Taiwan’s Top 100 climbs and routes for riders who want more.
Location: Hualien Distance: 110km Elevation gain 894m When asked to choose their favorite part of Taiwan, it is no surprise that the Taiwanese picked the Rift Valley. I would be inclined to agree with this opinion. In this post we cover County Road No. 193…
Location: Hualien/ Taitung Distance: 180km Elevation Gain: 1,600m In our series, we have decided to cover two roads that connect Hualien to Taitung: The Rift Valley, County Rd. No. 193, (#048 in our series) and in this installment Provincial Highway No. 11, which follows the coast and is known…
Location: Yunlin Distance: 54km Elevation gain: 1,900m I would propose this as the best cycling area in Taiwan, the spider web maze of roads that connect the three counties of Yunlin, Nantou, and Chiayi could be combined to make multiple stages of a Grand Tour.…
Location: Tainan Distance: 75km Ascent 1,000m As part of our Top 100 series of the best bicycle routes in Taiwan we aim to include at least one loop from each city/county in the country. For Tainan, the first we have selected is the ‘Guanziling Loop’. Although…
Location: Taitung/Pingtung Distance: 60km Elevation Gain: 650m There are three Provincial Highways in Taiwan that run the length of the island from Taipei to Pingtung – the No. 1 is west coast and best avoided by cyclists, the No. 3 runs parallel to the west…
Location: Changhua/Nantou/Taichung Distance: 190km Elevation Gain: 2,548m Provincial Highway No. 21, also known as the New Central Cross-Island Highway, is 145km in length from where it starts on the outskirts of Taichung to where it terminates at Tatajia in Nantou County at an elevation of…
Location: Kaohsiung/Chaiyi Distance: 100km Elevation Gain: 3,000m Provincial Highway No. 29 was at one point PH No. 21 with plans to connect the north and south sections. We have dedicated two posts to the No. 21, which can be found in #007 and #054 of…
Location: Taitung (road/gravel) Distance: 59km Elevation Gain: 1,200m When asked to choose their favorite part of Taiwan it was no surprise that Taiwanese picked the Rift Valley. In this post, we cover County Road No. 197 in Taitung. The road itself is exactly 59km from…
Location: Pingtung Distance: 60km Elevation Gain: 1,500km In our series, we have covered two road bike routes in Pingtung which can be seen in #041 and #042 -both great rides. These two will act as a reference for the access points for our coverage of…
