One of the advantages of cycling in China is that you can get high end quality cycles for a fraction of the price in the West. XdS cycle shops are springing up everywhere here and it’s top end X-lab series (as ridden by Astana) is much in demand- I took advantage of this to get an X-lab RT-8 UT D12. This is the climbing version of the X-lab series and I’m in love..

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These are the current prices for their bikes. Prices in Chinese RMB. 10 RMB = 1 GBP so divide the price by 10 to get the cost in Sterling. I’ve included the original details in Chinese and an English Translation. (The word car can be used for both cycles and motor vehicles in case you are confused by the TT car!)

Come on a cycling trip and treat yourself to one of these beauties.