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Tough Rides: China - Season 1

Series: Tough Rides: China
4.7
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Episodes
6
Rating
NR
Year
2010
Language
English
Publisher
Filmhub

About

Global adventurer Ryan Pyle motorcycle journeys through China for a 65-day, 18,000 km journey across the amazing East. Then for 54 days, he tackles the roads and rainforests of India, and finally an epic 14,000km, 60-day circumnavigation around Brazil.

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Episodes

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1. Shanghai to the Korean Border

26m

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Colin and Ryan Pyle take off from Shanghai on their two well-kitted out BMW bikes for an epic adventure. They will cover 18,000 kilometres over 60 days in a circuit of China that has never been attempted before.

2. Inner Mongolia to Xinjiang Province

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Ryan and Colin Pyle bike to Inner Mongolia, bunking down for a night in a yurt village before visiting one of China's largest wind farms. Then, heading away from the idyllic grassland and rolling green hills, they strike the world's largest traffic jam.

3. China's Wild West

26m

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Ryan and Colin Pyle leave their moon-scape camping ground at Turpan and head across the salt flats to Xinjiang, China's Wild West. In a few hours, they travel from 150m below sea level to 3300m above sea level in freezing temperatures.

4. Towards Tibet

26m

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After Ryan has recovered from the worst motorcycle fall he's ever had, the Pyle brothers aim for Tibet on the G219 highway, passing mountains and lakes, including one of the most holy places in Asia, Lake Manasarovar.

5. Mount Everest and Lhasa

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A local Zhongba motorcycle repairman comes to the Pyle brother's rescue, managing to get the BMW bike clutch back in working order. But further disaster strikes when Colin's bike blows a tire. The journey is now in real jeopardy.

6. Shangri-la to Shanghai

26m

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The closure of the Eastern Tibetan border forces the Pyle brothers to travel by plane, reconnecting with their bikes in Shangri-La. From here, they head to Guizhou province.

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Ryan Pyledirector
Ryan Pyleactor
Colin Pyleactor