Category: Challenges

  • 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.

  • Something Sharp (and slippery)

    Something Sharp (and slippery)

    Clean #1

    It rained, then rained more and then stopped raining for the race but rain was still coming off the mountains with rain running down the rain covered roads. This made the little concrete roads super slippery which resulted in people getting a bit too touchy with their brakes and slipping over. Lesson learned for both us and the participants. We won’t run this course again during the spring or wet seasons. Participants need to heed our warnings on tire choice and pressure and work on their steep decent braking skills. Regardless a fun and challenging day was had by all and thankfully nothing was broken, other than an exploding wheel!

    Ladies Results:

    Men Results:

    Other Results:

    2024 Queen & King Awards:

    The current standings for the Specializedโ€™s bikes King & Queen award: ShawnC and JoelleT are first place and in line to win some great Sworks gear. One race down and three to go so it’s still early days and anyone’s taking!

    Next up is Clean #2: Beast of East. 99% good tarmac! 28 race tires are fine but 32s are more comfy and quicker?

    Sponsors

    Many thanks to all our supporters for their great awards, time and energy. A shout out to our long term partner Specialized for their top prizes. To Toby of FeverCycling for his maintenance and group support over the entire weekend. To SpineC for their great stretches and health advice. To Shokz for their prizes and headphone trials. To iGPSport for their GPS devices. To xCadey for their electric pumps and prizes. To D2E for their cleaning produce. To Namedsports for their hydration products. To the entire wildhomestay team who help make this happen. To Miranda for her social media and to all the other individuals who have helped out. Thanks to all for supporting the more adventurous community driving side of our cycling.

    Gallery

  • 2023 Dirty #1 Recap

    2023 Dirty #1 Recap

    2023 Ultra & Chill Results

    Gallery of Participant Photos

    Many thanks to everyone for their great photos!