EW Reliability Ride 2026

Evesham Wheelers Charity Reliability Ride – Sunday March 22nd 2026 

Start and Finish at Raphael’s Restaurant, Hampton Ferry, Evesham

Reliability rides are non-competitive training (or social) events. At sign-on, you choose a distance and target time and try to complete the course in (as close as possible to) the chosen time for that ride. 

As well as EW members, the ride is open to all local cycling clubs and anyone else who would like to join in.  The distances and times are designed so that there is something for everyone.   

Ride choices: 

• 8.00am 80 miles in 5 hours (16 mph)  

• 9.00 am 50 miles in 4 hours (12.5 mph)  

• 9.30 am 50 miles in 3 hours (17 mph) 

• 10.00am 25 miles in 2 hrs 30 mins (10 mph) – to suit 1st timers

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• Registration for all rides is on the day, opening at 7.45 am.   

• Entry fee, payable on the day, is a suggested donation of £5 per rider – ALL THE REVENUE GOES TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL CHARITIES. Please bring cash!  There will be a bit of a gathering as finishers come in and relax over a drink or food at Raphael’s – probably around 1.00 – 1.30.   

• The 25 scenic mile route will be a mildly undulating tour of the famous Lenches with about 360 metres of climbing. The 50 mile route is new for this year and heads north in the direction of Bromsgrove with about 700m of climbing. The 80 mile route is also new and as usual contains a bump or two, adding up to around 1000m of climbing over a course that goes SW and along the River Severn before turning NE through the Cotswolds.      

• There will be no signs, no route markers and no paper course instructions – just GPX files available in advance from the following sources: 

• Downloadable from the Cyql app (available from Google or Apple app stores) 

• Downloadable via the EW website:  see zip file below

• For EW members, they will also be available on the club WhatsApp groups and Facebook.  

• If you have no access to any of these, then please just show up early on the morning and we will try to help when you register.   If you have no Garmin or other device, we do our best to help you “buddy up” with someone who has one.  
   
• The Start and Finish are at Raphael’s Restaurant at Hampton Ferry.  Plenty of free parking is available. Raphael’s will be open for breakfast at the start and for food and drink afterwards – so you can make a day of it and enjoy waiting for the longer ride finishers over lunch. The full address is Boat Lane, Evesham, Worcestershire  WR11 4BP

Download: EW_Reliability_GPX