Bob, I had similar experiences in Tokyo last summer. Everyone was so nice and respectful to each other. Not the bay area experience I'm familiar with. Due to a lack of bike lanes downtown, many rode on sidewalks. I think they all rode step through because they were constantly putting their feet down. They also rode with their seats very low I assumed for that same reason. Still it made me want to run around Tokyo with an Allen head raising everyone's seat! I thought it would be a great place for a smaller wheeled bike like a Brompton for the manueverability. I never understood the Tokyo Bike minivelo but now I do.
If you get to Tokyo, go to Blue Lug Hadagaya. What a great bike shop! Been meaning to share my photos from there but it's been a rough semester. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.