I was sorry to miss out on getting a chance to ride with you guys due to the weather, but since I rented this amazing bike from the Specialized Concept Store I didn’t want it to all go to waste. Plus, I put my rental fee store credit toward buying a rain jacket which definitely came in very handy today.
Had an enjoyable ride along the river bikeways. Due to the weather it was totally empty which made for a fun (if wet) ride for me
Hopefully the weather will cooperate next time! I’d love to join you all for a ride into the mountains.
Hello friends. I’ve made a few posts here and there for a while but mostly lurking, finally settling into Taipei now and have started an attempt to lose the 10kgs I’ve picked up over the last year or so (injury/moving back to Taiwan).
Just been doing a few zwift sessions, but once I can fit back into my lycra I shall be joining you guys :). Cheerio.
Haha yeah, I plan to start commuting soon as an extension of my training, and will be doing some random exploratory rides around the river paths and whatnot! I don’t really know my way around still @_@.
Start on the river and eventually make your way into the mountains. I did about 1.5 months of riverside riding when I first bought my road bike.
I made the first jump towards Jian Nan Road by the ferris wheel then up and over to Zhi Shan Road in front of the National Palace Museum. Both very good beginner hills.
Finally got my fat ass to check out some of the riverside paths tonight, namely from around Yonghe to Sanxia. Pretty well lit even towards Sanxia, but of course you will need a decent set of lights also. Had a mysterious something fly into my face, no damage done but I’ll just pretend is a leaf even though were no trees around when it hit
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It doesn’t sound like a name a local would give. “Wimpy mountain” or “wimp mountain.” Can’t remember. Don’t know why I thought you did it. Maybe because I think you would consider it wimpy! I think it’s around 8k or so only, and doesn’t really get too hard until around the 7k mark (when I consider quitting almost every time).
There’s another riverside segment that starts from Xizhi and goes for about 10k west. Last year or so around when you went up Xiwan, it magically appeared. I thought you made that one too. Now if you named it “Wimpy Missouri flats” or something there would be no way you could deny that one.
I was away for the first part of the long weekend. Luckily, I was away while heavy rain was falling in Taipei.
Monday took me to that far far land of Beitou and it’s many random steep climbs. This one was taken at Qing Tian Temple at the top of Fuxing Third Road. Training grounds for one of the fastest locals in Taipei.
I now realize, I could’ve taken a better picture. So much going on here.
On Tuesday, we followed the theme of low mileage and high elevation. In other words, keepin’ it steep. We visited the second steepest climb around the Taipei area…
This is me hating life. The picture does not due the steepness any justice.
Yes, the last time I did this climb was with you almost 2 years ago. Was much quicker this time, but despite being in much better shape, wasn’t any easier.
You may not have enough time to do it, but have you considered putting up all your Taipei group rides on some blog with pics, etc. Having already done these for a few years, you’ve accumulated quite a number of posts that would get you wider readership out there, like the other few blogs in central Taiwan that post pics/stories of their rides throughout the island, and not on Facebook (as requires FB account, which some, like myself and others, do not have).
Just my 2 Chiangers’ worth.
