Isabel Cashman describes the success of the recent mountainbike marathon training ride Four London Phoenix mountainbikers headed for Amberley on the Sunday morning train from Victoria to conquer the South Downs. Abi, Geraldine, David and I launched ourselves with vigour on the trail only to encounter the first ‘mechanical’ 20 metres from the train station! […]
Read MoreLondon Phoenix riders Abi Armstrong and David Steele raced the Etna marathon which consisted of one big thousand metre climb and a technical rocky 30km singletrack descent back to the starting village. Abi won her masters 2 class and came second of the non-elites, but was not eligible to take the Sicilian championship jersey since […]
Read MoreLondon Phoenix has loads of successful racing riders, but we’re not 100% speed-freaks all the time. Every now and then it’s nice to take things at a more relaxed pace, have a good old chat and a serious bit of cake-eating! This – and the promise that no-one gets left behind – was the philosophy […]
Read MoreWe’ve written about this ride here. If you’d like to join us on a similar future ride please do get in touch. Are you thinking about joining a bike club but not too sure what it would be like, or how fast you need to be? Perhaps you enjoy sportives but haven’t thought about joining […]
Read MorePhoenix superstar Liz Rice got the call of a lifetime last week… “Imagine the scene – you’re sitting in your office in chilly and grey north London when the phone rings, and you’re asked if you’d like to spend a week in South Africa. You’ll be riding with a team of pro and ex-pro cyclists, […]
Read MoreMarch 2009 – London Phoenix rider Annabel Rootes set off on an epic 1500km ride from London to Cannes in the South of France last week. The annual C2C charity challenge is a 6-day endurance event featuring full support and rolling road closures, with riders covering up to 300km a day. Drawn from the UK’s […]
Read MoreGeraldine looks back at the Whyte Winter Mountainbike Series It’s not very often in women’s racing that you get to ride in a decent size field, but Thetford is one of those series that attracts plenty of female entrants. My main plan was to do the series as a way to keep my fitness up […]
Read MoreLiz braved the sub-zero conditions to ride in the women’s race at Redbridge Cycle Circuit on Saturday – see more in Matt’s report here
Read MoreLondon Phoenix were back at Bontrager Twentyfour12 mtb race at Newnham Park, Plymouth on 26-27 July 2008 with two teams and a solo rider. The womens team – Sara, Liz, Abi and Geraldine competed succesfully for the 24 hour womens team title for the third year running, with 26 laps of a superb 12 km […]
Read MoreThe 2008 Beastway season of off-road racing at Hainault country park has now finished and five London Phoenix riders achieved top places in four categories.
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