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Club Ride Specifications

The table and notes at the page bottom give guidance on what to expect on the club rides. For specific details go to the club's Calendar page.

Ride Name	Distance	Average Speed	Comments
Early Bird	Undefined	As appropriate	For members wanting to get back earlier then the normal runs. No specified leader or destination - meet and go.
Touring Clubrun	50 mile, max 60 mile(80-100 km)	13 mph (21 kph)	Cafe stop at about halfway. The slowest rider dictates the speed. The ride leader should appoint a tail-end rider.
Intermediate Clubrun	50-75 mile (80-121 km)	15 mph (24 kph)	Cafe stop at about halfway. Over the last few miles on the way back to Cambridge the ride may get significantly faster (riders get frisky). The ride leader should appoint a tail-end rider.
Sporting Clubrun	50-80 mile (80-130 km)	17 mph (27 kph)	Cafe stop at about halfway. Over the last few Km on the way back to Cambridge the ride may get significantly faster (riders get frisky) and the group may split leaving riders to do the final few Km in smaller groups.
Race Training	Typically 80mile(130km)	18+ mph(30+ kph)	This is a ride for experienced riders only. Please only join this ride if you can ride comfortably with the Sporting or Sporting Plus rides. There may not be a cafe stop. Weaker riders may get left behind! Usually the group will stop for punctures or mechanical problems, but not always.

• The club is generally aimed at “Sporting and Racing Cyclists”. Racing is easily defined, but what constitutes a ‘sporting’ rider? We have defined sporting riders as those who like to push their physical and mental boundaries, i.e. those who like the challenge of going further and faster than they havepreviously done.
• The descriptions above are for guidance only for instance in the winter the pace/distance will be low and in good weather the pace/distance may be higher.
• The weather, road conditions and route details can have a significant effect on the difficulty of particular rides.
• The average speeds quoted are on the road averages, i.e. major stops (café, punctures) are not counted; your door-to-door average speed will be lower than that quoted above because of these stops.
• If you can ride on the flat (no wind) at 1-2mph faster than the average speed quoted you should be OK on the ride.