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OPINION
Reliability Ride proves a massive hit (UPDATED WITH LINK TO EVENT PHOTOS)
Fine_tooth_on_whiteYaxley shopping centre had never seen anything quite like it as over 100 cyclists descended on the car park before setting out on the first Yaxley Riders Reliability Trial.
A non-competitive event with riders solely focused on completing a course within a designated average speed (that they set themselves) saw cyclists cover one of two distances, 55 or 82 miles.
Yaxley Riders was only founded in 2010 as a social group for local riders. It offered training rides as both of Peterborough's established clubs didnt venture south of the River Nene to cater for them.
The group boasts a strong social media prescence and offers runs weekly that cater for all levels of riders.
You can find out more about the group by visiting www.yaxleyriders.co.uk
For those of you who took part here is a link to the results.
UPDATE - Link to the photos....
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- cardch 5 min 57 sec ago
That is a great idea. And surely someone will call them Arsegos.
- David9694 6 min 24 sec ago
when you source your news from Facebook/Nextdoor it's unnamed driver, and unnamed driver's uncle. Great time-saver you've got there, folks....
- chrisonabike 29 min 45 sec ago
Agreed - but with a bit more set-back from roundabout. Also how well respected is this in practice?...
- ErnieC 1 hour 5 min ago
I'm a bit screwed then, one bike has straight carbon forks and the other straight steel forks ...
- imajez 7 hours 37 min ago
When teaching kids bikeability lessions, one of theings I used to say to them was that what they were learning was also foundational skills for...
- muhasib 10 hours 42 min ago
"the cost to rebuild the M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange is £317 million. The project is expected to be completed in 2025. "
- mark1a 11 hours 5 min ago
I think they did, from memory back in the 70s/80s... haven't seen one for years though, our current milkman uses a standard van, albeit hybrid.
- S.E. 12 hours 52 min ago
Yes, sleep apnea produces more CO... I'm not aware of any doping effect but what do I know....
- Gd29 15 hours 27 sec ago
That's true enough. But doesn't address my point that the chainset you get as a replacement will not physically fit chainrings from the chain set...
- brooksby 15 hours 30 min ago
In all fairness, it almost certainly NEVER happened…
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Ok, a link to the individuals non competitive times.
A non-competitive event and a link to results?
Don't think of it as a competition. It's almost scientific testing of your self and your riding set up. If you took the wrong bike for the terrain or an untested bit of kit that then failed to do it's job then the results show this. Other people may learn from it. Reliability rides date back a long time to when a lot of kit we now take for granted was only in it's infancy or did not exist at all.
Done, thanks
You need to remove the www from your results link.