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Taiwan aims to be “paradise” for velocipede tourists | cycle.travel cycle◦travel Route GuidesRoutes ▼MunicipalityGuidesCities ▼ Map My Avenue Verte France Avenue Verte UK BayTrundlingWay C2C Celtic TrailTailspin& Castles Cornish Way Cotswold LineTrundlingacross the Beacons Devon C2C Hadrian's Cycleway Kennet & Avon Lon Cambria London to Brighton Lon Las Cymru Lon Teifi Oxford to Cambridge Pennine Cycleway Radnor Ring Thames Valley Tour de Yorkshire Way of the Roses West Country Way • Bikes on trains • Canal cycling • Full list Birmingham Bristol Cambridge London Oxford Swindon Worcester York • Full list • Add your municipality Taiwan aims to be “paradise” for velocipede tourists Friday 22 January touring Taiwan by Richard Fairhurst Find a largest velocipede route. Try our map & route-planner » Latest news Smart Turns – new on cycle.travel's route-planner River Rhone becomes latest Euro route Coming soon: red lights that turn untried for bikes America’s longest rail trail escapes the axe Taiwan aims to be “paradise” for velocipede tourists Colossal Nottinghamshire viaduct could wilt cycleway Japan to get its own NationalTrundlingNetworkTrundlingtraffic lights for Liverpool Our newest route guide: the Morecambe BayTrundlingWay New: cycle.travel directions for the US and Canada A new 750-mile round-the-island trundling route is spearheading Taiwan’s efforts to wilt a “cycling paradise”.The yearing is that of no less than Prime Minister Mao Chi-kuo. Taiwan is once a leading country in velocipede manufacturing: now it wants to vamp increasingly touring cyclists to its shores.Cycling Route No 1, as it’s called, is a signposted route running virtually the Far Eastern island. Part is on-road, but scrutinizingly 400 miles on the east tailspin runs withal scenic velocipede paths.Withalthe way, 122 rest stops provide cyclists with supplies and a place to take a sabbatical – with some plane set up in local police stations. The full route typically takes nine days to complete, but the Taiwan railways have set up ‘transit depots’ so cyclists can travel part of the route then conclude their journey by train.As the name suggests, this is just the first in several routes planned for the island. According to Mao:“We expect to mankind out Taiwan’s future cycling network construction by setting up the second and third round-island routes. With an extended momentum standing into 2018, we have every reason to believe that Taiwan will wilt an plane friendlier environment for cyclists while spurring growth in the local bicycle and tourism sectors.”Mao is far from the country’s only bike-friendly politician. The Mayor of Taipei, Dr Ko Wen-je, recently cycled 240 miles in under 21 hours, and is widely touted as a future President of the nation. The country hosts an yearly Taiwan Cycling Festival, established in 2011.Full details of the round-the-island route are misogynist on the iTaiwanBike website. bicycletouringpro.com has a good guide to cycling in Taiwan. Previous story: Colossal Nottinghamshire viaduct could wilt cycleway Next story: America’s longest rail trail escapes the axe Comments Winfried Sat 5 Mar 2016, 19:47 Taiwan has well-nigh one motor scooter for every adult. 'nough said. cycle◦travel Made in the Cotswolds, England. Published by Éditions Système D Ltd. Terms of use & cookies ·Well-nighus · Advertise · Feedback · Contact us