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Video: Cycle touring in Japan - taking the scenic route to explore Land of the Rising SunJuliet in Japan Charge Bikes Vimeo Still

Video: Cycle touring in Japan - taking the scenic route to explore Land of the Rising Sun

Juliet Elliot and Dave Noakes head out East with Charge Bikes
by Simon_MacMichael
Tue, Oct 07, 2014 11:23
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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.

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Juliet Elliot
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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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thebongolian | 10 years ago
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Awesome. Japan is such a great place to cycle tour. So wanna go back

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Chuck | 10 years ago
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Looks ace.

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andyp | 10 years ago
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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm sensing a strong smell of sour grapes in these comments.

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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So it is that Juliet then, why has there never been a follow up on the Trek? 26

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dave noakes replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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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/ 1

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aslongasicycle | 10 years ago
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It is the smashing Juliet what created Coven and has lots of tats and is nice and its great she won a Trek.

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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This is the Juliet that won the custom Trek that has never been heard of again?

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dave noakes replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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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)

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Ham-planet replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Gkam84 wrote:

This is the Juliet that won the custom Trek that has never been heard of again?

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?

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dave noakes replied to Ham-planet | 10 years ago
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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/

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themartincox | 10 years ago
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That looks like a cracking tour!

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