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- Oct 11, 2009
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One of the HFC members brought to our attention a ride that is organized by Giant in Taiwan. This is a 9day (quite long) ride around Taiwan. In pursuing this further, she found that Giant could create a bespoke ride (differing pace, etc).
I'm thinking of helping out a bit if this is interesting to any members.
Option A: Giant Organized Tour.
- Ride around Taiwan. Mainly flat
- All hotels, snacks and dinner inclusive
- Giant support vehicles and baggage drayage
- Pace for beginner to intermediate riders
- 9 days (??)
Option B: Tim's Organized Tour with perhaps some Giant or other Factory Support.
- Ride the South Island and cross from Haulien to Taichung return by Taroko Gorge. (KOM route)
- All hotels, snacks and dinner inclusive
- Factory support vehicle (rolling support - advance checkpoint, like Tokyo Aomori)
- Pace for intermediate to advanced riders
- 5 days (??)
I know some people are prepping for Haute Route and other multi-day type events. This multi-day rides are great for getting your race tempo established and experience in daily ride routine.
In spite of adding in the airfare, cycling in Taiwan is typically half price of Japan (accommodations and food), so the price of 5 days riding in Taiwan would be about the same (airfare included) of doing it in Japan - maybe somewhat less depending on how econo you want to jam. FYI I rarely spend more than 3000yen/day in TW - including Hotel and all the food I can eat. But then, I did just fine in France at 5000 yen/day when others couldn't seem to survive for less than 50,000 yen/day.
Anyway - just throwing this out as a potential 'unofficial tour'. I have alot of strong connections (factory and otherwise) in Taiwan and sure I can setup some fun bicycle geek sideline experiences like a ride through Taichung CNC Gulch and Carbon Valley.
I'm thinking of helping out a bit if this is interesting to any members.
Option A: Giant Organized Tour.
- Ride around Taiwan. Mainly flat
- All hotels, snacks and dinner inclusive
- Giant support vehicles and baggage drayage
- Pace for beginner to intermediate riders
- 9 days (??)
Option B: Tim's Organized Tour with perhaps some Giant or other Factory Support.
- Ride the South Island and cross from Haulien to Taichung return by Taroko Gorge. (KOM route)
- All hotels, snacks and dinner inclusive
- Factory support vehicle (rolling support - advance checkpoint, like Tokyo Aomori)
- Pace for intermediate to advanced riders
- 5 days (??)
I know some people are prepping for Haute Route and other multi-day type events. This multi-day rides are great for getting your race tempo established and experience in daily ride routine.
In spite of adding in the airfare, cycling in Taiwan is typically half price of Japan (accommodations and food), so the price of 5 days riding in Taiwan would be about the same (airfare included) of doing it in Japan - maybe somewhat less depending on how econo you want to jam. FYI I rarely spend more than 3000yen/day in TW - including Hotel and all the food I can eat. But then, I did just fine in France at 5000 yen/day when others couldn't seem to survive for less than 50,000 yen/day.
Anyway - just throwing this out as a potential 'unofficial tour'. I have alot of strong connections (factory and otherwise) in Taiwan and sure I can setup some fun bicycle geek sideline experiences like a ride through Taichung CNC Gulch and Carbon Valley.