Please note date change for this event! It is no longer 19 Oct - and is now 26th

Run under the TLI cycling organisation - riders will need to register with the TLI to cover insurance.
See https://www.tlicycling.com/membership/ for more details - once paid you can ride any TLI event

More event details can be found at:

https://www.riderhq.com/events

And we will update this page once race entry is available for this race.

Exciting Announcement!

We’re thrilled to share some amazing news! With the incredible support of Cornwall Council, the Good Growth Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Shared Prosperity Fund, and everyone who helped with fundraising — our brand-new Wheal Velocity Clubhouse is being delivered!

To celebrate, we’d love to invite you all to join us at Wheal Jane Science Park for our Grand Opening Celebration on Sunday, 26th October!

Come along and: Explore our on- and off-road courses Bring your bike and join our tester sessions (13:30 – 15:00) Meet our amazing volunteers, riders, and families who keep Wheal Velocity rolling Discover everything we have to offer — from track sessions to road ride days and much more!

We’re also honoured to welcome two very special guests: Chris Opie – International cycling star, world record holder, and renowned sprinter. Vin Cox – Former round-the-world cycling record holder and cyclocross champion.

Plus, we’ll have light refreshments and plenty of good vibes to go around!

So, mark your calendars, bring your bike, and come celebrate with us at the brand-new Wheal Velocity Clubhouse!

Our annual pasty ride to Geevor - please contact Mike Tonkin or email the club to pre-order your pasty.

Usual meet up at Longrock 9am - gentle ride around the coast to Geevor mine cafe.

This is the 31st Anniversary of this charity ride!

Meet outside Penzance Arcade on the Promenade - usual hilly route out to Sennen and back via Lamorna.

This is a Charity fundraising ride organised by the friends and family of the late Ken Barclay who was a well known cyclist in the Penzance area.

Click here for details of the Charity just giving page

Here is the link to the route on Strava:
Ken Barclay 7 Hills Challenge Strava route

Departing from PZ promenade 9.30am - please arrive earlier if you can for group photo.

CTT event - please pre-enter via the CTT Website

Event details

Reliability trials are usually a fixed distance event that has to be completed within a certain time - they are not a race.

Join us for our 100km route taking in a mixture of Cornish lanes, some hills and the fantastic north coast road past Zennor.

Here is the planned route

And here is the gpx file

Reliability Trial 1 - route

Target time will be minimum 4 hours and maximum 6 hours - there will be time to stop for a quick coffee, the route passes a few popular cafes.

This is a fully self sufficient event, free to enter
First group will leave 9am from Jordans carpark.
Join the clubs reliability trial Strava group - so your ride can be recorded

We will run a series of these over the Winter and early Spring months

Reliability trials are a fixed distance event that has to be completed within a certain time.

Join us for our 2nd 100km route taking in a mixture of Cornish lanes, some hills and the fantastic north coast road to Portreath and a run back through the lanes..

Here is the planned route

And the gpx route can be downloaded here

Target time will be minimum 4 hours and maximum 6 hours - there will be time to stop for a quick coffee, the route passes a few popular cafes - it’s up to you to decide whether to stop or not - the clock is still ticking.

This is a fully self sufficient event, free to enter

First group will leave 9am from Jordans carpark.
Join the clubs reliability trial Strava group - so your ride can be recorded

We will run a series of these over the Winter and early Spring months

Reliability trials are usually a fixed distance event that has to be completed within a certain time - they are not a race.

Join us for our 3rd 100km route heading inland over some of the high points in the area and dropping down to Mylor - then a loop out towards Blackwater via the Bissoe valley then back across towards Stithians Lake before heading back to West Cornwall.

Here is the planned route

And here is the gpx file

Reliability Trial 3 - route

Target time will be minimum 4 hours and maximum 6 hours - there will be time to stop for a quick coffee, the route passes a few popular cafes.

Along the route there will be some checkpoints you need to tick off - checkpoint info will be given at the start of the event.

This is a fully self sufficient event, free to enter

First group will leave 9am from Jordans carpark.
Join the clubs reliability trial Strava group - so your ride can be recorded

Here are some notes on the route

In Relubbus the route turns left at the bottom of the hill (this will keep riders off Tregembo hill and away from traffic).  
Through lanes then pretty straight forward to Leedstown across to Praze – then turn right onto Helston road then first left just after passing Clowance – watch the junction as you’ll be approaching at speed.

Climb up through Crowan – join the Releath road and sharp right turn just after junction for Black Rock – this lane takes you down to Coverack bridges (narrow lane so watch out for traffic)
Route joins the Helston-Redruth road then comes off at the Poldark Mines junction after the Wendron decent – watch the junction as you’ll be at speed and road can be busy.

Route then takes you over to Carnkie and Rame – and joins the Helston Falmouth road for a mile or so then right turn after Longdowns garage – down to Mabe Burnthouse and across the roundabout at Asda – again watch out this could be busy through industrial estate – route then takes you down to Penryn – then follows lanes to Mylor Bridge and down Carclew hill – this is a steep narrow decent.
Cross over the Falmouth Truro road and head out to Perranwell and across to Bissoe – up past Twelve heads, Chacewater then up to Blackwater where it does a loop across towards Redruth.

Passing over the Avers roundabout and down into through centre of Redruth – this could be busy with traffic. Turn right at the top of the hill just after the Sandy Lane roundabout then follow to route out towards Stithians lake and Carnmenellis. Then turn right (tight turn) – and route heads back towards Crowan and down from Black Rock to Praze – across to Leedstown then right at cross roads down towards Hayle turn left just after going over A30 bridge (down Water Lane) and pick up the St Erth road and follow lanes back to the start.

The route has a bit more navigation that previous routes – but key places to head for are in bold.

There are Cafes at Mylor Bridge, Bissoe, Twelve Heads & Stithians.

The event HQ is The Carharrack Mills Hall,  Carharrack, Redruth TR16 5QW
There is limited parking in the grounds, if you are parking on the road please consider the residents - you can always park a bit further away and cycle to the hall.

Start time is 10am - please arrive early to sign on and pick up your Brevet card. 

The kitchen will be open from 8.45am for free tea and coffee. 

If you have ordered a Pasty or Cream Tea this will be available from 11.30am onwards - there will be some spare pastys £5 & cream teas £2.50 - please let me know when you sign on if you want one (I will have a card reader with me) and I will issue you with a food ticket.

There will be some hot and cold drinks and some light snacks available as well on the day.


If you need to download the GPX files (the Audax website has compressed the files so they are harder to download) scroll down this page to find links.

Please remember that Audax events are not races - there are minimum and maximum time restraints - and remember we are sharing the roads/trails with other users so please be courteous to these people and abide by the highway code.

Entry via the Audax UK website.

Here are the GPX files for both on and off road events

Off road part 1

Off road part 2

On road full route

If you want to pre order food (pasty and or cream tea) - please place order via Audax Kernow shop

Here is a link to the under 18’s parental consent from that must be handed in at the start of the event for any under 18’s

Audax parental consent form

This is the 32st Anniversary of this charity ride!

Meet outside Penzance Arcade on the Promenade - usual hilly route out to Sennen and back via Lamorna.

This is a Charity fundraising ride organised by the friends and family of the late Ken Barclay who was a well known cyclist in the Penzance area.

Click here for details of the Charity just giving page

Here is the link to the route on Strava:
Ken Barclay 7 Hills Challenge Strava route

Departing from PZ promenade 9.30am - please arrive earlier if you can for group photo.