scenes from Taipei show, now officially Taip-E
- Thread starter Tantrum Cycles
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If you ever make it there, and if you happen to have a spot in the Taipei Cycle Show, please grab some pictures of those truly weird and unthinkable Chinese bike contraptions. I love to see how those guys try to grab an unexploited niche in the market with impossible stuff.
Well. I made it HERE. But who knew typhoons could hang a hard right like that?
Help me Mr Wizard, get me outta here.
Oh, and why can't I make bikes in 'murica again???
The lefty lives. Does cannondale know about this??
How about the rigid lefty?
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
Well here’s my favorite of the show, those damn slant Brits, I will laugh at them, fart in their general direction and show my private parts to their aunties
And if they persist, I shall taunt them a second time. My ability to make fun of knows no racial or nationalist boundaries
This “pedelec” was “styled by a former McLaren designer” (have you seen McLaren’s F1 results lately?) and will hit 150kph
It was designed for the elderly and infirm that might otherwise be unable to ride
That one keeps making the rounds at Eurobike. German slants, I believe.Some details kinda remind me of this gem:
I've always said Taiwan is an engineer's playground. You can get absolutely anything made, and they probably already do.
Lugs, anyone?
Lugs, anyone?
It sure can be. Endless row upon row of shit you never would want and not sure why anyone would, but they seem to sell it to somebody.
The depressing part is that a majority of these booths are dead. People sitting in the back, playing on their phones, avoiding eye contact because they're embarrassed, or worse, trying desperately to make eye contact as you walk by with a polite smile and nod of the head, slightly quickening your pace lest they interpret your slight show of decorum to be a sign of interest.
This show is the most "core" of them all, the majority being producers/factories that have no brand of their own but depend on customer business (as in, customers like every brand you can think of). It's a little different from Euro or Interbike, where there is still a small core contingent, but mostly brands exhibiting.
This also means that unless you're pretty brushed up on your Mandarin, good luck communicating with most of them. which is where the ubiquitous Trading Company has come in. An english speaking middle man to give you some communication and assurances while dealing with a country half a world away.
Anyway, it helps to know what you are there for, have some friends to visit and familiar faces to see.
I also amuse myself with extreme sleep deprivation as I wander the halls looking for funny stuff. Because, I like to make fun of people.
Like this award winning suspension seatpost. Yes, this was in the "awards" hall. I am more making fun of the people that gave the award for this.
Here is a popular booth of E things, with one hopeful occupant peering out expectantly waiting for the torrent of customers that must want this.
This was a large, expensive, well laid out booth. Nobody cared.
This was a large, expensive, well laid out booth. Nobody cared.
That bus looks...stoned
my favorite kind of bike
that's the inhouse brand of solid bikes
