A weekend of Clean Rides around Wildhomestay, in Anhui, China.
Date: October 19th, 2024, 7am.
Type: Clean – Road bike. 168km 3000m
This challenge loops around the south of our area taking in the fantastic Qianniugang / Daming Mountain South Ascent. The Ascent is 1100m making it one of the longest uninterrupted climbs in the region. It winds its way along streams, through bamboo forests, tea plantations, rice terraces, the odd village and up to the top of the satellite station on the top of the mountain. Its described as “a world-class truly epic climb” and we concur :)!
Many thanks to our partners and supporters:
Specialized | SpineC | DH SPORTS | iGPSPORT | Chemical Guys | fever cycling | Namedsport | XCADEY | Shokz | Anken | Wildhomestay.
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These “clean” riding challenges are small scale, half competitive and half social! Clean Challenges take place on tarmac and concrete roads mostly of good quality. Expect a few rough areas and for your comfort, we suggest 28 tires or larger. There will be timed stages that make for a safer and more social but still highly competitive and fun day out. Support and rest points provided en route.
Beast of the East
Stunning route south of us through Anhui & Zhejiang.
 | 168km option. |
 | more than 2000m of Elevation Gain |
 | 1 main climbs. And a few smaller ones. |
 | 3 out of 5 in steepness scale. |
 | 3.5 out of 5 in toughness scale. |
 | 28c tires recommended. A 1 to 1 ratio if not more. |
 | Road! |
 | 4 drinkstops. |
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Awards
Various awards will be provided from our very kind partners. You will need to record your run on a GPS device or phone and upload it to Strava!
 | 3 Top Male & 3 Female for each Challenge |
 | Segments |
| 3 Masters |
| A few fun prizes |
 | Fastest Young Person |
Segments
Final segments will be posted to the wechat group before the ride so you can star them. They are also provided in the GPX / Fit / GPS files. The below are segments from previous BOE challenges
Warming up
370m elevation over 8.6Km. 4% average gradient.
A gentle mid-length climb to get the legs warmed up. Note that vans will not park at the finish this time! Ride on through the village until you get to a large car park on the left.
Curly mullet
175m elevation gain over 5.2km. 3.4% average gradient.
Relaxed little climb that gets progressively less relaxed. Finishes just before the start of the next segment, so be sure to take a breather.
里畈 to top
Just under 1100m elevation gain over 25km. 4.3% average gradient.
Hors categorie-type fun. This is the big one- a long climb through walnut orchards to the very top of “Damingshan”.
JR’s pain cave
150m elevation gain over 2km. 7.6% average gradient, 20% max.
In case you thought a 25km climb wasn’t challenging, we’ve added a segment within a segment. “JR’s pain cave” is a short, sharp climb starting at the end of the last village on the back route up Damingshan and finishing at the junction with the main route.
Noodle stop to Anhui
500m elevation gain over 11.5km. Rolling terrain.
From the Damingshan turnoff to the arch at the Zhejiang/Anhui border. Flat enough for drafting and team tactics. Occasionally, anyway.
We might add another local segment and adjust others closer to time depending on the ground conditions.
Itinerary
Friday
Bus leaves Shanghai 18:00 sharp. 5h to get here by bus.
2.30h by train. Direct and non-direct train options and the station is 10 minutes from Wildhomestay.
8pm Briefing for new riders. We will try and stream as well.
Saturday
5:00am Breakfast
6:30am Challenge start
5:30pm Challenge Ends
BBQ & Beers at 6:30pm
Awards at 8pm
Sunday
7:00am Breakfast
9am Morning activities, cycling, running, Adventure cycling on Specialized Diverge adventure bikes.
1230 Lunch
Order
Please order through this link. We will add you to a wechat group and the final itinerary, GPX / waiver and info will be provided through that group and during a briefing.
Please make sure you get yourself signed up to the DirtyClean wechat group or leave your email so we can communicate with you ref updates. Contact our service for more info. Also don’t forget to sign up for our Wechat official account “Wildhomestay”
Need to rent a great Specialized Diverge adventure bike for the Challenge? Click here
Gallery
Pictures from previous Beast of the East Challenges 2020 & 2021 🙂
Please make sure you get yourself signed up to the DirtyClean wechat group or leave your email so we can communicate with you ref updates. Contact our service for more info. Also don’t forget to sign up for our Wechat official account “Wildhomestay”
Many thanks to our partners and supporters:
Specialized | SpineC | DH SPORTS | iGPSPORT | Chemical Guys | fever cycling | Namedsport | XCADEY | Shokz | Anken | Wildhomestay.
Highlighted Supporters – extra thanks.
Comfort Reliability Performance: We use Prime Kit, Mirror 3D saddle and Mondo tires because they add the required element of compliance and ruggedness without compromising performance and comfort. We highly recommend you try these products! Specialized is our Level 1 sponsor of DirtyClean, offering some great prizes!
DirtyClean Sports Rehabilitation Partner: SpinC is the leading sports rehabilitation clinic in Shanghai, providing us with post-race rehabilitation for riders to enjoy a healthier and more enjoyable riding experience.
Please visit www.dirtyclean.cn for recaps and more info on wildhomestay’s DirtyClean events.
