Giant Mountain Mayhem 2008 Makes A Big Splash!

It was another wet and wonderful weekend of mountain bike bedlam at the Giant Mountain Mayhem 2008 event held at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. This year's course possibly ended up being one of the most difficult courses ever featured at a Mountain Mayhem event due largely to the sodden and windy weather conditions. But the rain and the mud certainly didn’t put anyone off competing in this year’s event with a huge 2500 competitors turning out over the weekend. While in essence the pure fact of taking part in this crazy weekend and rising to the almighty challenge of Mountain Mayhem can only render you a winner in anyone’s eyes, the actual eight category race winners were; Solo Men: Anthony White Solo Women: Sally Bigham Elite Teams: Scott UK Open Men: Torq/Kona A Open Women: Saddle Skedaddle Skirts Mixed: Cycling Weekly Sport Men: Woo Har Rammit Sport Women: Keswick Bikes.co.uk Teams of Ten: Duke William Scott UK managed a quad busting 31 laps reaching average lap speeds of 13mph, with the Torq/Kona closely hanging on to their mudguards with a very respectable 29 laps. Anthony White in the solo men’s category turned in twenty laps with his average lap time peaking at 11.25mph, Sally Bigham in the solo women’s completed 18 laps in an outstanding time of 24:28.29. The Giant Dirt Demo team had a busy weekend as people took advantage of the opportunity to test ride some of the latest Maestro Suspension Technology machines from the current Giant range. Even some of the competitors managed to spend time test riding bikes over the three days, we think they were just showing off how super-fit they all were! For a full breakdown of the Giant Mountain Mayhem 2008 finishing positions go to www.giant-bicycles.co.uk and click on the mayhem world link.