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Saturday morning at 7 AM, I went biking with the local Linkou Giant shop riders from Linkou to a little above the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The weather was cool, but no rain dripped on us as we shakily started off down 108 to Guandou Bridge.
After crossing over Guandou Bridge between Bali, Wugu [...]
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Crazy biking Michael strikes again!
This time it’s Linkou-林口 to Taichung-台中 or bust. Actually flat, a mostly flat 152 kilometers with 950 meters of climbing last Friday.
This ride was kept very straightforward as it was considered a personal challenge to see if I could ride that long and that far. After 6 hours and 43 [...]
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I went out for casual ride today, figuring I’d go along a new road and retry 108. By the end of the ride, I had some new lessons and thoughts to keep in mind..
Going through Taipingling-太平嶺 is a cool ride. The place magically reminds me of being in the Mediterranean.
If an interested, unplanned path [...]
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It seems the weather recently has kept the normal Giant group riders home, except me. As more than one person I know has said about me, I must be crazy to ride so much. Hey, I haven’t ridden today, yet…
This Sunday afternoon, Scandia and I found ourselves going our own way down to Bali [...]
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Sunday afternoon found me riding on yet another Linkou-林口 Giant shop group ride. This time, towards Dayuan-大圓 to the airport overlook coffee shop. As we wanted to avoid the afternoon typhoon rains, we’d be making haste for the expected 40 kilometer trip. Making this one of the faster group rides I’ve been on yet, [...]
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