If a rider hasn’t got transport in the form of a car or van using the train is an excellent way to travel around Taiwan with a bike. The system isn’t perfect and it can involve a learning process to understand how Taiwan Railway Administration…
Here is the MP3. This is a rather smooth mix. Notable in this mix: Constant Smiles – if you dig Ruby Huant this band is worth checking out, the New Constellations song – reckon the album will be nice, and man, that 1985 tune by…
Location: Pingtung Distance: 28km Elevation Gain: 1.300m For people living in the Kaohsiung/Pingtung area, one of the most iconic rides is to Wutai Village in Pingtung. As an area that gets a lot of tourist traffic, it’s definitely the best-surfaced road in a mountain area.…
Location: Kaohsiung Distance: 29km Elevation Gain: 2,000m Xiaoguan Mt. was, and to some extent, still is one of the best MTB routes in Kaohsiung. Located in Baolai Village, Kaohsiung it’s not so easy to access without your own transport. I was denied access to the…
Location: Nantou Distance: 55km Elevation Gain: 2,700m A 50km ride to a lake at 3,000m is the highest off-road route in Taiwan. By far the most remote and difficult to access of the Top 100 climbs by bicycle has to be the Danda Forest Road.…
Location: Taichung Distance: 14km Elevation Gain: 600m If you have spent any time cycling in Taichung, no doubt you have ridden 136. It is a heart-in-mouth experience, a true litmus test of fitness, and indeed one of the most popular climbs in Taichung. This 14.5km…
Here is the mix. I will get the song list up in a day or two. This mix works, I am trying a few new things, but the staple emo, shoegaze, and indie sounds are still predominant throughout the mix.
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: Chiayi City/Chiayi County Distance: 97km Elevation Gain: 2,800m Provincial Highway No. 18 (also known as ‘The New Central Cross-Island Highway or the Alishan Road’ starts at 0km in the center of Chiayi City – 10 to 15mins. ride from the train station. After the…
Location: Tainan & Kaohsiung Distance: 140km Elevation Gain: 3,000m There are four Cross-Island Highways in Taiwan, three of which traverse the island from west to east, the fourth, ‘the New Central Cross-Island Highway, is a north-to-south traverse that skirts the Central Mountain Range. Of the…
Location: Nantou Distance: 58km Elevation Gain: 1,800m The Nantou No. 89, also known as the Li Sying Industrial Road, is arguably one of the toughest rides for a road bike in Taiwan. It has gained prominence in recent years because of its inclusion in the…
Location: Taitung Distance: 54km Elevation Gain: 2,500m There are four Cross-Island Highways in Taiwan, three of which traverse the island from west to east, the fourth, ‘the New Central Cross-Island Highway, is a north-to-south traverse that skirts the Central Mountain Range. Of the four it…
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…
Location: Hualien Distance: 90km Elevation Gain: 3,500m Mission Statement: It is well known among mountaineers in Taiwan that the country has some 270 peaks over 3,000m, making it one of the highest concentrations of 3,000m peaks in the world. Of these, 100 were selected as…
The Sense – A Moment on Earth I had this punk rock girlfriend.She would burn roses and throwthem into the Atlantic Ocean.Every scar, every broken boneshe said – is only a note of a song.I wasn’t in love with her.We only ate each other on…
Here is the mix. Ok – the song list is online. Looks like the Blondshell song made it onto the mix twice! Opps…oh, well – it is a good song, so no worries. Solid mix this month – various genres covered I feel. I will…
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15-13 15-13 Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note…
15-10 15-10 Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note…
15-7 15-7 Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note…
15-4 15-4 Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note…
15-1 15-1 Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note…
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…
Here is the January 2023 Mix. A longer one to start off the year. Lots of lightweight rock and roll in this mix. Art by Aleksandra Waliszewska. I will revisit this after a few listens and drop my thoughts near the middle of the month.…
Even now I can still remember waking up and feeling like I was supposed to be the agent of change in the place I was trying my best not to change. Redline County had simply become too simple, the rules were set: 1. You rode…
Here are my Friday creations. More words to come in good time. In a nutshell, I usually upload a fun photo I create on Friday afternoon to my Facebook timeline. Almost a year’s worth of images in this gallery. I will try to continue to…
Wow, what a mix this month. This mix can be downloaded here! Nice flow this month. Perhaps I will comment on this one later in the month. Digging the dragon image, it is a photo I took during a cool night near the end of…
You can download the mix here. This one is 64 minutes, with many short songs. I think The Big Moon and Blood Cultures really caught my attention during the month of September. Here are the songs as they appear on the mix: The Big Moon…
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…
The Interrupters – Raised By Wolves The Orwells – Halloween All Year French Police – Danger Danger Her’s – What Once Was Death and Vanilla – A Flaw in the Iris Sugar For The Pill – Falling Back To You Surf Curse – Lost Honor…