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.
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.
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.
A warmer and sunnier day than expected full of punishing climbs, coffee stops and fun. Congratulations to all the participants and winners!
Gallery of photographs. Many thanks to the photographer and all our participants who provided the photos!
A long day on a epic cycling challenge. The last dirty of the 2021 season had kind of everything. Think the photos do a better sum up than us writing it.
Well done to everyone who started and who enjoyed the day! Well done to those that nearly finished, just finished and easily (impossible) finished to get top points!
Many thanks to our partners for providing them great prizes Specialized | Chemical Guys | the clinic | Namedsport | Suunto | Therabody | Restrap | Castelli
A big gallery from participants, a local photographer and us. Many many thanks to everyone for all the photos. Download
Another gallery from YilanRyan 黄一澜. Many thanks for that. No so easy taking pictures while slipping down a hill!
And a few quotes from the day:
“Don’t stand up or the back wheel will spin”
“Sh@t that was steep”
“We love getting dirty”
‘Is this the end of the segment?!’
“So, that was the slippery road you were talking about…”
“do you have lights”
in my professional opinion its fu****
not another fu***** hill
not another fu***** cramp
this walk is wonderful
Doctor Justin!! /:,@P/:,@P
“is there another hill? Are you kidding me..?” hahahaa…how often have we heard this sentence [Facepalm]
the last part was worthy to call it real dirty gravel ride!
There is currently one charging station in our village and two local charing points in Sanyang.
