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  • Spring26

    Spring26

    Spring is an amazing time to visit the homestay. Shake off those winter blues and get active outdoors, shaking off the winter urban sprawl.

    Our doors open for spring in the middle of March when its warm enough for a hike and ride while all the plant buds are emerging just like us to the warmth of the returning sun :)…. Come to experience the rape seed, fruit tree, tea picking, bamboo shoot and spring seeding season. We modify our cafe’s menu to integrate these ingredients into our home-cooked dishes as well as offer activities based around them!

    Getting to us has also gotten easier with our Weekend Hangzhou West pickup service. Easily and quickly get a train to Hangzhou West Train Station from Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing and other areas, and we will pick you up on Friday evening and drop you back on Sunday afternoon. Super convenient for people also travelling from Hangzhou. Its just 1h40m away!

    Also new for Spring 26 are our new ebikes for rentl and local bike tours! A great way to explore the Huizhou area!

  • Ride Dirty Weekend

    Ride Dirty Weekend

    A bit last-minute but this weekend, 6th & 7th September, we will be doing a gravel training weekend. Cannot make that? Might also do one the following weekend as well. PM to add to group!

    Freshen up those off-road legs and gravel skills!

    Beginners: You can try out on two flatish sections. Focus on braking, cornering and steep hill climb starts. We will do some drills with you and provide feedback so you can focus on building your confidence and having fun!

    Intermediate to advanced: focus on whatever you like ๐Ÿ™‚ and a good chance to test out your gear.

    Over evening beers we will chat about gravel races, events weโ€™ve done, tire pressures and enjoy a BBQ together.

    Its Free! No cost to join if you are our guest, and we will also provide a complimentary van, cold refreshments and nibbles. FYI we will start super early to try and beat the serious heat. Bring your own gravel or mountain bike or rent one of ours for two days at half cost. Want to stay an extra night (Thursday or Sunday) and we will provide that night free!

    Saturday: reservoir and Daming gravel – Beginner 50km and 95km intermediate, 2 to 3 gravel segments. We will do some short repeats, testing out different tire pressures. One timed challenge segment per day with a fun little gift for the top 3. Feeling super strong, and if overcast, then add the Botanical climb.

    Sunday: black hills gravel – 50km, 3 gravel segments. Test out tubeless tire puncture repair on our test tires. A skill you should know!

    Book rooms the usual way, www.wildhomestay.com and tell our wechat service account to add you to our weekend gravel group.  Warning! We will check that you have insurance (if not 30rmb) and sign a waiver!

  • Clean Slate Recap

    Clean Slate Recap

    Due to the somewhat extreme weather on Saturday, the Clean race ended up being our hardest event yet and most of the participant’s most challenging race to date. A real, Day In Hell!

    SLate L1st2nd3rd
    manjul pav Darcy wuMatthew GRECH
    womanliu shu jing Kate Taylor RavenZ
    XL, Slate XL1st2nd3rd
    manRichard Welch PASShawn Chen ANTRob Knight Suzhou
    womanMiranda ้ข–ๅ„ฟVera VV Joelle Tybon 
    mastersScott Kirchner Fabrice Demichel Luke Webb 
    TEAMHong KongSuzhouANT

    Route info: https://www.wildhomestay.com/slate-2025/

    Many thanks to our sponsor Specialized for all the great prizes!

  • DCๅด‡ๆ˜Ž็“œ่ฝฆๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜๏ผDC Chongming Gravel

    DCๅด‡ๆ˜Ž็“œ่ฝฆๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜๏ผDC Chongming Gravel

    ๅœจๆดปๅŠจๅ‘ๅธƒๅˆฐไธพๅŠž็Ÿญ็Ÿญ1ๅ‘จๅคš็š„ๆ—ถ้—ดๅ†…๏ผŒๅธๅผ•ไบ†ๅคง็บฆ120ไบบๅˆฐๅœบ๏ผŒๅธŒๆœ›่ฟ™ๅœบๆดปๅŠจไผšๆˆไธบๆ˜ฅๅญฃ็ปๅ…ธ่ต›ไบ‹๏ผไธ‰ๆœˆๅบ•ๅœจๅด‡ๆ˜Žๅฒ›๏ผŒๅ…จ็จ‹75ๅ…ฌ้‡Œ็š„็“œ่ทฏไธŽไบบ็ƒŸ็จ€ๅฐ‘็š„้“่ทฏใ€‚ๅพˆ้ซ˜ๅ…ด็œ‹ๅˆฐไธŠๆตทๅฏน็“œ่ฝฆๆดปๅŠจๆœ‰ๅฆ‚ๆญค้ซ˜็š„็ƒญๆƒ…๏ผAbout 120 people turned up at short notice for what we hope becomes a spring classic! 75km of gravel and quiet roads on Chongming Island at the end of March. Good to see so much enthusiasm in Shanghai for a gravel event! Congratulations to our podium winners

    ็ฌฌไธ€ๅ 1st็ฌฌไบŒๅ 2nd็ฌฌไธ‰ๅ 3rd
    ๅฅณๅญ็ป„ WomanMichelleJoelleๅคงไบ‘ๅญ
    26.6km/h26.0km/h25.9km/h
    ็”ทๅญ็ป„ Manๅ‘จ่ฏšJohnsonBR-Bicycle ็”ฐๅ›ฝๅฟVilleM
    31.9km/h 31.6km/h31.0km/h
    ๅคงๅธˆ็ป„๏ผˆ40+๏ผ‰Master่–›ไบฌๅŸŽ200็“ฆ้•ฟไธไบ†ไบ†้ซ˜ๅนฒ
    30.1km/h 28.1km/h27.2km/h
    ้žๅธธๆ„Ÿ่ฐขๆˆ‘ไปฌๆ‰€ๆœ‰็š„่ตžๅŠฉๅ•†๏ผMany thanks to all our supporters!
    ๅ…จๅŠ›ไปฅ่ตด๏ผFull power!
    ่กฅ็ป™็‚น Drink stand
    ็š‡ๅŽ่ต›ๆฎต๏ผthe queen stage ๐Ÿ™‚
    ้‡Ž่ถฃไนกๅฑ…็Ÿฅๅ่ƒฝ้‡ๆฃ’๏ผwildhomestay famous energy bars!
    ๅคšๆ•ฐ่ทฏๆฎตๆ˜ฏ็“œ่ทฏ๏ผŒไฝ†ไนŸๆœ‰ไธ€ไบ›ๆŸๆฒนๅ’Œๆฐดๆณฅ่ทฏ Mostly gravel but some tarmac and concrete.
    ่ฟ™ๆฌกๆดปๅŠจ็ขณๆŽ’ๆ”พไธบ
    3ๅจไบŒๆฐงๅŒ–็ขณโ€”โ€”ๆˆ‘ไปฌๅฐ†้€š่ฟ‡ๆคๆ ‘ๆฅๆŠตๆถˆๆดปๅŠจไบง็”Ÿ็š„็ขณๆŽ’ๆ”พใ€‚็”ฑไบŽไธญๅ›ฝๅคง้™†ๅนฟๆณ›้‡‡็”จๆ–ฐ่ƒฝๆบๆฑฝ่ฝฆ๏ผŒๆ€ปไฝ“็ขณๆŽ’ๆ”พ้žๅธธไฝŽ๏ผ3T C02e – We will plant some trees to offset the event. Emissions were quite low due to local EV transport!
    ๆ˜ฅๆ—ฅ็š„ๆ™ดๅคฉ็”šๆ˜ฏ้šพๅพ—๏ผLucky with the dry conditions!
    ็”ทๅญ็ป„้ข†ๅฅ–ๅฐ๏ผๅนฒๅพ—ๆผ‚ไบฎ๏ผMale Podium! Wel done!
    ๅฅณๅญ็ป„้ข†ๅฅ–ๅฐ Female Podium!
  • Yepao Recap: Hickory 2024

    Yepao Recap: Hickory 2024

    A very nice weekend of runs through Hickory and tea plantations, through forests and up and down the local mountains of Sanyang.

    Many thanks to our supporters of the event: Lululemon for some great award prizes, Sanyang Town government for some great media coverage and Wildhomestay for hosting everything.

    A special shout out to Leigh, Peter, Vincent, and Annie for all the effort planning, cutting and marking the trails.