Cycle.tw is an independent, bilingual guide to cycling in Taiwan, written in English and Traditional Chinese. It was started by Jason, a foreigner who has lived in Taiwan since 2017, for residents riding at the weekend, visitors who want an easy ride and a rental, and people planning to ride around the whole island.
There are plenty of beautiful photos of cycling in Taiwan. What is harder to find is a plain answer to practical questions. Is this an actual bike path, or a road with trucks? Can a child ride it? Where can I rent the right bike? Can I take my bike on this train? This site is built around those questions.
How routes are chosen and checked
- Official sources first. Route facts come from the national cycling portal run by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Tourism Administration, city and county tourism bureaus, national scenic area administrations, transport operators and the law. Every route page lists its sources and the month it was checked.
- Fewer, better routes. We would rather publish a dozen rides we can stand behind than fifty we can't. Candidates we couldn't confirm stay off the site until we can.
- Honest labels. A road is not a bike path, however pretty. Each route says how much traffic you share the road with, and why we did or didn't call it good for families.
- No made-up numbers. If no official source gives a length, a climb or a time, we say so rather than guess. We link official maps and GPX files instead of drawing our own lines.
- Law and advice are kept apart. Where we say something is the law, we cite it. Where it's our advice, such as always wearing a helmet, we say that too.
Independent
No business pays to appear on Cycle.tw, and there are no affiliate links. Tour operators and rental shops are mentioned because they are useful to riders, not because of any arrangement, and none of them endorses this site.
Help keep it right
Things change: paths close after typhoons, rental shops move, and train rules are revised. If you spot something out of date, tell us with a link we can check.