Bike videos full of death defying stunts are all well and good, but it’s refreshing to see one that is just about the simple pleasure of riding a bike to explore somewhere new, and that’s exactly what you get in this short film from Charge Bikes that follows Juliet Elliot and Dave Noakes as they tour Japan on holiday.
Riding Charge Plug bikes, the couple mix camping with hotels for their overnight accommodation on their trip, and seem to be loving every minute, Mount Fuji providing a spectacular backdrop at one point, and taking in a track meet in Tokyo too.
Juliet in Japan from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.
Elliot, a former professional snowboarder and model and now sponsored by Charge, Vans and Met, has provided some hints and tips on cycle touring in Japan on her Bikes N’ Stuff blog.
As well as being the founder and editor of Coven Magazine, she also blogs for Brooks, where her latest post recounts how the use of a “lucky cap” led to a Sunday ride across Dartmoor – it will be the last one for a while, since she and Noakes relocated to Italy at the start of this month.
11 thoughts on “Video: Cycle touring in Japan – taking the scenic route to explore Land of the Rising Sun”
That looks like a cracking
That looks like a cracking tour!
This is the Juliet that won
This is the Juliet that won the custom Trek that has never been heard of again?
It is Juliet that won the
It is Juliet that won the Trek, it’s dead nice in the flesh!!
PS everyone spells her name wrong…it’s Juliet Elliott (double TT)
Gkam84 wrote:This is the
Was it a condition of accepting the prize that she stay in touch with you? What gave you the expectation that the winner need be heard of again?
Here is a write up of the
Here is a write up of the comp and a photo of the winning bike, plus a comment form Juliet.
http://ride-everything.com/2014/10/14/juliet-elliotts-trek-domane-wsd/
It is the smashing Juliet
It is the smashing Juliet what created Coven and has lots of tats and is nice and its great she won a Trek.
So it is that Juliet then,
So it is that Juliet then, why has there never been a follow up on the Trek? :B
I also think there should
I also think there should have been a follow up on the Trek, here is a link to a couple of shots of her riding it looking dead happy instead http://ride-everything.com/2014/10/07/from-hills-to-mountains/ 🙂
I don’t know about anyone
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m sensing a strong smell of sour grapes in these comments.
Looks ace.
Looks ace.
Awesome. Japan is such a
Awesome. Japan is such a great place to cycle tour. So wanna go back