自從開始 二輪人 的工作後，一直注意著專業自行車競賽部份，台灣雖然稱為自行車王國，但相對亞洲其他地方，業界投放於專業自行車運動部份的比例卻是極少。而短視的業者以籌辦高收費低 / 無獎金的比賽來牟利，對運作成本較高昂的競賽車隊及車手缺乏吸引力，更進一步令製造或銷售較優質產品的廠商、企業不願意贊助。After our site ” www.bikemen.net ” established and started reporting of events in Taiwan, we have adverted that although Taiwan has been praised as the Kingdom of Cycling, but compared with other districts in Asia, the resources invested to this sport from the field here in the passed few years was so less. Even that, the main, short sighted organizer(s) of events just wanted to get money from riders asap ( by high attendance fee but low and/or without cash prizes for winners ), this did make no factories and enterprises want to support.
其實這個地方，硬體十分完整，要多長的路有多長，要多高的山有多高，唯獨缺少上文所提到的要素，這，確實可惜。Actually, Taiwan can be an excellent place for sport of cycling with great hardwares - endless roads and high mountains, but unfortunately, just lack of the most needs - softwares, partly as mentioned above. What a pity it is !
或許大家會說，台灣騎自行車的人相較其他地方來說，應該是一個自行車運動很發達的國家。然而，很多人卻誤會了 “自行車運動” 及 “以自行車為交通工具的休閒娛樂” 之間的分別。May be we can say, compared with the districts around, cycling sport in Taiwan is well developed. However, there are so many people misunderstood and supposed it’s no difference between ” Sport of cycling ” and ” Bikes used for transportation and entertainments “.
打職棒的選手是從事棒球運動，很少人會用棒球來作休閒娛樂之用，反倒是大家很熱烈的觀賞賽事。我誠心希望有一天，專業自行車運動也能得到廣大民眾支持及熱愛。Professional baseball players are engaging the sport, although number of people used baseball for entertainment is not as many as cycling, most of us loved to watch their events. We wholeheartedness to wish professional sport of cycling can also be loved by numerous of people as they have.
我們 二輪人 的一眾夥伴，以及有著同一方向的前輩們，抱盡一點微力來推廣自行車運動的心，誠心在這裡為大家帶來全新的 “北台灣積分聯賽”，希望透過廢棄不必要的華麗頒獎台，但以低廉的報名費，高額的獎金 (高達 40 萬新台幣)，及我們認真、謙虛及彼此尊重態度，令台灣自行車運動愛好者，有一較易負擔及公平切磋的平台。All the members of www.bikemen.net, now in league with those predecessors have the same thoughts of promoting the sport of cycling, sincerely for you all here, a brand new event ” Tour de North Taiwan “. Hoping that by disusing of over decorated podium, but with low attendance fee, have/high cash prizes ( totally up to NTW$ 400,000 in one stage ), and by our working attitude with conscientiousness, humble and respecting, to let all the cycling lovers in Taiwan can have a platform which is much more easy to afford, to improve oneself through equitable competitions.
最後，也希望得到大家的支持及提供寶貴意見，讓這個比賽能夠更為完美。Finally, for the ” Tour de North Taiwan ” can be accomplished, we sincerely hoping that you can support us by attendance and giving precious opinions.
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