Mountain bikers from across the continent converged on the Yukon capital this weekend.

The 15th annual 24 Hours of Light mountain bike festival saw 170-plus cyclists take part in the event – a celebration of the territory’s midnight sun and single-track trail system.

Like last year, the race was held at Biathlon Yukon headquarters on Grey Mountain.

Beginning Saturday at noon, cyclists began pedalling around a 12-kilometre track with the purpose being to log as many laps as possible in 24 hours.

The only rule – no lights allowed.

And as always, there are strange things done in the midnight sun, said event co-organizer Jenn Roberts.

Baited by the opportunity to secure important bonus laps, many riders chose to ride the route naked, she chuckled.

Besting the field of 25 solo riders were Nicolas Filteau (solo men) and Meagan Wilson (solo women).

Whitehorse-based “The return of the retreating invisible naked goblins” earned the team – and overall – title.

On the roster were Verena Koenig, Matt Schenck, Isabel Beauregard, Anthony Bier and Nadele Flynn.

“You get a bonus lap for the tandem or for not wearing clothes,” Roberts said. “People ride and compete, but the whole point has always been fun. You don’t get this everywhere. There aren’t a lot of these left anymore.”

Team “Free Duke” out of Anchorage completed the most laps without dipping into bonus categories.

Members of that team included: Kara Lackey, John Lackey, Jeff Ellis, Kikkan Randall, Chet Fehrmann and Alex Wilson.

Wilson and Randall are both Olympic-level skiers.

Total number of laps for winning teams were unavailable by press time today.

North Vancouver biker Davey Mitchell completed the quickest lap among males in 31:54, while Koenig had the fastest female lap in 38:40.

The event also included a youth category, with team “Boreale 2” taking the crown with 17 laps total, including three bonus laps completed on a tandem bike.

That team was made up of Luanda Pronovost, Sonjaa Schmidt, Wynne Anderson-Lindsay, Victor Thibault and Gallagher d’Abramo.

The youth event wrapped up at 8 p.m. Saturday.