Cycling in Taiwan

The contents of this page can now be found at Cycling in Taiwan at Taiwanderful - the Taiwan Guide.

Also see the posts in the cycling category at David on Formosa.

www.flickr.com More photos in Taiwan Cycling

Cyclists on Ren'ai Road during Car Free Day in Taipei 2006

Bike Smiling (微笑單車上路) is held in Taipei at 3pm on the last Sunday of each month. It is Taipei's version of Critical Mass. The dates for 2008 are:
1/27, 3/30, 5/25, 11/30 - main gate of NTU
2/24, 6/29, 10/26, 12/28 - Ren'ai Road gate of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
4/22 is Earth Day and 9/22 is Car Free Day. Events will be organised.
7/25, 8/29 - start at 7pm from main gate of NTU

• Bike Smiling 微笑單車上路 blog - Critical Mass for Taipei and Kaohsiung
• Bike Smiling - discussion at Google Groups (Chinese language)
• Bike Smiling - photoset at flickr

Taipei International Cycle Show

The dates for Taipei Cycle 2009 are not yet available.

Tour de Taiwan

The Tour de Taiwan is held annually in March to coincide with Taipei Cycle.

Taiwan Bike Day

Bike Day is held on the first weekend of May every year. It is organised by the Cycling Lifestyle Foundation to promote cycling in Taiwan.

• 4 May is Bike Day - David on Formosa
• Cyclists celebrate Taiwan Bike Day - Taipei Times article
• Bike Day 2008 - photoset at flickr

Taiwan cycling photos

• Taipei Cycle 2008 - photoset at flickr
• Tour de Taiwan 2008 - photoset at flickr
• Bikes on the road 22 April 2007 (422 單車上路 爭路權) - photoset at flickr
• Green Party bike ride - photoset at flickr
• Tour de Taiwan 2007 - photoset at flickr
• Taipei Cycle 2007 - photoset at flickr
• Car Free Day in Taipei 2006 - photoset at flickr
• Bikes and cycling - David's Formosa Photo Gallery

Videos

• Tour de Taiwan 2007 - video at YouTube. You can also download the video here (7.5 MB .wmv file)
• Cycling from Banqiao to Xindian - video at YouTube

Links