I’m organising a sponsored ride around the island in mid July for a charity called Red Heart Association. Currently 2 others signed up.
My non cycling, but very motivated and organised friend is busy arranging sponsorship, publicity and events - including send off from Taipei City Hall, concerts in Taichung and Hualien and being met by various local cycling clubs.
We are being paid, to compensate for time taken off work and equipment will be supplied or augmented as necessary - I will be riding my own bike, make no mistake!
It should take around 10 days, though there will be some tight deadlines. The overall mileage is not too difficult to achieve, but daily mileages and deadlines may be tough to meet given the unpredictabilityof breakdowns.
Touring experience a definate advantage though not essential - I set off across Europe and Asia never having riden further than 50 miles.
Send me a message or make a posting if you’re interested. We need to be able to finalise the crew asap so we can give details to the press and sponsors.
Tell us something about the charity.
This does seem like a troll. Or an attempt at satire.
“Red Heart Association” turns up nothing relevant on Google. Exactly which charity is this?
Formosa/lane119 wrote:
Anything is possible but it’s hard to believe. Could someone really be that jealous of Mark’s kayaking adventure, that they would make up such a post?
Fruitloop?
[quote=“almas john”]lane119 wrote:
Anything is possible but it’s hard to believe. Could someone really be that jealous of Mark’s kayaking adventure, that they would make up such a post?
Fruitloop?[/quote]
ANYthing is possible. But it’s not even a funny satire. I suggest floundering this ASAP…
What the fuck for? Because YOU think it’s a troll? 
Let’s wait and see what’s going on first, no? Just because I can’t find any reference to Red Heart Association doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
What’s a troll when it’s at home? Not sure what I could be satirising either. I’m a bit ignorant about these things.
Sorry, I was pushed for time when I wrote the post but I wanted to get it up as soon as possible. Basically the Red Heart Association is a charity that works for the socially disadvantaged in Taiwan. It is run by very well meaning people who are good at what they do but probably less net-savy or good at PR. Hence not finding anything on Google.
They have several divisions. Working with the elderly (particularly those that have been abandoned by, or have no family). The young - orphans or children from deprived backgrounds, including helping with scholarships. Helping those who need help with everyday tasks - educationally subnormal (is that PC? I dunno). And the families of convicts, who are ostracised (sp?) and find it difficult to make a living.
Ample evidence of my seriousness (re cycling) can be found at www.resaturate.com/cycleoverland
Anyone interested?
That, or the site’s all in Chinese. Thanks for the information Fruitloop. And good luck.
Fruitloop. Ignore the asinine comments regarding you well-meaning post.
Good luck.
Could you please post information that would lead us to be able to contact the organization in question? Either an address, phone number, etc. etc. would be great. Not that we doubt you but, er, one likes to make sure about these things. I’m sure you understand.
I’d be interested in trying something like that, maybe, if it was legit…
And a very cool website, I might add. Quite a trip you made – which one are you?
Yes, very interesting log of your Trans-Europe/Asia trip. I spent the better part of the afternoon reading through it.
good luck with your Taiwan adventure.
[quote=“Jack Burton”]Fruitloop. Ignore the asinine comments regarding you well-meaning post.
Good luck.[/quote]
Yes, fruitloops, ignore some of the asinine comments made earlier regarding your well-meaning post. Some of our forum members are known for jumping to conclusions without waiting for all the information to come in. Let me apologize for one particular jumpy one myself.
Sounds like a great charity and all best to you.
Taiwan News, on Monday, December 30, 2002, did report on this charity, on google, too, quote:
The League of Welfare Improvement for Older People of the ROC,
the Red Heart Association,
the Lishin Association and the Taiwan Women’s Development Association said at a press conference …