Last weekend I went for a bike ride with my friend Tom. He was visiting from California, and as a keen cyclist wanted to get at least one good ride in while he was in Okinawa.

The problem with riding with Tom is that he is simply too fast. (Tom has ridden at 66 miles an hour while facing backwards on a recumbent tandem bicycle!) To give me a fighting chance, Tom started 40 kilometers away, riding my old heavy mountain bike. When he reached  my house I joined him on my road rocket and we did a 70 kilometer loop up to Nago City and back.

It was a great ride with fantastic weather, and we were both able to maintain a similar pace.  The joys of an unfair advantage.

Ready to start (after Tom's 40km warm up)