tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post2327590031621086438..comments2023-10-19T01:13:47.983+09:00Comments on Tokyo By Bike : Cycling in Tokyo and around Japan: Bicycle Registration Checks on the Rise?Byron Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827875619267980053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-43821385466601285482011-01-08T13:34:21.779+09:002011-01-08T13:34:21.779+09:00I've been stopped many times, few years ago. R...I've been stopped many times, few years ago. Recently not much. I used to be stopped by night when I was riding a cheap mamachari but now I ride a fixed bike and nobody stops me just to check my ID. I believe it depends where you ride the bike (being foreigner, riding by night with no lights can help to be stopped) and which kind of bike you ride. Around Ikebukuro or popular areas it's very easy to be stopped. In Aoyama never happened to me. Same for parking: you can park everywhere in Aoyama but it's very difficult to find a place in Ikebukuro because it seems all the spots are no-parking and if you park in the morning 100% your bike won't be there in the evening.<br /><br />A few months ago I was stopped by police in Ikebukuro because I didn't have a rear break (for fixed bikes is perfectly common and legal all over the world except Japan, I didn't know it). I was stopped and asked many question, treated like a serial killer and I was told I did something very bad and serious. I had to go to trial a month later. In the court I explained my reasons and I didn't have to pay the fee (up to 50,000 Yen) but I was forced to place the break again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358132498777342089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-19007922047048651582010-11-19T22:05:07.672+09:002010-11-19T22:05:07.672+09:00I'm an american in tokyo and I've never be...I'm an american in tokyo and I've never been stopped or given any trouble, but the other day an american friend of mine was told he couldn't park his bike next to the station. There were already some 30 bicycles parked there, and we park in that same spot every day. We asked him why, and couldn't he see the bikes already there? He grumbled and said he'd let my friend off just for once. Rather odd. Generally tho, officers are helpful and reasonable, not getting upset over harmless infractions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908862550124310479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-51562053072157595712010-11-19T16:11:52.302+09:002010-11-19T16:11:52.302+09:00I've never been stopped or a new or old bicycl...I've never been stopped or a new or old bicycle, or ones that were obviously not meant for my size. <br /><br />But had Dutch friend who got stopped once a week.LYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151314177737257861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-58043735225123649922010-11-19T12:27:49.179+09:002010-11-19T12:27:49.179+09:00When I had an old bike!
At any time stopped .. whe...When I had an old bike!<br />At any time stopped .. when I bought new bycicle .... sometimes ...<br />During the trip to Okinawa with my big bags ... no...no...and no...<br /><br />The public is something "old bycicle" lolEterno Nativohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464458343767590633noreply@blogger.com