Triban RC 520 Gravel review

@ROOTminus1 I was somewhat aware of that. Hence why my comments have "at least for now, formally" type caveats and I also wrote: "The independence parties in Taiwan may change that at some point, but that is the formal position for now." So we don't disagree. You are confirming that the formal position has not (yet) been changed, exactly as I referred to.

@Miller Why? If I was going out KOM hunting I would 100% be taking it as easy as possible for much of the rest of the ride. My mate rides with his partner a fair bit and has some KOMs around where he is. He gets most of them when hes on a ride with her and his average power is often not much higher than this for the rides and hes 80kg.

@Paul J A core element of the last election cycle in Taiwan was that of the DPPs stance on Taiwanese national identity. The DPP (current ruling party) are the most supportive of an independent Taiwanese identity, contrary to that of their main opposition) the KMT, who strongly identify with the one-China under ROC stance (rather that Beijing's view of one China under PRC). DPP held power in 2024 but slipped from a majority to a minority lead arguably because they refused to make their independent Taiwan stance an official policy, most likely out of fear of antagonising and further inviting attacks (political and militarily) from Beijing. In summary, your assertion that the majority of Taiwanese people still identify as Chinese (ROC not PRC) may not be wrong, but it is not as definitive as you make it out to be.

as your said, you're mixing bikes, some riders want Chinese road bikes, fine . But, how many Chinese downhill bikes do you know?

So that's where Ursa ended up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_the_Bear

@GMBasix sure, what's the point in having a confrontation in the street? Just submit the footage and move on.

@mdavidford ah, but did Rothko start off with contrast stripes? EDIT - ignore that, I've just reminded myself of some of his stuff...

Tell that to Rothko

@Rendel Harris "the government in Taipei very definitely does not consider Taiwan to be part of China" They consider it to be part of the "Republic of China". The constitution of which, for now, says this state is composed of the mainland and the island of Taiwan (amongst other islands). They reject the claim of the "People's Republic of China" to that "China", though recognise it holds power over the mainland. I.e., both Taipei and Beijing - for now - lay claim to a Chinese state which is composed of the mainland and the island of Taiwan. I think you, and others here, are confusing political identities with ethnic ones. I'm not sure which poll you refer to, but the polls I've read a substantial chunk consider themselves *both* Taiwanese and Chinese. I think your figure is combining both the "Taiwanese only" and "Taiwanese-and-Chinese" numbers.

@captain_slog I have a Brevet merino jersey from a number of years ago, and was always a bit confused by the chest pocket - very useful for a credit card, but certainly not big enough for a brevet card.