As promised four intrepid BikeHuggers rode last Friday evening. Objectives: Ride for fun, Promote urban cycling awareness for all vehicles – cars and cyclists, demonstrate…
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This is not Starbucks
From 15 feet away and more this looked like Starbucks, but no, it wasn’t. Not even close. I travel with my own coffee, and Senor…
Bikes for Africa
One of the focused stories at Interbike was bikes for Africa. There were a number of groups represented including SRAM and their World Bicycle Relief,…
Keiko Bike: Strong Femininity
During our visit to Dahon’s offices, the Keiko Bike stood out: we admired, discussed, photographed, and after much deliberation described it as having a strong…
Taipei Cyclists
They’re were just riding around on the bike paths and so were we …
Helmet Land
I don’t have the exact numbers, but heard that Taipei makes lots of helmets and spotted this helmet store during our ride.
Betel Nut Boost Video
As noted in this post, Jason got a big betel nut boost during our ride around Taipei with Dahon. Betel nut is a chewable stimulant…
Cycle Taipei
Much like Beijing, there’s a flow in Taipei, and we just rode in it. We were surrounded nearly at all times by scooters. I’ve never…
Bike Hugger Betel Nut
Most of the ride, Jason was hanging out behind us with Matt from Dahon until we had some betel nut. Then he was all sprinting…
Dwell Report on Urban Bikes
By now Dwell Magazine is arriving in the mail and on newsstands with an urban bike report. Bike Hugger provided the expert commentary for the…