The Otley One - Reliability Ride Sunday 5th February 2023

£5 on-line including includes £1 BC admin fee.

This is Ride 4 of the 'Terrific Ten' Yorkshire Reliability Rides 

A Reliability ride is all about participants demonstrating that they are a ‘reliable rider’, by completing a ride within a specified time. Otley Cycle Club's has two routes:

• 90K ride to Kettlewell and return in 3.5 hours (now shortened to 80K following a road closure. The ride will now turn left at Conistone joining the original route by Kilnsey, avoiding Kettlewell)
• 50K ride to Strid Wood team rooms, nr Barden Tower and return in 3 hours.

Groups of cyclists work together to ensure that they get around the course safely and within time. All riders are required to be self-sufficient;  They need to repair their own bikes and take any food etc. with them on the ride. 

This event takes place on the open roads and rules of the Highway Code must be followed at all times. The wearing of suitable cycle helmets on the event is also mandatory. 

This reliability ride has been going for over 20 years. Profits go towards Otley Cycle Club's work to promote cycling.  It is essential that you register for the event otherwise you won't be insured.

Info for Riders

Info for Riders

Signing on starts at 8.45 am. at the Buttercross (LS21 3HN) in Otley (the market place in the town centre). Cost to ride the event is £5 per person including the BC booking fee of £1 for on-line booking

We prefer on-line booking in advance but on the day entries are available. Please bring the correct change.

Leaving Otley

Remember this is not a race!!

We have to share the roads with other road users. Look after one another and have a safe ride.

We will sign you in to the ride at the Buttercross in the Market Square in Otley. Bringing your phone with evidence of online registration will be helpful although on the day registration is available. 

Returning to Otley

Please sign off at Chevin Cycles Otley Shop (LS21 1BR). Chevin Cycles will have a Gazebo and Bike Racks in their car park where you can sign off from the event and record your time. Please ensure that you record your arrival back in Otley so that we can ensure everyone has returned safely.

Tea/coffee cakes and an abundance of food will be available at Otley Cycle Club (LS21 1JH), located 50 yd down the cobbled lane from Chevin Cycles.

 The Detail

90k in 3.5 hours.

The ride will follow the original route through Kettlewell as the road closure at Conistone has now been cleared..

Start 09:30am : From Boroughgate by Buttercross Market Place, Otley, A65-Ilkley, Addingham, Bolton Abbey, Barden Tower, Appletreewick, Grassington, Conistone, Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Threshfield, Burnsall, Barden, Bolton Bridge, Addingham, Ilkley, Askwith, finish at Chevin Cycles in Otley.  

See link below for full route:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/18123386

50K in 3 hours start 09:45 A.M.: As above to the Strid Wood Tea Rooms just before Barden Towers and return via ilkley and Askwith, NOTE this is a change from our usual route as the lane route back via the Cavendish Pavilion is still affected by a landslip. 

Route for Download:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38354249