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  • 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.

  • Clean #2 & The Last Dirty Recap

    Clean #2 & The Last Dirty Recap

    Clean

    After canceling the last Clean due to weather and this time having to change the course due to a last minute tunnel closure it was a struggle for us but a bunch of fun hosting such a passionate and authentic cycling community. Thanks for all the support from everyone from route selection, to looking after riders who have never done these types of challenges, to providing all the photographs. #realcyclists #sufferingsmiles

    Congratulations to the 2024 Clean #2: Daming South, Winners

    • Female 1st: MichelleT
    • Female 2nd: SarahC
    • Female 3rd: LuluL
    • Male 1st: ShawnC
    • Male 2nd: DiegoS
    • Male 3rd: MikeB
    • Grandmaster 1st: MikeB
    • Grandmaster 2nd: AlgernonS
    • Grandmaster 3rd: WolfgangBirthdayBoy

    Many thanks to our partners and supporters over the years!

    Ladies
    Gents
    Grand Masters
    Segment
    Segment
    Segment
    Segment
    Fancy Dress
    Longest
    Best DNF

    Dirty

    It was a epic course and an appropriate way to end the Dirty Cycling Challenge series. We’ve decided to stop our Dirty Challenges (this one also came with Dirty Water Stop and Dirty Noodles) after six years as nearly all our dirty is being concreted over and there does not seem to be much interest in a all-surface endurance gravel type races. We will still adventure out, get lost and explore the area, just in a different way and format. Thanks to all the participants and sponsors who have joined over the years.

    Congratulations to the 2024 Dirty: Double Dirty Daming, Winners

    • 1st Female: JoelleT
    • 1st Male: EdC
    • 2nd Male: JeffS
    • 3rd Male: DavidO
    Dirty Lady
    Dirty Men
    Dirty Wipeout

    Many thanks to our partners and supporters over the years!

    Sunday Clean & Dirty Recovery

    One group went on a chilled Poshan recovery ride and the other a dirty reservoir revenge loop. Another on a long run through the local bush!

    Next Up: Clean #3 Corked Highway & Shangtan Sprint- 16th & 17th November. A little different!

    We will also know and present the DirtyClean 2024 Specialized Queen & King awards on Sunday lunch. Many thanks to Specialized China for the great awards.

  • Marked Routes

    Marked Routes

    Thanks MirandaL and the Homestay team for marking out 3 easier routes.

    All the routes start and finish at the cafe. Just follow the coloured arrows.

    1. Ask for a map in the cafe!
    2. Choose a route color and follow the colored arrows.
    3. Look at for the colored numbers on the trail showing where you are on the map. if you get split from your friends or need to tell them where to meet choose your closest number.
  • Hangzhou Homestay Routes

    Hangzhou Homestay Routes

    There is some very nice riding between Wildhomestay & Hangzhou. Coming from Beijing or Shanghai? Jump on an early train, jump off at Hangzhou and cycle or motor from there. Spend a night on the road or do a ultra in one day. See this collection.

    Mid: Probably the nicest route if you’re not in a rush. Small good tarmac most of the way. We need to tweak a nice route out of Hangzhou. The below route starts to get nice out of Fuyang and the Pipu Fengshui Qianchuan Heqiao Daming line is fantastic quiet small roads.

    Hangzhou>Wildhomestay MidDownload

    North: Hangzhou to Deqing / Morganshan and back down to the homestay. There should be a very nice route from Downtown HZ through west lake, Xixi wetlands, following the canal up to the hills below Deqing then through the hills up to Moganshan or west. Anyone know of a good route like this let us know please.

    South: Hangzhou to North Qiandaolake and up to homestay. Head north form Fenshui. Then go west to Hecun, Linqi, Pingmen and Jinchuan to the Homestay.

    Direct: The G56 motorway (car or bus only) or old highway S102 / S02 Huangyu Xian via Lin’an / Changhua Zhen. Check routes on Gaode.

    Below are some posts: