Time To Ride

I am safely home and ready to ride after eating and drinking my way from Washington State to California. I knew I'd pay a price for it, but a vacation is a vacation and I guess I will have a lot of motivation to ride hard and ride often.

Cleaning House:

• Most bikes in Taipei shelters go unclaimed and after a short stay must be put to sleep.
• Miracle image of a bike appears in Taiwan road. Pilgrims arrive by the scooterload to take a look.
• Taiwanese bike companies attempt to innovate their way out of a future of mediocrity and obsolescence as the government pursues the industrial status quo and tourism economy.
• OzSoapbox with dogs on bikes.
• The China Daily reports on cycling in its Taiwan area. David Reid is oddly quoted in the article which seeks to better incorporate Taiwan into the Chinese imagination of the local (No, David is probably not party to this).