Ride to Sanyang and through the old streets.
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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 Dirty 2021 #3: The Big Dirty Recap
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
Bit of a wet start 
First big climb 
People warmed up 
People setting out from the first drink stand 
A relaxed downhill followed by a river segment 
The new segment 4 with the hill top pagoda finish. 
A very smooth and groomed flagstone cobble section along the river. 
A not so flat forbidden by the coach! 
A visit to the pigs! 
A relaxed last segment 8 for some! 
Dinner 
& Awards – then bed! 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!
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Tanqi Weekend Packages
Our Tanqi weekends are set on the third weekend of every month. From Friday night to Sunday afternoon. See our detailed Tanqi Weekend Itinerary page. Package price includes the bike, food & Tanqi activities and starts from 980 RMB. Select your correct bike size from the below and add that to your cart. Then select which home or room you would like and add that to your cart and check out. We will then contact you and get everything setup for you.
Current Dates are:
- March 27th – 28th
- April 17th – 18th
- May 15th-16th
- June 19th-20th
See our Tanqi Introduction & if you only want to rent a adventure bike see our Tanqi Bike Rental page.
Packages with Fat bikes. They have very large tires suitable for off road, beginners (lots of traction), and light on-road usage.
Packages using MTB. They are flat bar mountain bikes with gravel tires which are suitable for road and off road use.
Packages using Diverges. They are drop bar adventure gravel bikes with gravel tires suitable for road and off road use.
Bikes by Size
Package with Small Bikes
Package with Medium Bikes
Package with Large Bikes
Diverge Size Chart
Tanqi is supported by Specalized & Wildhomestay with the goal of promoting adventure cycling and getting people out on their bikes, in nature, exploring China. We run it at or below cost and 10% of generated income goes to local clean up and conservation projects. We hope the work we do for Tanqi is a win win for the local community, environment, gets more people cycling in diverse places, while helping to promote Specalized great bikes and Wildhomestays experiences.
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Tanqi Weekend Itinerary
We run our Tanqi Weekends every month during the cycling season. We also run them at any time when there are groups of more than 10 people.
Guests arrive Friday night. They are checked in, shown around and fitted to their bike at the bike shed.
A simple dinner is had and time permitting we watch a video introducing the key techniques and routes.
A early night is had in one of our simple homestays.
Saturday we wake up to a big Chinese Western breakfast and hot coffee. We then get on our bikes and head to the gravel pump track.
Here we practice basic skills so guests can easily get up hills and brake with confidence on the downs while handling different types of terrain.
Our Agriculture Gravel Pump Track! Great place to learn the basics. 
We cycle up and around Santang gaining experience in the hills while staying close to the homestay. We then head back to the cafe for lunch a short rest.
In the afternoon we head to some local hills for a introductory
We stop at some great locations with views and vistas over the mountains.
This is followed by a wash, stretch, and a relaxation in the recovery shed.
We then sit around chatting over drinks
And eat a huge fresh homes style BBQ
We then sit around the fire and chat
And them head back to our rooms for a good night sleep.
Sunday we wake early for breakfast and head out on the bikes to another slightly more challenging route.
Van support, cold and hot drinks are provided along the routes.
We cycle along small roads and through small villages with minimal traffic.
We stop for pictures and discuss technic along the way.
We always make sure there is a manageable challenge in the ride.
We return for lunch and afternoon checkout. Return by train or a easy drive.
Book your Tanqi Weekend Now
