Makiko joins me and we talk about going to a wedding in Ebisu, shopping for camping gear in Shinjuku and going to a natsu matsuri (outdoor summer festival) in Nakameguro.

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Tags: NFTOS, Panic Living, Ikusabata Staion, Mitake, Tokyo, T-shirt of the day, Tanzawa san, wedding, Ebisu, shopping, camping gear, Shinjuku, natsumatsuri, Nakameguro

 

We're already well into the Vuelta, but with Hans moving a time zone earlier and me going on vacation, well, circumstances have not allowed for us to combine for a show. This one was an ill-prepared now or never kinda thing. Here it is for what it's worth.

Photo by Andrew.

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Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Vuelta a España, Worlds

This podcast is about hiking in Japan. More details will follow (I hope), so stay tuned.

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Tags: NFTOS, Japan, hiking, Tanzawa-san

 

Photo: Sumo wrestler mounted on 'Ordinary' highwheeler bicycle.

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*(Until we come up with a better title for it)

Links and show notes coming soon.

Photo: Tea on the Super Hitachi train to Tokyo by Ady.

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Tags: NFTOS, Ady san, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Pune, India, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Bicicleteiros podcast #83, Tour de France podcast #2, recapping stage 9.

We didn't expect such a long gap between Tour podcasts, but here we are ten days in with two clear race favorites in Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.

Photo: Orange t-shirt and Heinneken in honor of the defeated Dutch World Cup football squad.

Tags: NFTOS, bicicleteiros, Tour de France, Bicicleteiros, Hans, Rob, Jorge, El Gringo, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Sanchez, LL, Samuel, Lance, Levi, Basso, Cadel, samurai, Pernod, Greyhound

(Bicicleteiros podcast #82) This is our Tour de France overview, plus color commentary of the Prologue & Stage 1.  Hans and Rob discuss their picks for the overall (yellow jersey), best sprinter (green jersey), best climber (polka-dot jersey) and best under-25 (white jersey).

We also discuss strategies for playing Versus.com Fantasy Cycling and RouleurDerby.com.

Amazingly, no doping is discussed! (The odd wisecrack doesn't count as 'discussion'.)

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, fantasy cycling, versus.com, rouleurderby.com, le tour, TdF, Petacchi, Cavendish, Freire, Thor Hushovd, Cancellara, Belgium, Holland, Netherlands, time trial, sprint, dog, crash, Boonen, Gilbert, Haussler, Contador, Ivanov, Iglinsky, Bookwalter, Geraint Thomas, Chris Horner, Vinokurov

*Slightly edited version of the recent "Tokyo Panic Living #89: A Wild Bikini" upload which has been deleted.

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Tags: NFTOS, Tokyo, Panic Living, T-Shirt of the Day, poem, poetry, cowboy poetry, Japan

DISCLAIMER: None of this means anything.  It's almost 2:00 a.m. in Japan, and nobody believes Floyd Landis's late night e-mails, so why should you believe us?

FIFA WORLD CUP:
That took too bloody long!  USA advance to round two at the top of their group!

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