Aussies at the Show

Taipei, Taiwan

It felt like attendance numbers overall were down slightly at this year’s Taipei Cycle. In previous years, the show’s organisers were always prompt in publishing detailed attendance data.

This year, despite multiple searches, I can’t see any such announcement, and other international cycling trade media have also reported not having seen attendance data.
One media report suggested a total attendance of 17,000, but with no break down as to whether this included both trade and public or any other details.

Previous detailed reports included top countries by attendance and Australia is always solidly within the top 10. Last year organisers said that 107 Aussies and Kiwis attended Taipei Cycle. It’s fair to assume that this total was also down slightly and I will never see all of them in any given year. But this year I did see about 35 including the 22 pictured here plus another dozen or so that escaped my lens…