Category: Blog
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Shanghai visits Kansas
From JonathanR: Dirty Kansa 200 – the real story The Lord sent an interesting list of alternative gravel races because lets be honest there was no way we would get through the lottery for Dirty Kansa. It was from McDonald’s that I received a text to say Justin had got in and after I checked…
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Damingshan Delight
A fun post by Josh on his Everest. https://www.strava.com/athletes/1370681/posts/2101433
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A return to the countryside
It had been a full 12 months since first visiting the lush surrounding of Qingliangfeng That coupled with the risk of being roped into a ‘Moganshan and back’ one dayer, were enough incentive to make a return trip to Anhui. Although there was some relief in avoiding a 450km ride, a leisurely weekend was unlikely…
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Did you hear the one about the Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman seeking four maidens?
Not a bad joke, but a long hatched plan that recently saw the light of day. Tales of oxygen deprived passes, pandas and even kebabs had prompted much research into what lies west of Chengdu. Due to the Dragon Boat Festival, what had originally been planned as a 2 day trip, now morphed into a…
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Four courageous cyclists, three countries calling, two sets of chamois and one expectant cock
Whilst not quite the 12 days of Christmas, there was certainly a festive flavour. Chinese New Year. Offices shut for more than a week. Damn cold weather to escape from. Elevation to seek. All away from Shanghai. That formed the main basis of the plan. Yunnan the ideal starting point, allowing a progressive warm up,…
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Shanghaicycling.org – End of 2016 season – PARTYYY!
Long awaited party for all Shanghai cyclists finally happened! Yesterday at Pistolera all fans of cycling came together and celebrated the amazing 2016! It was a year of great achievements – our friends were winning world champ titles, smashing everesting, riding their asses off every day no matter if it rains or shines! We started…
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Katrine The Danish Star IM IM70.3 World Champ’s welcoming party! 13th October 2016!
It will be short today… I promise lol. Shanghai is full of amazing athletes but there is one very, very, very special person among them – it is our lovely Katrine. I remember her first ride with us (or at least with me), she got flat 5 meters after Outlets. I was helping her changing…
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1st World Championships RideNow Mobike ITT/Crit! 5th October 2016!
Forget about Vuelta a España, Giro d’Italia, Le Tour de France and IRONMAN World Championship! Yesterday in #shanghai we had the hardest race of them all! 14 brave cyclists came in their PJs to take part in ITT and Crit race in Miaojiang Road! They brought fastest bikes out there – Mobikes! Each participant had…
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SCO delegation visits Pudong. 24th September 2016!
Today I had pleasure to do my ride with amazing guys from Pudong. Plan was – first picking up the one and only Karen and going together to GC (German Center which is the meeting point for morning weekend rides). I was a bit late because I forgot that Fuxing Ferry starts at 5:55 (and…