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I can if she can – not despairing in Taipei

Brief update on the cycling in Taipei story. Managed to hire a bike from one of the cycle hire stations which are positioned along the linear riverside parks which have some of the most impressive...

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Can’t get your bikes to your cafe? Just copy the Tern social bike ride at...

Great ride out with the folding bike company Tern last night. Several photos to come when I have collated them, but I was delighted when the challenge of getting a third floor restaurant with 50...

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Well that was good!

Wonderful Taiwanese hospitality today with the family of Hsin-wen Chang, head of the Bike-Friendly Environment Planning Studio project at Chung Hua University in Hsin Chu, about 100km from Taipei. She...

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Cycling in Taipei 2013: a roundup of the “I Do Not Despair” experience

This post rounds up some of my experiences from a week in Taipei and it gives me the chance to bring together the thoughts of people I met and my own observations. I wrote about this a bit last year …...

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Folding bike – seats three

These diminutive machines are quite common on the streets of Taipei. I never actually saw one with the extra passenger on the back but I saw a few with a child in the front seat, unfortunately never...

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Learning to ride your bike at the park with Grandad. A rite of passage the...

Day 1 of my annual trip to Taipei needs a bike ride to reorient myself and clear the jet lag. But of all the sights, smells and sounds of the ride my memory is captured by a little girl and her …...

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Story of Taipei Week – the rise and rise of Youbike

End of a another Taipei Cycle Show week and a great kick off for the Velo-city conference for Taipei 2016. Lots of photos and contacts to talk about. But if there is a theme of the week it is the …...

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Velo-city Global: Taipei on the rise

A copy of an article I have just written for the ECF web site. Original article here with better formatting The Velo-city Global series of cycling conferences took a big step forward last Friday, 7th...

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Wet, steamy, green, welcoming. It must be the 2014 Taipei cycling experience

I managed to get out for three decent bike rides on this year’s visit to Taipei, however it was a very different experience to last year. The defining factor this year was water. The downpours which...

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Now our bikes have got an obesity problem. Fat bikes the trend at Taipei...

When I go to the big bike shows I try to have a wander round and see if there are any trends that catch my eye. After a while the sea of alloy and carbon can become overwhelming so the … Continue...

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I just want to keep riding

Today I leave for what is now the fourth of my annual trips to Taiwan for the Taipei Cycle Show. Added attractions this year are the Asian Cycling Forum, a big step on the road to our Velo-city 2016...

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Brilliant day’s cycling in Taiwan – brief report

There will be time for better edited, clearer photos. There will be more time for ride and route information. And there will be special thanks to my friends at the Formosa Lohas Cycling Association who...

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Taiwan touring day 2 – Taichung mountain circuit

I am assured that the three peaks of the mountain circuit from Taichung are the measure by which all local riders are judged, with the local clubs and pro-groups regularly thrashing round in a form of...

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All peace and tranquility from Taiwan

It has been a busy week. So time to relax. More reports coming soon.

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Eating and cycling combined in Taiwan – put it on your culinary bucket list

It is going to be very hard in the next few blog posts to not just turn this into”101 reasons why you should visit Taiwan in 2016.” We have our major international cycling conference there in March...

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Taiwan – Taipei and Taichung rides with the Formosa Lohas Cycling Association

I promised I would flesh out my two earlier posts about riding in Taiwan with a bit more of the story of the rides. This was a special opportunity for me because despite this being my fourth trip to...

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Nanyuan, Taiwan – harmony and relaxation in a misty mountain setting

Catching up on the last details of my March trip to Taiwan here is a gallery of photographs from the One Resort, an amazing complex set high in the hills above Hsinchu, a city about 30 minutes travel...

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2015 – favourite photos of the year

Several of the bloggers I follow are summarising their year with a few of their favourite or most viewed posts. I thought I would do something a little simpler by picking out some of my favourite...

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Taipei’s cycling fairy story – through the wardrobe to Narnia, or down...

My fifth time here in Taipei and the start of a great 10 days, Velo-city Global and Taipei Cycle Show back to back. It was a gleam of an idea four years ago, now it is a reality. But before … Continue...

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Velo-city Taipei cycle parade – the gallery (And the wedding!)

A week of intensive discussion about the global future of cycling is coming to an end. Visionaries, technicians, academics, business leaders – they were all here. But of course what everybody loves is...

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