Sign up is now open for the first Clean of 2022 – Northern Delights. Its long but an amazing route.
Author: jencks
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Clean Road Cycling Challenge
https://www.dirtyclean.cn/activities/cycling/races/dirtyclean/2022-nd-northern-delights/ -
Dirty Sign Up Open
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.
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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 Clean 2021 #3: Something Sharp Recap
A warmer and sunnier day than expected full of punishing climbs, coffee stops and fun. Congratulations to all the participants and winners!
Simple briefing the night before 
A early start to try and get back while it was still light. 
Rolling to start. Only one flat(ish) segment 
Small groups formed! 
5 tough hill segments 
A few sharp non timed downhills 
Well supplied coffee stops More ups & downs 
Eating, drinking and getting brakes enroute 
More & more ups and downs 
Some tired smiles 🙂 
Challenge BBQ 
A few sore heads! 
Awards and some great prizes from our partners. Gallery of photographs. Many thanks to the photographer and all our participants who provided the photos!
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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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Dirty Updates
Check out these photos and4 posts for the 2021 Dirty #1:
Recap by Biketo.com 
A gravel recap 
Cycling China write up 
xGames post
2021 Dirty #1 Results 
Sign up for the Dirty #2 
Many thanks to Specalized with all their support. Check out the Tanqi weekends and Diverge bikes -
Easy(ier) Cycling Challenge
On the 24th of April we will be holding the first Somewhat Dirty Cycling Challenge aimed at people wanting to gain a taste of “gravel” or off road riding. Our Dirty Challenges are designed and are described as the toughest 1 day mixed surface cycling Challenges in the region with many of the participants not finishing. This “Somewhat” Dirty Challenge is suitable for newer and less endurance or experienced riders, is still a real challenge and lots of fun.
Somewhat Dirty Pigs (the easier one)
- Date: April 24th 2021, 8am.
- JR’s Intro: A little bit of everything for the less experienced adventure “gravel” rider. At the end it will leave you wanting to explore more on your bike. The route takes in the broken concrete of the river out of Sanyang and segment #1, followed by perfect tarmac towards Poshan. Crossing the river you head up through segment #2 to the first real off road section and segment #3. Segment #4 takes you to the highest point of the day and the ability to get a great view. The downhill is fun but be very careful. When you hit the main road there is segment #5 which rolls back the way you came. Then relax until segment #6 which is the final stretch back to the homestay.
- Time: Depends on your level but assume 3h for fast rider and 6h to 8h for slow rider with some pushing.
- Level: Basic with strong fitness. You need to be confident braking downhill. You need stamina to spin uphill for more than an hour! If you’ve just starting out on a bike this is not for you. Come up another time for one of our Tanqi Adventure Riding weekends.
- Equipment: Gravel, Mountain Bike, Hybrids, Road bike with 32 or wider tires. MTB or flat shoes.
- Sign up: Choose the Somewhat Dirty Basic or Full options at this link: https://www.dirtyclean.cn/product/dirty1cork/
The top of the main climb on the Somewhat Dirty. Adventure bikes & Tanqi
If you don’t have a suitable bike we might be able to provide you one through our Tanqi Adventure Riding program with Specalized. We have a great range of Diverage adventure gravel bikes and mountain bikes with gravel tires which are highly suited to the challenge.
Just before the main downhill after the Pig Farm Climb
The range of Tanqi Specalized Diverges. Fantastic carbon adventure bikes! -
DirtyClean 2020 Cycling Challenges
The last two Dirty & Clean Challenges will be held on November 7th on the same day. A fun way to end the cycling season!
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Dirty & Clean Challenges in August
The Clean Cycling road challenge will happen on the 1st of August and the Dirty Adventure Ride on the 22nd of August. More to hopefully come later in the year. Small scale, informal, very challenging, social and a bunch of fun! https://www.dirtyclean.cn/cycling/races/dirtyclean/
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2019 Dirty Race Recap
Many thanks to our generous sponsors for the prizes.
Race Recap
By EdC & JustinJ, The weekend of the inaugural Clean & Dirty races exceeded our expectations in every way! The weather was fantastic (if you don’t mind a little sunburn), there were no serious incidents; even the holiday traffic was not too bad!We got off to an easy start at 7am. For the Clean riders this entailed a steady long climb up the first hill, followed by a long rolling downhill winding down the valley to Qiandao Lake. A brief respite on a flat section around Weiping lead to the second long climb and descent, which deposited riders at the bottom of the infamously grueling “Forbidden by the coach” climb out of Shitan village. A technical descent took riders to the start of the “rubbish ride”, with only two more smaller and easier to negotiate hills before galloping home. Finishers started to roll in mid-afternoon. The event was won by Scott & Nicole, with some additional special prizes awarded for some not-so-serious categories.Dirty riders also began with a big effort, gaining 700m elevation to climb into an isolated valley with beautiful concrete road descents, a brief section of hike-and-bike, and ending in flowing riverside singletrack. After converging briefly with the Clean ride, the Dirty ride took a scenic detour along a flagstone path, before rejoining the Clean ride to attack “Forbidden by the coach”. The fun was only just beginning for the Dirty riders, however, as they faced a further 3 challenging climbs: the “Red rocks” dirt road grinder, the “Pig” climb that finishes off steep concrete switchbacks and steeper gravel with some pig-dodging, and finally the exhausting effort of the “B*****d lite” climb (yes, there’s a harder one) that took riders high above Sanyang village. The descents from these climbs offered little respite, with sections like the descent from Poshan really testing riders’ offroad handling skills. Everyone pushed to their limits; the suffering was truly sincere, as was the sense of accomplishment in finishing each section and the race. Josh B. came first, Jerry 2nd; and Sara and Olivia were awarded joint “DNF” winners 🙂Riders were met by blue skies, sun sets, mountains, rocks, streams, ancient hill villages, rivers, forests, wetlands, birdsong, inquisitive and helpful locals, and tasty coffee, sandwiches and homemade energy bars and cakes.All in all it was a great day out! We hope next year is even better than this year. Dirty, now described as “The Most Challenging 1 Day Cycle Race In China” tries to combine adventure, wild scenery, and varied experiences all within easy accessibility from the major cities of the area.Various road and adventure rides were enjoyed before and after the main events; along with lots of beer, coffee, and food.🙂 Next up – a 24hr race, combining north and south sections with culinary and cultural stops 🙂A fun and inspiring video recap & vlog by Zhou Chain
Gallery
Photos of the 2 races. Many thanks to the particpants who also took the below pictures / video especially Miles & cZhou. Video links will be uploaded soon.
Some info / routes / gps of the two rides.
There Where Two Races
The Dirty
- 8-10h of punishment and beauty.
- 165km of mixed-surface riding; from tarmac to single track and everything in between.
- Includes short sections of steps.
- Not flat.
- Mountain bike shoes required.
- Road bikes are not advised.
The Clean AKA Nearly Dirty
- 8h of laid back cat and mouse.
- 180km of tarmac and concrete road.
- Not flat.
- Road bike and shoes are advised.
Final course routes and distances are subject to change. GPX & course notes will be provided the day before the races after a final inspection. Heavy rain on the day will alter course and race formats.
Sunday Relaxed Ride
Chilled group Sunday ride with possible extensions. Stay longer and experience some of the great routes in the area.
Thanks for some great prizes
Prizes where given by some fantastic sponsors to the days top achievers. See info on the great prices and sponsors. A participants memento was also provided to all finishers.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors for the prizes.
