Originally Posted by
mike
True, the east side of Taiwan is beautiful, but I cannot imagine bicycling it. The terrain is wicked vertical AND worse is the mix with traffic. It is white knuckle driving in a car. It would be suicide on a bicycle.
Yes there are a lot of hills, but I managed the central cross on my folding bike ( mu P24 ) just over a year ago, and enjoyed it. There is the northern cross that is great as well. I've not yet done the souther cross highway, but look forward to it in the future. North of Hualien, as you say there is a lot of traffic along the coast, but south of Hualien its not a problem, in fact depending on the road, traffic is very light. I forget the highway numbers but between Hualien and Taitung there are 3 roads that are possible. the one in the center is very quiet and beautiful to ride.