Apparently bookstores are the new hangout in Taiwan. The Eslite booksellers franchise has a huge flagship store about 6 blocks from Taiepi 101. They have…
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From Japan: Cameras in Akihabara
Iris and I went to the electronics district in Tokyo, the famed Akihabara. You ever see a movie where the characters visit a sketchy market…
From Japan: tradition and technology for a mamachari
Here’s an electric-assist version of the mamachari classic Japanese bike for the housewife. Note the front and rear child seats, and mini front wheel. This…
From Japan: Ute in Shibuya
My first day in Tokyo, we went to Shibuya and walked to Harajuku. After the UT t-shirt shop I saw this Kona Ute next to…
From Japan: Are bikes un-American?
OMFG, my step-father was right! All those liberal, bike riding hippies are a secret plot to steal our tax dollars! Maybe Toyota was Detroit’s demise…
From Taiwan: A Work Bike
Iris took me to a couple of the night markets in Taipei. These are spectacles that shouldn’t be missed. For one reason, there’s the food,…
A Grandma and a Gios
I found this picture of a Gios mini velo and someone’s grandma. I’m pretty sure this is Taiwan and not Japan, so I guess that…
From Taiwan: Mini Velo bikes in Asia
I’m in Asia on vacation, and one of my amusements is finding interesting mini velo and folding bikes. Here’s my current object of obsession, the…
HED wheels can be mini too
So we were rolling down the rover path in Taipei when we came upon a Birdy bicycle at a rest stop. Half the bikes out…
I see your bus bike racks…
…and I’ll raise you taxicab mounted bike racks. Seattle’s buses all have bicycle racks mounted on them, but I have never heard of nor seen…