The roadies are well catered for with big mountains and quiet roads, the casual riders are also represented with over 100km of nice, flat (and boring) asphalt bike paths around the city.
There is also an amazing amount of hiking, but they have mostly been built on fall lines and as a consequence have hundreds of concrete steps to navigate.
Taipei is surrounded by mountains so the potential is enormous. The trails we do have are pretty awesome, but there isn't many of them and we have to climb on the road to get to them...(via Starbucks though)
So, as a member of the gainfully unemployed I find myself with rather a lot of time on my hands.....and I have decided to do something with those hands...
Here's a few photos of the trail I'm currently building just at the back of our apartment....
This section will eventually be a berm leading into another one just off camera...
Straight bits are also needed though....
And I've got a retaining wall or two to build...
The idea is to create 2-3k medium difficulty loop so that riders just wanting a quick blast don't have to climb for an hour to get on some dirt...
Watch this space for updates....
1 comment:
... and when is the chairlift being installed, please? :-)
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