After a 2-week delay due to snow and generally terrible conditions, the club were greeted by warm, dry, calm conditions for this years Reliability Ride. This obviously inspired a lot of people to get out, resulting in a bumper turn-out of 65 riders across the 4 groups.
Huge thanks to Jason Bennett for organising such a successful event, with Lisa Johnson and Graeme Taylor volunteering to help run the day. Also thanks to Athlete Services for playing host, and serving up plenty of coffee and cake to tired riders at the end of the ride!
Good conditions and big groups resulted in a remarkable level of un-reliability…at least so far as pacing was concerned, with most riders coming in well under target time. The winners (most reliable) riders in each group were;
- Gentle Pace (66km route) – Norman Price (0 minutes time difference)
- Medium Pace (90km route) – Shlomo Manhein (-10 minutes time difference)
- Fast Pace (90km route) – John Clements (0 minutes time difference)
- Fastest Pace (90km route) – 4 way tie from all riders (Paul H, Simon B, Paul E and Will H), all at -14 minutes time difference
Full Results
Gentle (66km Route) Group
| Name | Club | Elapsed Time | Average Speed | +/- Time | Position |
| Norman Price | GSH | 02:38 | 25.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Haj Muntz | GSH | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 2 |
| Justin Fielder | Trinity Velo | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 3 |
| Chris Mann | GSH | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 4 |
| Andy Williams | GSH | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 5 |
| Tom Potter | Trinity Velo | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 6 |
| Marc Ingram | n/a | 02:31 | 26.3 | -7 | 7 |
| Sally Waterman | Tri2O | 02:20 | 28.3 | -8 | 8 |
| Sean Stewart | Tri2O | 02:20 | 28.3 | -8 | 9 |
| Paul Clark | GSH | 02:29 | 26.6 | -9 | 10 |
Medium (90km Route) Group
| Name | Club | Elapsed Time | Average Speed | +/- Time | Position |
| Shlomo Manhein | GSH | 03:07 | 29 | -10 | 1 |
| Martin Taylor | GSH | 03:06 | 29.2 | -11 | 2 |
| Mike Whitworth | GSH | 03:04 | 29.5 | -13 | 3 |
| Troy Kiri | GSH | 03:04 | 29.5 | -13 | 4 |
| Phil Hasell | GSH | 03:04 | 29.5 | -13 | 5 |
| John Rayner | GSH | 03:03 | 29.6 | -14 | 6 |
| Mick Ward | GSH | 02:56 | 30.8 | -21 | 7 |
| Nick Hatchard | GSH | 02:55 | 31 | -22 | 8 |
| Cristina Gustafson | Reading CC | 02:55 | 31 | -22 | 9 |
| Louise Gibson | GSH | 02:55 | 31 | -22 | 10 |
| Tony Robinson | GSH | 02:55 | 31 | -22 | 11 |
| Sam Lewellin | GSH | 02:55 | 31 | -22 | 12 |
| Phil Read | GSH | 02:54 | 31.2 | -23 | 13 |
| Robin Hughes | GSH | 02:54 | 31.2 | -23 | 14 |
| Adam Hale | GSH | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Fast (90km Route) Group
| Name | Club | Elapsed Time | Average Speed | +/- Time | Position |
| John Clements | GSH | 02:57 | 30.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Downes | n/a | 02:54 | 31.2 | -3 | 2 |
| Blackett Ditchburn | GSH | 03:04 | 29.5 | 7 | 3 |
| Peter Beisty | GSH | 02:49 | 32.1 | -8 | 4 |
| Paul Stern | GSH | 02:47 | 32.5 | -10 | 5 |
| Andrew Padden | GSH | 02:45 | 32.9 | -12 | 6 |
| Alex Chart | GSH | 02:45 | 32.9 | -12 | 7 |
| Paul Willis | GSH | 02:45 | 32.9 | -12 | 8 |
| Dougy Butterworth | Tri Henley | 02:44 | 33.1 | -13 | 9 |
| Sophie Whitworth | GSH | 02:44 | 33.1 | -13 | 10 |
| Eric Jorgensen | TVC | 02:44 | 33.1 | -13 | 11 |
| Charlie Mclear | Marlow Riders | 02:43 | 33.3 | -14 | 12 |
| Adrian Turner | Reading CC | 02:43 | 33.3 | -14 | 13 |
| Matt Chart | GSH | 02:43 | 33.3 | -14 | 14 |
| Sean Collins | GSH | 02:43 | 33.3 | -14 | 15 |
| Dan Capel-Smith | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 16 |
| Rod Macfadyen | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 17 |
| Nick Roux | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 18 |
| Mark Griffiths | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 19 |
| Paul Hartland | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 20 |
| Justin Lord | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 21 |
| Stephen Lamacraft | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 22 |
| Julian Hearne | GSH | 02:42 | 33.5 | -15 | 23 |
| Tom Hudson | GSH | 03:13 | 28.1 | 16 | 24 |
| Hugh Knudsen | GSH | 02:41 | 33.7 | -16 | 25 |
| Matt Conner | GSH | 02:38 | 34.3 | -19 | 26 |
| Nick Clark | GSH | 02:34 | 35.2 | -23 | 27 |
| Pierre Jackson | GSH | 02:34 | 35.2 | -23 | 28 |
| Mark Hughes | GSH | 02:34 | 35.2 | -23 | 29 |
| Nick Beech | GSH | 02:34 | 35.2 | -23 | 30 |
| Matt Hayden | GSH | 02:33 | 35.5 | -24 | 31 |
| Pete Ganderton | GSH | 02:25 | 37.4 | -32 | 32 |
| Calum Macleod | Zappi Race Team | 02:25 | 37.4 | -32 | 33 |
| Ollie Blagdon | ECR Race Team | 02:24 | 37.7 | -33 | 34 |
| Stephen Bradbury | Morvelo Basso | 02:24 | 37.7 | -33 | 35 |
| Mark Atherton | GSH | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Fastest (90km Route) Group
| Name | Club | Elapsed Time | Average Speed | +/- Time | Position |
| Paul Hamblett | GSH | 02:27 | 36.9 | -14 | 1 |
| Simon Bowler | AS | 02:27 | 36.9 | -14 | 1 |
| Paul Elcock | ZeroBC | 02:27 | 36.9 | -14 | 1 |
| Will Haynes | Reading CC | 02:27 | 36.9 | -14 | 1 |