Despite a couple days worth of less than stellar weather, those being defined as not sunny and below 20 C, this week was a good one. 3 days of bike commuting to school, 1 day of 2 different bike rides, a day of shopping in Taipei for a new bike and all topped with miserably [...]
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I went hunting Saturday. Hunting for, yet another, bike. I got a little bit smarter in looking around this time and visited the biggest display of bicycles available in Taiwan via the 2010 Taipei International Cycle Show. If you haven’t been to a real bike show before, wow is all that I can really say. [...]
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More school, more riding metro while I decide to convert my Giant SCR to a flat bar or buy yet another bike and eating sweets at the Taipei Bakery Show. Finally, after nearly a year, Peichi went on another bike ride with me. This time down the hill to the Bali-Danshui bike paths before chugging [...]
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Has anyone noticed how wet and cold northern Taiwan has been this year? I’m getting tired of it and I’m thinking that the next time we move, it’s towards the south. Maybe Fengyuan or Kaohsiung. Any thoughts as to what’s better for school, food, things to do and most importantly, roads to bike?
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A friend is looking for day trip ideas in Northern Taiwan. These were the first to come to mind that were reasonable based upon public transportation from Linkou-林口. I figured I’d share them and see what else you might think of to add. Please leave a comment with your suggestions. Danshui at north end of [...]
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