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Dirty Sign Up Open

Sign up is now open for the first Dirty Cycling Callenge of the year. A little later than expected expected and a little shorter but still tough as…. As always well supported with lots of drink and food. 1 medium climb, 2 smaller tough ones, lots of competitive fun. Great views, challenging surfaces and serious socializing . Don’t have a adventure / wider tire bike? We have some great Specialized Diverges and some mountain bikes which are perfect for this type of Challenge. 

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2021 Yepao Recap

Extremely pleased this happened all considered and very lucky with the weather, air and everything else. Some serious climbs, some challenging downhills, too much food, not nearly enough photographs, and a great adventure through a well marked course in rural Anhui! Lessons learned, improvements to be made and looking forward to the 2022 Challenge Series. Details to be announced soon.

Very Well done to the challenge and award winners and many thanks to our partners for the great prizes.

2021 Fastest Female: YipingG – 5h58m – 27km (new course record)

2021 Fastest Male: PedroM 4h08m – 27km (new course record)

Hoka provided some great shoes and Wildhomestay some free weekend & Tanqi cycling experiences.

Adidas provided some great trail running bags for segment prizes.

The Clinic provided some recovery treatments and sports tests.

Also thanks to Norbu Naturals for their wonderfully fresh jerky and Namedsport for their hydration mixes along with Therabody for their recovery aids.

A big shout out to Leigh for all the great organisation and a special thanks to Peter & Vincent.

A homemade video of the runs.

Some of the selected images.

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DirtyClean 2021 & 2022

Wildhomestay was very pleased to host 6 DirtyClean Challenges for 2021.

Congratulations to our 2021 Dirty Queen & King!

Dirty #1: Frozen Black Cork (gallery)
Dirty #2: Sauna Slate (gallery)
Dirty #3: The Big Dirty (recap & gallery)

Congratulations to our 2021 Clean Empress & Emperor!

Clean #1: Beast of the east. (gallery)
Clean #2: Northern delights. (gallery)
Clean #3: Something sharp. (recap & gallery)

Many many thanks to our partners for providing great prizes, coverage and support!

2022 Calendar. Expect things to kick off early April.

Lastly, if you have joined a DirtyClean in 2021, we would be very grateful if you would fill out this feedback form.

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DC Clean 2021 #3: Something Sharp Recap

A warmer and sunnier day than expected full of punishing climbs, coffee stops and fun. Congratulations to all the participants and winners!

Simple briefing the night before
A early start to try and get back while it was still light.
Rolling to start. Only one flat(ish) segment
Small groups formed!
5 tough hill segments
A few sharp non timed downhills
Well supplied coffee stops
More ups & downs
Eating, drinking and getting brakes enroute
More & more ups and downs
Some tired smiles 🙂
Challenge BBQ
A few sore heads!
Awards and some great prizes from our partners.

Gallery of photographs. Many thanks to the photographer and all our participants who provided the photos!