Taiwan, Cycling, Expat life, Photography, Spicy Food
Location: Nantou/Yunlin/Chiayi Distance: 41km Elevation Gain: 800m The No. 149 road is interesting to riders for several reasons. For one it’s an excellent access point to some of the best roads in the country that we have covered in other posts in our series. The…
Here is the Youtube link. Alright, let’s have a quick chat about the Major Taylor International Riding Challenge in 2024. It took place in February, and I was part of it. It was an online event and the team I rode with communicated through Strava,…
In this review, I want to talk about owning and riding a Look 765. It’s a carbon frame. The model I have is from 2018. I’ve owned the bike for a little over a year and it came to me as kind of a surprise.…
If the video does not play here is the Youtube link. Click here! As for the Strava information here you go:
Location: Nantou Distance: 34km Elevation Gain: 1,600m Xitou and Shanlinxi or Sun Link Sea are both Forest Recreation Areas (FRA) but not National Forest Recreation Areas (NFRA) The two closest train stations would be Ershui if traveling from north Taiwan and Linnei if traveling from…
Location: Nantou Distance: 64km Elevation Gain: 2,300m For most of the Top 100 Climbs, the focus has been on those accessible by road bike, but there are several off-road routes that ascend over 2,000m which should be included. The Taiwan KOM (road bike) is covered…
Location: Taoyuan/Yilan Distance: 120km Elevation Gain: 1,700m In this post, we will look at the North Cross-Island Highway (Provincial Highway N0.7), which starts in Sanxia and finishes in Yilan. The main focus is the actual climb which is 64 kilometers and the entire ride accumulates…
Location: Yilan/Taichung Distance: 130km Elevation Gain: 3,500m This is one of the best rides in Taiwan because of the variety of scenery. Starting in Yilan at the 0km marker on the North Cross-Island Highway (Provincial Highway No. 7). There are actually 3 roads combined in…
Location: Nantou Distance: 70km Elevation Gain: 2,500m If you have found yourself with the opportunity to do this climb you are really in for a great experience. This road offers some superb scenery, the gradients are not knee-breaking insane, and given the number of switchbacks…
Location: Nantou Distance: 53km Elevation Gain: 2,700m Occupying our number 2 spot in this epic list of 100 hill climbs is the noteworthy Puli to Wuling climb. This climb registers as a rite of passage for many cyclists on the island. It starts at the…
In November of 2022, I got a call from an old friend, he had come across a Look 765 frameset and asked me if I was interested in it. I took one look at it and decided I wanted it. It took me a couple…
A lot going on here. Hard-coded subtitles, which were made with a script I found on GitHub – I will get the links later. This is the software to create a .srt file from spoken English or any other language. There are many errors, but…
Here is a 13-minute info video of trails galore in northern Taiwan. The specific location is Taoyuan County, Linkou/Gueishan area. Here is the Youtube link if the embedded video will not work for your device. As for the exact location here is the Strava link:…
Here is some more MTB footage. Enjoy~ Here is the Youtube Link.
Here is a five-minute MTB video. This is the Youtube link if the .webm won’t play on your device. Here is the GPX file if you are interested.
Here is a quick 7-minute video of the backdoor of Mt. Five Barrels of Booze. The embedded video is in .webm format and might not play on an iPhone or iPad device. You can click here for the Youtube video.
Here are over 200 photos from Changbin, Taiwan. These were taken during February 2022.
What a sweet ride today with Willy – the fella in the blurry photo. We checked out the race course in Zhongkeng, I got some video footage, check this video. Willy certainly has a skill-set that outweighs my basic abilities on the MTB – we…
Here is a quick five-minute video of some MTB riding in Luzhu, Taoyuan County. All of these trails can also be ridden on a gravel bike – so much fun!
That’s it, made it through another hot, humid, and long Taiwan summer.
Spent most of August in Nankan. Acquired a new MTB. Loving this bike.
A small child crashed hard. Her chin hit the asphalt and blood went everywhere. Her little bicycle became intertwined with her left leg and she was unable to get up. I saw this all happen from about 200 meters away as I rode towards the…
Life has been great these days. Cycling a lot in Nantou County. Spending time with my daughter in Taoyuan. The notable ride recently was a solid 154km slog to the end of 16 and then up to Sun Moon Lake. I didn’t have the best…
The project is complete. A lot of fun over the last couple of months. Very satisfied with the outcome. Perhaps in the spring, I will hunt down another bike to rebuild. This all took place during the summer of 2016 and fall of 2016 –…
Gawd, I need to do this more. Must write more, life details – I need a troll with a whip to torture me to do this, this thing.
Great weather. I got in a great month on the bike 75 hours/1500km. Overall fitness and honest fun level while riding are on the up and up! My left leg is not rotting, it is functioning – about 1 year since the DVT funk. It…
A few things to say about the end of 2020 – but for now I am just going dump a variety of photos on this post and return to write soon. Highlights – Tatajia bicycle hill climb, afternoons on my CX bike, time with daughter,…
This is where I will write about October 2020 – man I was busy. I spent most of my time this month either in the classroom, on the bike, with my family, and a bit of commuting between Wufeng and Taoyuan. The weather this month…
Already running strong into the fall semester of 2020 at my place of work. Life is moving along without any real fuss these days in Taiwan. Here is my recent photo dump from the last few weeks. A few outstanding events worth mentioning: My daughter…
I wrote this a couple years ago for an online lesson. Here is it on my blog – enjoy. Taiwan offers some of the best cycling in Asia. The network of roads that wind throughout the mountainous terrain is a hill climber’s dream come true.…