I’ve compiled a list of local club 2020 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research but I accept no liability (and so on and so on) for you turning up and it’s not on!
What is a Reliability Ride?
The reliability ride is pretty much the older, more traditional brother of the modern-day sportive event. Traditionally they were run to test riders legs after a winter off or reduced training due to the elements. Thereby kicking off the season with a testing route, a rider would find themselves getting back into something like their usual fitness.
Due to the unsupported nature of the rides, riders might also end up taking the chance to do some mechanics by the roadside. For a review of a previous reliability ride I’ve done – here’s one from the Stratford Cycling Club ride.
These days they’re a bit of a fundraiser for clubs and act as a nice warm-up to a season full of races and sportives. People can come from a wide area to a club’s reliability ride in order to ride somewhere new in the Spring. They attract more experienced riders than sportives, mainly due to their still unsupported nature. Riders have to find their own way around the pre-set route and make it back to the finish – cake is usually the reward.


West Midlands Reliability Rides 2020
This table will be updated regularly as I find events. The list of clubs without dates are clubs I expect to be running an event but have not found any details for yet.
If you wish your event to be added, please get in touch at mat.mitchell@procyclinguk.com
Last Updated: 27th December 2019
Date | Club | Where? | Route |
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12/1/2020 | VC Sevale | Hanley Swan Village Hall | Here |
19/1/2020 | CC Bridgnorth RWG | Bridgnorth Rugby Club | Here |
26/1/2020 | Ludlow CC | Teme Leisure Centre, Ludlow | Here |
26/1/2020 | Worcester St Johns | Worcester Motorcycle Club, Perdiswell Park | Here |
26/1/2020 | Stourbridge CC | Worfield Village Hall, Bridgnorth | |
26/1/2020 | Mercia CC | Henhurst Hill, Burton on Trent | |
2/2/2020 | Market Drayton CC | Beacon Community Centre, Prospect Road | Here |
2/2/2020 | Wyre Forest CRC | Stourport Sports Club, The Kingsway | |
9/2/2020 | Ride Staffs/Mammoth Cycles | TBC | |
9/2/2020 | Malvern Cycle Sport | Welland Village Hall | |
9/2/2020 | Velo Runner | Velo Runner, Stone | Here |
9/2/2020 | Stratford CC | Home Guard Club, Stratford upon Avon | Here |
16/2/2020 | Solihull CC | Blue Bell Pub, Earlswood | Here |
16/2/2020 | Wolverhampton Wheelers (1) | Wolverhampton | |
16/2/2020 | Mid Shropshire Wheelers | Sundorne Sports Village | |
16/2/2020 | Royal Sutton Coldfield | Town Gate, Sutton Coldfield | Here |
16/2/2020 | CC Giro | Rosliston Forestry Centre, Rosliston | |
16/2/2020 | Run & Ride | Run & Ride Store, Milford, Stafford | |
23/2/2020 | Wolverhampton Wheelers (2) | Wolverhampton | |
23/2/2020 | VC Long Eaton | Warren Lane, Sawley | Here |
23/2/2020 | Wrekinsport CC | Wellington Cricket Club | |
23/2/2020 | Redditch Road and Path CC | Mettis Aerospace Sports & Social Club, Redditch | |
1/3/2020 | Ludlow Brewery RT | Ludlow Brewery | |
1/3/2020 | Newport Shropshire CC | The Pheasant, Newport | Here |
1/3/2020 | Tamworth RM CCC | Dorcas Centre, Blackwood Road | |
8/3/2020 | Paramount CRT | Stan's Cycles, Shrewsbury | |
8/3/2020 | Bromsgrove Olympique | Scout Hut, Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove | |
8/3/2020 | Lichfield CCC | Curborough, Lichfield | |
8/3/2020 | North Cotswolds | Cotswolds Cycles, Moreton in Marsh | Here |
15/3/2020 | Nova Raiders | New Inn, Newport | Here |
21/3/2020 | Bolsover & District (Bolsover Jester) | The Oxcroft Centre, Stanfree, Chesterfield | |
22/3/2020 | Bridgnorth CC | Bridgnorth FC, WV16 4HS | |
22/3/2020 | Wolverhampton RCC | Pattingham Village Hall | GPX |
5/4/2020 | Audlem CC | Audlem Scout and Guide Hall, Audlem | |
5/4/2020 | Hafren CC | Berriew Community Centre | |
5/4/2020 | Propel CC | Bowring Park, Wellington | |
26/4/2020 | Oswestry Paragon CC | Llanyblodwell Village Hall | |
TBC | Stafford RC | Stafford Rugby Club | Here |
TBC | Echelon Cycles | Echelon Cycles, Pershore | |
TBC | Banbury Star | Woodgreen Leisure Centre | Here |
TBC | Marches CC | Oswestry Leisure Centre |