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Plan

How long will the ride take?

Pick a ride or type a distance, choose your usual speed and add your stops.

Ride times for every route

Riding time for each ride from its official length, not counting stops (out-and-back rides are doubled), rounded to 5 minutes. Challenging rides and climbs are left out: a flat-pace estimate would mislead there.

RideDistance10 km/h14 km/h18 km/h
Anong River Bikeway9.81 km1 h40 min35 min
Anping Yanshui River Levee Path to Sicao Bridge9 km there and back55 min40 min30 min
Bali Left Bank Bikeway27.34 km there and back2 h 45 min1 h 55 min1 h 30 min
Beimen Sunset Salt Bikeway (Beimen Visitor Center to Jingzaijiao Salt Fields)3 km20 min15 min10 min
Chiayi City Ring Bikeway25 km2 h 30 min1 h 45 min1 h 25 min
Chishang Ring Bikeway and Brown Boulevard29.8 km3 h2 h 10 min1 h 40 min
Cijin Island Bikeway19.2 km there and back1 h 55 min1 h 20 min1 h 5 min
Dapeng Bay Around-the-Bay Bikeway11.7 km1 h 10 min50 min40 min
Dezikou River Bikeway23 km there and back2 h 20 min1 h 40 min1 h 15 min
Dongfeng Bicycle Green Way13.6 km1 h 20 min1 h45 min
Dongshan River Bikeway24 km2 h 25 min1 h 45 min1 h 20 min
Green Light Sea Breeze Bikeway: Qiding to Longfeng Fishing Harbor6 km there and back35 min25 min20 min
Gua Shan Three Rails Route and Ershui Bikeway15.8 km1 h 35 min1 h 10 min55 min
Hanxi Riverside Bikeway9.8 km1 h40 min35 min
Houbi and Baihe Rice and Lotus Bikeway29.26 km2 h 55 min2 h 5 min1 h 40 min
Houfeng Bikeway5.8 km35 min25 min20 min
Hsinchu 17 km Coastline Bikeway17 km1 h 40 min1 h 15 min55 min
Jiahou Line Bicycle Path (Dajia to Houli)28.1 km2 h 50 min2 h1 h 35 min
Jiayou Rail Trail3.1 km20 min15 min10 min
Jingmei River Bikeway (Muzha to Jingmei)12.52 km1 h 15 min55 min40 min
Liyu Lake Loop Bikeway4.8 km30 min20 min15 min
Luye Longtian Bikeway7.2 km45 min30 min25 min
Nanfangao Mountain and Sea Ride (Su'ao)8.5 km50 min35 min30 min
Nankan River Waterfront Bikeway22 km2 h 10 min1 h 35 min1 h 15 min
Old Caoling Bike Tunnel from Fulong4.5 km25 min20 min15 min
Penghu Xiyu Bike Route24.72 km2 h 30 min1 h 45 min1 h 20 min
Puzi River Bikeway36.5 km3 h 40 min2 h 35 min2 h
Ruisui Bikeway19.6 km2 h1 h 25 min1 h 5 min
Sanxiantai to Chenggong Bike Route9.7 km1 h40 min30 min
Shanhaizun Greenway: Nanke Station to the Museum of Taiwan History11.5 km1 h 10 min50 min40 min
Shimen to Changbin Bike Route (Highway 11)27 km2 h 40 min1 h 55 min1 h 30 min
Shixian Road Bikeway6.6 km40 min30 min20 min
Siraya Lingbo Guantian Route and Hatta Bikeway23.9 km2 h 25 min1 h 40 min1 h 20 min
Sun Moon Lake Xiangshan Bike Path (Shuishe to Xiangshan)6.8 km there and back40 min30 min25 min
Taichung Port Lingang Road Bikeway and Gaomei Seawall11 km1 h 5 min45 min35 min
Tainan Round-the-Canal Bikeway8.1 km50 min35 min25 min
Tanya Shen Green Bikeway13.6 km1 h 20 min1 h45 min
Taolin Railway Bikeway14.8 km1 h 30 min1 h 5 min50 min
Touqian River Bikeway (Hsinchu City bank)12.5 km1 h 15 min55 min40 min
Wanjin Bikeway: Jinshan to Wanli12 km1 h 10 min50 min40 min
Wuling Green Tunnel Bikeway4.7 km30 min20 min15 min
Xindian River Bikeway to Bitan16 km1 h 35 min1 h 10 min55 min
Xizhi Bikeway (Keelung River, Wudu to Nangang)10.96 km1 h 5 min45 min35 min
Yilan Coastal Bikeway (Zhuangwei section)30 km there and back3 h2 h 10 min1 h 40 min
Yilan Lanyang Plain loop (Kavalan multi-route)50.5 km5 h 5 min3 h 35 min2 h 50 min
Yilan River Bikeway30 km there and back3 h2 h 10 min1 h 40 min
Yunlin Double Rail Green Corridor Bikeway12.33 km1 h 15 min55 min40 min

Before you trust the number

  • It is a planning guide, not an arrival time. It assumes you keep the same average speed the whole way, which nobody does.
  • Lengths are official figures, usually for one way along the path. Getting to the start, detours to toilets or food, and riding back to a station add distance.
  • We don't add climbing because most routes have no official elevation figure. On hilly roads, expect to be much slower.
  • Heat, wind and rain change everything in Taiwan. Summer afternoons are hot; the northeast monsoon brings strong wind to coasts and islands from autumn to spring.
  • Daylight: plan to finish before dark, and carry front and rear lights in case you don't. For sunrise and sunset times, check the Central Weather Administration.

Questions

How long does it take to cycle 20 km?

At an easy leisure pace of about 14 km/h, 20 km is roughly an hour and a half of moving time, before stops. A fit rider on a road bike at 22 km/h needs under an hour. Wind, heat, hills, traffic lights and crowds on shared paths all slow you down, so allow extra time.

How fast do people ride on bike paths?

There is no single answer. Rental city bikes and families often move at 10 to 15 km/h; riders on good road bikes on open roads go much faster. On shared paths, slow down near people walking: they have priority.