Shannon Bufton is the co-founder and director of Serk, a Beijing-based outfit that designs titanium bicycles and leads some of the most ambitious cycling tours in the world.

This week, we talk about what makes Beijing one of the world's best unfound cycling destinations, some of the misconceptions about the cycling scene in China, what it was like for Shannon to ride a Serk bicycle for the first time, and much more.

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