What is a Reliability Trial?

Reliability Trials are, like Audax events, not races, but rather long distance rides which emphasise fitness, self reliance and navigational skills.

How Reliable a cyclist are you?

• Fitness – Do you think you are fit enough to complete the course in your sellectd time?
• Self Reliance – Are your skills, equipment & machine reliable enough to deal with any mechanical or climatic conditions which could occur on the day?
• Navigational Skills – Can you successfully navigate the course, passing through all the required controls using the directions provided?The proof of a reliable cyclist, in the spirit of Reliability Trials is someone who can answer yes to the above 3 questions!A reliable cyclist is not someone who trains numerous times before the event on a pre-published route. Neither is it someone who follows their handlebar mounted satellite navigation system around a way-marked route on the day of the event (there are plenty of sportives throughout the year for cyclists who want to do that).