It's Mayhem!

The biggest mountain biking event of the UK calendar is finally upon us. Mayhem is the Glastonbury of cycling, with all the mud and puddles that that implies. Right now it's a beautiful evening and tomorrow will be the longest day. Hopefully it won't rain too much, but it will still be the longest day in more ways than one for the thousands out on bikes, all day and all night.

We're racing in a team this year, leaving the solo event to some keen new faces. Andy is racing for the first time, after years of supporting me in the solo, and for Ruth this is her first ever Mayhem.

For Si and me it will be a blast from the past, as we rode together at Mayhem for the first time back in 2001 in a team of mates, before elite XC, before solo.

It's the one event I would never miss. It's mucky and beautiful.

If you're not here, well, you should be.