些自行车在前一天就已经适合我们的舒适度了。
接下来的 6 天,我们骑行了 540 公里,爬升了 5600 米,这是一次穿越日本乡村的奇妙冒险。我们享受了风景优美的自行车道,穿过美丽的古老邮政城镇,并在地面上体验了日本的美好时光,每晚都住在舒适的酒店。我们的导游蒂姆、罗伯托和蒂亚戈凭借他们的当地知识、技术支持和语言技能做得非常出色。他们专业地引导我们到京都酒店的前门。
他们的技能、知识和友善给我们留下了深刻的印象。我们可以毫无保留地强烈推荐这次旅行和 GS Astuto,以提供在日本定制的经济实惠的自行车旅行,从自行车租赁到支持的骑行。