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We’ll last weekend we got to the track and did a bit of work on the jump (as some arse had tried to destroy it). Then we spent 4 hours in the hot sun building our berm. We’re pretty impressed with the results (check the photos below) I just hope it survived the torrential rain this morning and Phil’s load-bearing cardboard does its job. Next weekend we’ll get some more done, probably a berm to the left right after this right hander as it’s pretty damn quick now!

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Date: Saturday June 28, 2008

Route: This is a clockwise route. Start in Shidu town, just west of
the low bridge over the river. After 0.5km, take the junction to the
north, after 7.5km along the paved road, it is the entrance of our
1st gorge. The local paved the 7km at the entrance and then ahead up
the valley onto gravel. Follow the 14km gravel track over the
ridgeline, climbing from 200 to 850 m before dropping to 600m. At one
point the track suddenly narrows to a seductive small track that goes
straight ahead and peters out: the real route hairpins back on your
left across a river bad. Later on there are some huge switchbacks,
ENJOY!!! At some mountain village follow your nose out through the
village, the road after here is decrepit, and the path reduced to a
single track on top of the old abandoned road.

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The past few weeks have seen some excellent ride conditions here in Qingdao. The weather has been warm and moist, but not humid. This has made for some eerie mist and nice grippy smooth hardpacked trails. Best of all due to the lack of rain and the sticky consistency of the trail dirt, we’ve had fun building up some small jumps to liven up our tried and trusted ride.

This week we’ll continue the work by building up a double we stared last week, and Ash christened in spectacular style, and also try to add a few berms and drops to the first downhill.

If your up for an early start and getting muddy in the eerie foggy forest drop us an email. andi@chinamtb.com.

Date: Saturday May 31, 2008

Route: This Sat, it is A to B ride, half paved and half dirt.

Start beside Banchengzi Reservoir, riding along the right-side of our
Spoon Ride till Panzipai, turn northeast till Qianhuozhiling, from
here downhill ride on the dirt trail approx 38km all the way till we
hit the main road at Gumenkou.  Turn right back to MOB Bus.

Total distance: approx. 90km
Total climb: est.  800meters
Estimated time back to town: 7 pm
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Date: Saturday May 24, 2008

Route: This Sat will be the farewell ride of Jobst, who will go back to
Germany at the end of May 2008.
All the best to YOU, Jobst!!

We will start again in Shandongzhuang, ride along our 15km paved
uphill till the 1st barrage. From there, offroad downhill till the T-
jonction. This time we will take left wing dirt road, followed by
single trail, plus some bike on shoulders. As soon as we hit the main
road, we will turn left and ride along the river back to MOB bus.

Total distance: approx 50km
Total climb: est. 1000 meters
Estimated time back to town: around 6pm

Sign-up:
beijingmob-owner@googlegroups.com
Book as early as possible.

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Date: Saturday May 17, 2008
Route: Starting at Tailing Tomb, ride east on tarmac for 6km and turn onto a

dirt track. After 4 or 5km we start to climb steeply for 6km and

cross into a hidden valley, at the end of which lies a little

forgotten village. After this we climb on single track with some

carrying bikes into another valley. Most of the descent on single

track can be ridden, there is a few km of sandy tracks leading to a

valley. Mobsters will be doing an extra loup on dirt tracks while

Mushes will have another 6km downhill back to the bus.
Total distance: approx. 70km & 1000m climb for Mobsters; 50km & 600m

climb for Mushes

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After some cloudy and rainy days in Huangshan, the MTB Festival blew away all the clouds and made way for the sun and a blue sky.

Almost 500 people showed up in the start, among others the Chinese bike star Li Fuyu, who was number one on 50K, finishing 46 seconds before last year’s winner Piers Touzel from Australia. However, since Li is a professional biker, he had to hand over his prize money to Piers, who also did an excellent race. Li was specially invited by the organizer and main sponsor TREK, and was very satisfied with both the race and the tracks.

Zheng Lufang was the first lady to finish the 50K race, which she did with glory by beating her main competitor Lv Taotao with almost as much as six minutes.

The arena was crowded of people, a mix of locals and bikers from more than 20 countries that were mingling with friends and other bike fans, having food and visiting our sponsors in their tents.

Date: Saturday May 10, 2008

Route: This is A-B ride along the Bai River.
Good both for road bikes and mountain bikes.

Starting from Jiuxianzhen, 5km uphill to the top where you will enjoy
amazing view of Beihebao Reservoir. Downstream ride all the way paved
to Tanghekou along Bai River.
Total distance: approx. 95km

Extra 30km dirt and paved loup for the Mobsters, start from
Qianjiadian till hitting the main road, turn east to join the other at Tanghekou.

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Nordic Ways have confirmed another exciting bike event for this year. It is a two days road bike race that will take place on October 18-19 around the area of the Olympic Park in Taicang and Jincang Lake (on the roads of Taicang Econcomic Development New Area), which is not that far from Shanghai. You can easily get there in about an hour by car from Shanghai. The contract was signed just before the May holiday, it is a 3-party agreement between Taicang City, Chengxiang Town, and Nordic Ways.

Taicang Jincang Lake International Bike Festival will be an amateur event open for both individual bikers as well as bike clubs, university teams, company teams, and children since there will be relay races in different categories.

During the Bike Festival, there will be many festivities going on, among others Exhibitions, a Beer festival, and an international band playing. In addition there will be BMX performances taking place in the arena. More information about this event will be coming up soon…so stay tuned!

With two weeks to go to this thrilling bike fest’, you can now check out the track profile and track map by clicking on the image above.

There have been some minor changes of the track from last year’s event. The loop is measured to 20K which will be the distance of the shorter race instead of 23K. While, the longer race will be either two or three laps, which means 40K or 60K, depending on what CCA decides.

We also still have a few trek-bikes left for rental…send an e-mail to sara.andersson@nordicways.com if you are interested!

Also, be aware of the registration dead-line on May 2nd!