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The riverside bike path to me is the most dangerous place to ride. I crashed once and almost crashed many times. The reason is that those places are full of unexpected moves by family with kids, wandering oldies, chatting while riding side by side and rushing novices.

10 years working in Taipei and riding there. So many unbelievable rides just from your door step. I lived at the bottom of bishan temple, so that climb wad my warm up. A good one at average 10% for 3.6km. Then usually ride over to wanli from there and then back around from danshui, sometimes back up no.2 to lenshuikeng and back to tianmu. Love riding up there. Other nice ride is to pixie. So many gorgeous climbs that way too.

Great Ride 🚵‍♂️

Great Ride. 🚵

What up bro, what made you pick that particular pass? I’m looking to plan a trip next year, late Oct or early Nov. I’ll most likely will be coming from chiang mai Thailand

What bike computer do you use? Brand and model please.

Thank you for sharing mate. Great to see Taipei again through your view and will be there again sometime in the future, not too distant. You stay safe and enjoy the freedom.

Riverside during the weekdays or early in the morning is consistently faster. The paths get crowded very quickly during the weekend if you start too late, which is when more people prefer to cut through the city. Most cyclists take 北47-1 to avoid the shittest part of Route 9. Lots of shades and almost zero motor vehicles. It connects back to Route 9, but it’s almost all downhill from there so riding with motorcycles is much less annoying.

Thanks for the vlog ! One of the best ride of my life was that 70kms around Taipei earlier on this year, climbing in the hills of the necropolis... and the views !!! ;) The ride to the sea from taipei was very pleasant too, and the bike path was lit up at night ! Coming back next year to complete my Taiwan tour, this time going along the East coast !

what is the brand of that bartape?

I lived in Taipei a few months every year, and I could not agree more than what you said about the drivers. I have lots of drivers passing me within arm length, and this even happened off the bike in night markets where scooters ramped through people within reachable distance at full blast. A taxi driver even impatiently honk at us at the top of Fengguizui where there are hundred of cyclists on a Sunday morning ride. There are tons of discussion post in Chinese within the cycling community about this, and realistically, the roads are not really set up for cyclists. If you could read Chinese, you'll see tons of explanation as to why. I am not here to rant, but Taiwan cannot be one of the world's top cycling destinations regardless of the beautiful roads and mountains, w/two big bike brands or carbon fiber manufacturing. Belgium, Girona, Mallorca, Colombia maybe even Chiangmai is better..

as a taiwanese living in taipei i never consider riding bikes to commute not yet bike friendly with the road design

Hey Johnny, will need to watch this more carefully when i have time. hope all goes well in your new location. I'm in Taoyuan for work in late october and have signed up for the KOM challenge - hoping to do a few rides in the week leading up to it. will heck your tips.

Awesome footage and editing as always John!!

There's a beautiful lookout of the reservoir that is accessible froma side road before the summit of route 9, if memory serves me well. You'll have to climb a little further for it of course but trust me it's worth it! The segment is called "crocodile island"

man i've been thinking about moving to taiwan for a long time, besides my life currently not allowing me to i have wondered how good it is for cyclists and how much of a culture there is, looking forward to these videos

Taipei looks really nice

Great video as always 🎉

Awesome! I’m looking forward doing some of your Taipei rides when I visit at the end of the year!

Looks nice! Lots of green but also looked humid! How long will you be in Taiwan? Good Luck!

What's the recommended low gear-inches to tackle this?

Please make a video on the Buddha palm route!! That would be awesome. Thanks for the great video as always!

To me what makes china way better than taiwan for cycling is the mopet situation. People ride ebikes there, which are not very fast anyway, and so they´ve built many bike lines all over the place that we cyclists can use too, even in the highways!, it felt totally safe to me cycling in Hangzhou, but it didn´t felt very pleasant in Taipei when i was there.

Is there a place in the city you could live to on the outside so you get the best rides but don't have to go through the city? Taipei is too big for me but at least you don't have the smoke now. :) In fact I'll be flying through Taiwan today on my way to Chiang Mai from Colorado. Have fun!

I went up (and down) Highway 9 just a couple of days after you, and it was the same: people on huge motorbikes ripping up and down the road at high speed. Mind you, it's the trucks I worry about more.

I think the bike paths along the river in Taipei are amazing! And training wise to get a good ride in you need to follow the same rule as any other major city… hit the trail early (5-6am)!

Riverside bike paths are, save some exceptions, faster for me. No motor vehicles with maniac drivers, no traffic lights, no intersections. It looks like you started late, so not many roadies on the super hot and sunny riverside. You're relatively new to Taipei riding, so you're making rookie mistakes 😂. No.9, or BeiYi, is a big NO-NO 90% of the time for anyone sensible about their own safety. Search 北宜公路 in RUclips. 106 and 106乙 can have some racers too, specially the former. Another problematic ones are Section 3, Xiwan Rd. in Neihu and Yangde Boulevard in Shilin from the city to the university. Other than those, there's a myriad of small and quiet mountain roads with plenty of shade, something 106乙 doesn't have. There are some crazy steep ones too and/or rough surfaces (this not too common in the big Taipei area). The Silex will work well on those goat roads.

so happy to know that you are in tw...rs

I’m thinking about buying the Silex. Cannot wait for the next video

congrats. Taipei looks totally different than when I was a kid. Seeing the bike paths makes me want to visit Taipei and do a lot of riding. that couple on bromton bikes is crazy. Cat2 climb is hard enough, but on a bromton might be insane :)

As a cyclist living in Taipei, there are sure many amazing climbs around. But I really don’t recommend going on the other side of the road, especially roads with double yellow lines. Cars can be really fast descending

I want ride motorcycle in Taiwan on day soon. but not so fast. I should do quite Well in Taiwan 🇹🇼, I speak Mandarin and the local dialect. Thanks you so much for sharing.

omg some of the descents was crazy fast. Have you sold your bike for a new one.

thx would love to see more videos from taiwan

It's relative. Coming from NYC, I find the drivers, scooters, and people here friendly and accommodating. Even if I slip up, others usually step in to keep things safe. The roads are clean, well-maintained, and there is plenty of side road for a quick escape if things get dicey.

You do speak Korean. Last year, springtime, I stayed 2 days in Chuncheon to see more cherry blossoms before starting on the 4-River ride. Thanks so much for sharing!!

Thanks for sharing!! Didn't know there were so many bike paths in Taipei . Thanks!

Welcome to Taipei! See you around at one of the local rides.

Great...

I did the same but on a motorcycle.

Hello, I live in Koh Phangan and am planning to do this loop in November. What gears did you use? I'm currently changing the gears on my bike because I can't climb some of the hills in Koh Phangan (25%+ grade). I guess Mae Hong Son is probably similar but with even longer climbs.

Where you mount your camera?

I need your advice, I have 2 weeks open to do whatever I want and I want to ride around Taiwan. I don’t own a bike so I’ll be renting one in Taipei.

Never Ride Thailand! " A tourist minivan lost control on a curve in Mae Hong Son, crashing into guardrails and a tree, leaving multiple passengers injured (Sept 2023, ASEANNOW). According to the World Health Organization, at LEAST 20,000 people die on Thailand's high-speed agressive roads every year. It get's worse with narrow roads that have Thai motorcyclist and Vans of Pai-bound tourists from Chiang Mai driving around traffic at top speeds. NEVER bike in Thailand. Never. RUclipsrs like Jonny and others need to stop hyping this dangerous country which doesn't have any sort of culture for safety or common sense. Also!! North Thailand has the most toxic air pollution in the world every year from November to May. Biking during that time is the equivilant of smoking to packs of cigarettes a day* if you are biking because you are absorbing more air. *25 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter of air = 1 cigarettes of PM2.5 particles.

just for riding in this humidity you achieved something big. thanks for providing this much footage. I figured it would be a great idea to see thailand by bike and you just delivered proof of that.

These are great videos. I would love to know what gear you take on your bike and also where you get the music. You got some great skills here!

Do you rent a bike every time you're in a new country, or do you take your bike on the plane?

Consider cycle trip to China man, was surprisingly good. Had the chance to travel Hangzhou for some weeks and totally worth to take there my bike. Dutch level bike lanes everywhere, and super scenic and proper climbs not far from the city. Also the roady scene there was big.

Epic scenery ! Wow

Hi Johnny ! I have to say that watching this video was quite uncomfortable! You might not have been impressed but the gorgeous stunning scenery literrally took my breath away mate. Great video