Off to an early start leaving Taipei at 4 AM, some of our team tire and we do not have time to achieve our goal of a greater northern loop, but have a fun ride anyway. In Luodong 羅東 we catch the 9028 Capital bus 大都會客運 which leaves every 20 minutes, allows bikes without bags in the undercarriage baggage area and gets us to Dapinglin station 大坪林站 on the Xindian MRT in 50 minutes for 120 NT.