Tomorrow I’m participating in the Verulam Cycling Club’s annual Reliability Ride. VCC is based in St. Albans, the next town south of Harpenden. It seems like almost every town in the UK has a cycling club, and a lot of of them have spring rides like this one. They are called “sportives” which is a which is a term new to me, and the idea is to help people people get in shape for the summer racing season. I plan to do at least two more of these this spring to help me get ready for chase the Sun.

There are two routes tomorrow. The long route is 66 miles, and the short route is 41 miles. I plan on doing the longer route.

Verulam Reliability Ride

VERULAM RELIABILITY RIDESunday 23rd February 2025 Photos from last year: See here.Two classic routes:The long route is 105km (66 miles) with 1,371 meters (4,062ft) of ascent, whilst the short route is 66km...

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