Comments on: 2009 Deaf Olympics, Taipei: Hanging Around the Egg

By: Cycling at the Deaflympics - David on Formosa

Cycling at the Deaflympics - David on Formosa — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:33:13 +0000

[...] Update: Daniel Carruthers, a Deaflympics competitor from New Zealand, adds the following information (via Brian Webb’s blog). [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:08:36 +0000

@Daniel: David’s blog, and that article, are here. I have passed on to him that you left a comment on my Deaflympics article via Twitter.

Thank you so much for your interesting insight in the event.

By: Daniel Carruthers

Daniel Carruthers — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:59:43 +0000

Hi David, I read your posting about the Deaflympics Cycling event and noticed that you commented that Taipei lacks a velodrome facility, while this is true, there is a track venue about 1hr away from Taipei.

Traditionally at Deaflympics, the 1000m sprint is done on road bikes and for the most part on the road. Just like you saw at the Taipei City Centre. The reason for racing on road bikes is because there is not enough “specialist” Deaf Track riders in the world to support track bikes on a velodrome. If everyone of us was required to bring a track-bike, then many of us will be bringing three bikes to compete on.

I thought that the location at the City Hall was a great one. Easy access for people of Taipei to spectate and enjoy the thrill of high speed racing. The 50km points race was also held at the same venue on a 1km circuit.

I represented New Zealand at the Deaflympics and have decided to stay on here in Taipei. If you have time, please send me a message on gmail. Thanks.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:51:53 +0000

Yeah if I can convince the family, I’ll head back there on Sunday.

By: Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:50:21 +0000

Nice pics. I’m going to try and spend a bit of time there tomorrow afternoon, and maybe again next weekend.