I’ve compiled a list of local club 2022 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 2022
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. I’m anticipating that the calendar won’t be as full as other years due to Covid restrictions.
If you wish your event to be added, please get in touch at mat.mitchell@procyclinguk.com
Last Updated: 8th February 2022
Date | Club | Where? | Route | Length (mi) | Start Time |
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09/01/2022 | VC Sevale | Welland Village Hall | NA | 49 or 29 | 9am |
23/01/2022 | Bridgnorth CC | Bridgnorth Rugby Club | 9:30am | ||
30/01/2022 | Ludlow CC | Teme Leisure Centre, Ludlow | Here | 9:15am | |
30/01/2022 | Worcester St Johns | Worcester Auto Club, Perdiswell Park | NA | 50 or 30 | 9am |
06/02/2022 | Malvern Cycle Sport | TBC | NA | TBC | TBC |
13/02/2022 | Stratford CC | Home Guard Club, Stratford upon Avon | Here | 59 | 10:00am |
13/02/2022 | Wyre Forest CRC | Stourport Sports Club, The Kingsway | NA | 56 | 9:30am |
13/02/2022 | CC Bridgnorth RWG | Bridgnorth Rugby Club | Here | 9:30am | |
20/02/2022 | Mid Shropshire Wheelers | Sundorne Sports Village | 9:30am | ||
20/02/2022 | Royal Sutton Coldfield | Town Gate, Sutton Coldfield | NA | 55 or 70 | 9:00am |
20/02/2022 | Wolverhampton Wheelers (1) | Fordhouses Cricket Club, Wolverhampton | 64 | 9:00am | |
20/02/2022 | Kenilworth Wheelers | Norton Lindsey Village Hall | 9:00am | ||
27/02/2022 | Wrekinsport CC | Wellington Cricket Club | 9:30am | ||
27/02/2022 | Wolverhampton Wheelers (2) | Fordhouses Cricket Club, Wolverhampton | 57 | 9:00am | |
06/03/2022 | Bromsgrove Olympique | Scout Hut, Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove | NA | 62 or 59 | 9:30am |
06/03/2022 | Newport Shropshire CC | Newport Royal Navy Association, Bellmans Yard | Here | 9:30am | |
13/03/2022 | Market Drayton CC | Beacon Community Centre, Prospect Road | Here | 9:00am | |
20/03/2022 | Nova Raiders | New Inn, Newport | Here | 9:30am | |
03/04/2022 | Propel CC | Bowring Park, Wellington | 9:00am | ||
03/04/2022 | Hafren CC | Berriew Community Centre | 9:30am | ||
10/04/2022 | Audlem CC | Audlem Scout and Guide Hall, Audlem | 9:15am | ||
24/04/2022 | Oswestry Paragon CC | Llanyblodwell Village Hall | 10:00am | ||
Stourbridge CC | Worfield Village Hall, Bridgnorth | ||||
Mercia CC | Henhurst Hill, Burton on Trent | ||||
Ride Staffs/Mammoth Cycles | TBC | ||||
Velo Runner | Velo Runner, Stone | Here | |||
Solihull CC | Blue Bell Pub, Earlswood | Here | |||
CC Giro | Rosliston Forestry Centre, Rosliston | ||||
Run & Ride | Run & Ride Store, Milford, Stafford | ||||
VC Long Eaton | Warren Lane, Sawley | Here | |||
Redditch Road and Path CC | Mettis Aerospace Sports & Social Club, Redditch | ||||
Ludlow Brewery RT | Ludlow Brewery | ||||
Tamworth RM CCC | Dorcas Centre, Blackwood Road | ||||
Paramount CRT | Stan's Cycles, Shrewsbury | ||||
Lichfield CCC | Curborough, Lichfield | ||||
North Cotswolds | Cotswolds Cycles, Moreton in Marsh | Here | |||
Bolsover & District (Bolsover Jester) | The Oxcroft Centre, Stanfree, Chesterfield | ||||
Wolverhampton RCC | Pattingham Village Hall | GPX | |||
Stafford RC | Stafford Rugby Club | Here | |||
Echelon Cycles | Echelon Cycles, Pershore | ||||
Banbury Star | Woodgreen Leisure Centre | Here |