Biking in Taiwan

II'm beginning to play with the thought of getting new bicycles for me and D, and in doing so, I'm also entertaining the idea of putting them together myself rather than buying a brand name bike like Giant or Merida (since we're in Taiwan). I asked this question over at a local Taiwanese forum, but thought I might post it here as well, since some readers of this blog live in other countries.

So, which is better of SRAM Rival and Shimano Ultegra (shifters, front and rear derailleurs, crankset, cassette, and maybe also the breaks). Or maybe the question should be: What are the pros and cons of each set, and why should I choose the one over the other?

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For several reasons, I haven't even been on my bike this year, except for a short ride to the street hockey session last week, and D hasn't even done that. A really slow start to the year, but we're pinning our hopes on next week. So for anyone else out there that might have problems getting on the bike, maybe this book is a good read to while away the time: Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens. I haven't read it myself yet, I just found it the other day, but I'm hoping that it might be a fun read.

It is written in 1887 by the first man ever to circumbike (!) the world. And he did it on a penny-farthing, aka highwheeler (always wondered how you get on one of those). From San Francisco to the US East Coast, and then through Eruope, the Middle East, India, China, and Japan and back to the US West Coast. The book, for which the copyright has expired, can be downloaded in text format from the Gutenberg Project. It's divided in two volumes, where Volume 1 describes the ride from San Francisco to Teheran, and Volume 2 describes the ride from Teheran To Yokohama.

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