JEROBOAM JAPAN will be held in Miyagi Prefecture at the end of May as part of the Jeroboam Gravel Challenge all over the world.
The stage of JEROBOAM JAPAN is the northern part of Miyagi prefecture, which is one of the leading forest road areas in Tohoku. In Italy, JEROBOAM takes a route that goes around high mountains at an altitude approximately of 2000m above sea level while running through wineries and vineyards, and Miyagi was chosen because it runs through sake breweries and rice fields when replaced with Japan.
JEROBOAM JAPANは今年、世界中で行われるJEROBOAM グラベルチャレンジの一環として、5月の終わりに宮城県で開催される。
JEROBOAM JAPANの舞台は東北有数の林道エリアである宮城県北部。イタリアではワイナリーとブドウ畑を駆け抜けながら、標高2000mほどの高山も巡るルートをとるJEROBOAM、日本に置き換えると酒蔵と水田を駆け抜けるという事で宮城というフィールドが選ばれた。
A gravel challenge of 300km. There is much one whether “gravel has 300km” when I hear this, but, as for “the gravel challenge,” the whole line takes the route which put a gravel path and paths of pavement together not only a gravel path. The sudden up and the mountain bike which has suspension when a dangerous footing sets a route in many gravel only and is comprised of the light gear ratio are easy to run predominantly. A gravel challenge is a combination of pavement part and gravel, and the performance of the gravel bike will be shown. What use the drop bar which can take the positions more various than a flat bar may run more easily at run time to need from 10 hours to 20 hours.
300kmのグラベルチャレンジ。と聞くと「300kmもグラベルがあるのか」と思われる方が多いが、「グラベルチャレンジ」は全線が砂利道ではなく、砂利道と舗装路を組み合わせたルートをとる。急激な登りやガレ場が多い林道オンリーでルートを設定するとサスペンションを持ち軽いギヤ比で構成されるマウンテンバイクの方が圧倒的に走りやすい。グラベルチャレンジは舗装部分とグラベルの組み合わせでグラベルバイクの性能が発揮される事になる。10時間～20時間を要する走行時間はフラットバーよりも様々なポジションをとる事ができるドロップバーを使うのがよりラクに走る事ができるだろう。
The route will be announced to participants right in front of an event reception desk just before the event is accepted. Considering that the road may collapse during winter or when the snow melts, only the rough distance and the altitude obtained can be known as reference values
