Over six thousand feet of climbing, 30% grades: standard crank and 11-25 cassette?? Surely not!
Around 700 cyclists, mainly on road bikes, headed off around a classically scenic 77km route through the hills out the back of Taipei on Sunday. The weather was perfect, the sun was out and, in combination with the climbs, dished out liberal dollops of punishment left, right, and center. There were four climbs to deal