November 5, 2010

Overseas Chinese day

Overseas Chinese day



Today is day overseas Chinese Taiwan holiday inviting the enormous Chinese diaspora to visit Taiwan.This is a good excuse to say hello to expatriate Taiwan.Et friends Finally, it is an opportunity to talk about the Taiwan cycling Festival, taking place this month.

"Festival 2010 Taiwan cycling" consists of a series of activities that combines with bike tourism cycling competitions. The events will culminate this weekend with Taiwan Cup 2010 International Road Race, in which several Asian UCI with Rabobank teams will compete for NT$ 15 million (approximately $ 485,000 for the United States) price.


You've seen Mark Bracknell's Taiwan here at Cyclelicious dispatches.Some other familiar names the promenade include Beverly Garrity Cuptertino, AC and Mark Villegas Bike Hugger.

The Government of Taiwan is important to promote cycling as a form of environmentally friendly leisure Taiwan thrust, and they have built kilometres and kilometres of cycling trails in the part of the pays.Cyclisme is considered on the island, where a significant social stigma attached to utility leisure activity / transportational bike probably still the United States .the Department of Government and industry Taiwan bicycle transport work again, to try to change attitudes towards cycling.

Beverly explores some of these new paths last weekend, we say that the island is littered "with new tracks cycling and cycling to encourage riding recreational and tourism stations."It is in the middle of nowhere on an empty rail track and meeting "bike stations" that are fundamentally mini motorcycle shops with snack shops, maintenance support, toilets and even showers.

There is clearly a "build it and they will come" philosophy to Taïwan.Il work will be interesting to see how with success the Government and Giant bikes will be attracting renewed interest in cycling.
Read the report of Bev: 70 km of paths and trails.
Photos of Beverly Garrity and used with its permission.

By Richard Masoner

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