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Reliability Ride Sun - 23/02/25

The club holds a traditional early season reliability ride annualy - there's distances to suit every rider

What is a reliability ride?

A reliability rides is not a race, but a test of early season fitness and for some a chance to test out their bike for up and coming road races. Rides are run on time standards, so the fastest riders will aim for the shortest time standard, but the longest standard should be attainable by all club riders. You’ll have to be prepared to navigate yourself; the route is sometimes published with a cue sheet but mainly with a .gpx file and more recently a strava route. Routes are not marked, so navigation is part of the ride. The rides are also not supported, so no feed stations or broom wagons. However most reliability rides do have refreshments at the end of the route. Reliability rides are akin to sportives but much more basic & grass roots orientated. 

2025 Reliability Ride

SUNDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2025


- HQ - upstairs at the Red Lion in Knowle - B93 0LY


** Please don't park at the pub - you WILL get a ticket from the ANPR**


Parking is free on sundays behind the pub by Knowle village hall - B93 0NH


We are raising money for Midlands Air Ambulance  

The expected donation to ride will be £5 - all profits to the Air Ambulance


Contactless preffered but we will accept cash!


Please sign in before you ride & sign out when you return to HQ


There's a choice of three distances/routes

Please gather in the pub car park for your start time


The Long route will leave at 0900
The Middle route will leave at 0915
The Short route will leave at 0930


You must ensure that you are capable of completing the route you choose on your own if necessary & that your bicycle is in road worthy condition and good working order

There will be drinks and cakes availiable in the HQ afterwards which will close at 1400 

Please aim to complete your route well before then


What to expect from the different groups
( subject to change )
Long route will have two groups - one at above our A run pace - 32kph

Another at our B run pace - 29kph
Middle route will potentially have a couple of groups also
one at 27kph and one at 25kph
Short route will have a group at 22kph


We do tend to use mudguards during the winter at Solihull

However this wont be expected in all the groups but will be advised in the slower groups


Reliability rides ARE NOT races

However they do get ridden very fast in the faster groups and there doesn't tend to be any waiting for any mechanicals or punctures so please bear this in mind


Hopefully you can join us this year 

Routes

Long route - 2025 diversion

Long route - 2025 diversion

Long route - 2025 diversion

101km 

Cafes in Alcester, Long Marston & Snitterfield

GPX

Route

Middle route

Long route - 2025 diversion

Long route - 2025 diversion

80km 

Cafes in Alcester & Snitterfield

GPX

Route

Short Route

Long route - 2025 diversion

Short Route

50km

Cafe in Wootton Wawen

GPX

Route

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