In order to protect their lead, Teshima and Aoyagi challenge Sakamichi and his friends. Their solid teamwork and clever strategy puts the first years in a predicament...

After his meeting with Manami, Sakamichi's desire to participate in the Inter-high heightens. In order to participate, Sakamichi realizes he must first ride 1,000 kilometers at camp and begins desperately pedaling alongside Inter-high hopefuls Imaizumi and Naruko. However, second years Teshima and Aoyagi had been implementing a certain strategy against the first years...!

The third day of camp. While riding alone early in the morning, Sakamichi is reunited with Manami, the boy he met on the first day of camp. Sakamichi makes a proposal to Manami, but...

With the welcoming race over and Sakamichi's potential as a climber discovered, he is told to train with Makishima...

Encouraged by Naruko, determined to become the King of the Mountain in Minegayama, Sakamichi raises his cadence as high as possible to catch Imaizumi.

Sakamichi finally catches up to Imaizumi and Naruko. Sakamichi's surprising growth and earnest feelings ignite their own fighting spirits!

Sakamichi acquires the road racer from the van Miki is riding. Despite it being his first time riding a road racer, Sakamichi rides smoothly and surprises everyone.

The first years' welcoming race begins. Sakamichi is excited to race with Imaizumi and Naruko again, but...

The day after riding his bike around Akiba with Naruko, Sakamichi encounters Naruko again at his high school's store. Naruko encourages Sakamichi to join the bicycle racing club with him, but Sakamichi is still unable to abandon the anime club. However, when Sakamichi observes the bicycle racing club training after school at Naruko's invitation, he experiences a desire to test his own abilities.

With the rear gate slope race over, the distance between Imaizumi and Sakamichi closes a little. When Sakamichi goes to Akiba on his mommy bike to buy anime goods, he encounters Naruko Shoukichi, a boy with a Kansai accent riding a bike. Naruko becomes enraged when a car throws a cigarette butt at Sakamichi's mommy bike, and the two begin chasing after the car on their bicycles!

Sakamichi and Imaizumi's rare gate slope bicycle race has finally begun. Sakamichi pedals as hard as he can so Imaizumi will join the anime club, but is quickly passed by Imaizumi despite his late start. Miki catches up to the disappointed Sakamichi in Toji's car and adjusts his saddle, and Sakamichi resumes the race. Through his desperate efforts, Sakamichi finally catches up to Imaizumi, but...

Imaizumi witnesses Sakamichi climbing the high school's steep rear gate slope on his mommy bike while singing. In order to test his strength, Imaizumi challenges Sakamichi to a bicycle race. Sakamichi is surprised, but hearing Imaizumi's offer to join the anime club if he loses, Sakamichi accepts the challenge. Kanzaki Miki and her friends hear about the race and look on as Sakamichi and Imaizumi's rear gate slope bicycle race begins!