Mountain Mayhem is quite simply massive. 2,351 riders took part this year and over the course of the event they completed a total of 12,040 laps, or 105,350 miles. Not bad for a weekend ride! To find out how LP’s team got on read Doug’s report here.

BBF was a resounding success for London Phoenix again this year, despite overnight rain threatening to turn it into the BMF. Heavy rain meant the first few laps were tough and technical, especially for those who had been “volunteered” to do the 1st lap (Nick and Stuart in the 2 team races). But the course […]

Five London Phoenix members braved horrendous axel-deep mud, rain, gale force winds and biting cold to enjoy fantastic climbs up rivers (normally paths), and precarious descents in round 2 of the Merida mountain bike marathon series. David Steele, seasoned mtb marathonist, said it was “the toughest and stormiest mtb marathon in years but the views over the Wye valley were […]

Some people are amazing athletes, some are gifted writers, a few are talented photographers. Rarely are they all three, as demonstrated by the picture above. It is, alas, the only visual record of an an incredible journey across the South Downs Way, undertaken by four brave riders from London Phoenix and completed in one painful […]

We are just back from the first Merida mtb marathon of the year at Builth Wells in mid Wales.  Hein, Werner, Abi, Lizzie and David were all there, along with 900 other mountainbikers enjoying the sun and the dry dusty trails.  The route was a new one and featured endless lung-busting ascents, super-fast descents and precipitous natural singletrack […]

Phoenix rider Joss Miller got a great result this weekend at West Drayton MBC’s Black Park XC Race. “After a long muddy cross season it was great to be racing the Mountain Bike in the sunshine on a dry fast course. The Men’s Open Category kicked-off at 11.45 and it was the usual hectic start […]

London Phoenix was well represented at the Gorrick race at Crowthorne Wood on 1st March with excellent results in the Masters and Open men’s races. The course was relatively flat and technical featuring the “corkscrew” section, and there was little opportunity for recovery, so the racing was intense. Stuart Jones finished 4th in the Masters […]

Geraldine looks back at the Whyte Winter Mountainbike Series at Thetford and describes her experience of the races, ranging from enjoying the dry and fast swoopy singletrack at Brandon to surviving the muddy swamp at Rendlesham in January. Click here to read her story.

The last round of the sell-out Thetford MTB Winter Series was held on Sunday 22 February, and featured a big turnout from London Phoenix who spent the Saturday night preparing for the event by fueling up with beer and curry. Women Geraldine Treacher came a well deserved 7th in the women’s 2 hour race, while […]