Great Video. immediately after watching i went back to 25:51, took a screen capture, set as wallpaper on phone and every computer in house, printed screen capture, folded neatly and placed in wallet. 😍
Taiwanese bike tourer here. I also rode the routes you did fully loaded with camping gear. The mountain routes you have chosen are very, very steep for a fully loaded touring bike! You need extra low gearing to ride across those central Taiwan mountain routes. But they are way quieter and beautiful when not raining. When you come out of mountain route 7 at the big river junction, the wild hot spring that you mentioned but did not go, is the really good one that is among the easiest to access. Only about an 800m hike a bike along the side of the small creek. And you are a short way from supplies from the nearest small town store next to the primary school. When you ride in the rain, the paid Hotsprings are totally worth it. You get to dry your clothing using the hair dryers in the changing rooms!
That would be nice to dry clothes on a rainy day. I often used the hair dryers at the Onsen in Japan to do that haha! Thanks for watching and for the info!
Hey! Love watching your content! I’m planning for a cycling trip sometime next year too, either to Korea or Taiwan. Could you share on your bike set up, and how you transport your bike? I’m based in Singapore!
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I have a small overview of my current bike setup in my newest video. As for transporting my bike, I get a cardboard bike box that a bike shop is going to throw-away, and just pack my bike with some gear in it. Take off the pedals, handle bars, protect the derailleur well, and that's about it. Enjoy your trip!
Have you think about tracking your journey through Strava ou Sportracker ? You can keep data of your routes and share them to us, I'd like to know about these hills in Taiwan ! Sportraker is almost not using battery. Anyway, you are doing already so good sharing to us your adventures
Dude, bathing in that river, lol! Just don't do that in the states 'cause you might catch something or some parasite or die of some chemical toxicity! Those shelters might be set up for people/monks on pilgrimage, But it's really nice that in general, people are quite kind.
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Always great videos. I like the complexity of your emotions, thoughts, and experiences...
Thank you :)
Great Video. immediately after watching i went back to 25:51, took a screen capture, set as wallpaper on phone and every computer in house, printed screen capture, folded neatly and placed in wallet. 😍
Well who wouldn't do that? Haha
Good to see you post again! Taiwan is such a beautiful country and looks really fun/adventurous to bike through! Looking forward for more!
Thanks! I'll try get the next videos up as soon as I can! :)
素晴らしい~~~~😍😍😍
Not really touristy Taiwan, interesting! Thank you for the video. I also want to ride there in the future.
Yes, i usually try to avoid touristy places! :)
cool
Taiwanese bike tourer here. I also rode the routes you did fully loaded with camping gear. The mountain routes you have chosen are very, very steep for a fully loaded touring bike! You need extra low gearing to ride across those central Taiwan mountain routes. But they are way quieter and beautiful when not raining. When you come out of mountain route 7 at the big river junction, the wild hot spring that you mentioned but did not go, is the really good one that is among the easiest to access. Only about an 800m hike a bike along the side of the small creek. And you are a short way from supplies from the nearest small town store next to the primary school. When you ride in the rain, the paid Hotsprings are totally worth it. You get to dry your clothing using the hair dryers in the changing rooms!
That would be nice to dry clothes on a rainy day. I often used the hair dryers at the Onsen in Japan to do that haha! Thanks for watching and for the info!
Hey! Love watching your content! I’m planning for a cycling trip sometime next year too, either to Korea or Taiwan. Could you share on your bike set up, and how you transport your bike? I’m based in Singapore!
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I have a small overview of my current bike setup in my newest video. As for transporting my bike, I get a cardboard bike box that a bike shop is going to throw-away, and just pack my bike with some gear in it. Take off the pedals, handle bars, protect the derailleur well, and that's about it. Enjoy your trip!
대단하세요. 여러곳을 여행하시는군요!
You're amazing. You travel to many places. that's wonderful!
Thank you!
Have you think about tracking your journey through Strava ou Sportracker ? You can keep data of your routes and share them to us, I'd like to know about these hills in Taiwan ! Sportraker is almost not using battery. Anyway, you are doing already so good sharing to us your adventures
I'm not too interested in recording my route or seeing stats, but maybe it's something I'll look into doing in the future. Thanks for the suggestion!
I added google map links showing the approximate route I took in each Taiwan video, you can at least see the elevation.
@@SpokesandMegapixels this is awesome ! Thank you very much !! I like to explore from the maps when i cant travel !
My new fav channel 🔥
Thanks!!
good 👍:)
Dude, bathing in that river, lol! Just don't do that in the states 'cause you might catch something or some parasite or die of some chemical toxicity! Those shelters might be set up for people/monks on pilgrimage, But it's really nice that in general, people are quite kind.
I was fairly high up in the mountains with not much civilization upstream, so I took the risk, but it was kind of gross still haha.
Was that butter in your coffee?
Buttof course
How did you get a visa to enter Tw?
I was able to get a working holiday visa. (aka "Youth mobility program")
i thought i was the only person to hike and bike hate hills
Anything to avoid cars :p
@@SpokesandMegapixels hows the condation in that tent
@@Bikepacking horrible haha!
@@SpokesandMegapixels yeah thought that that why didnt buy it lol