These are touring rides, not races. Scroll down for the current rides program. In this kind of event, riders tend to group together loosely with others riding at a similar pace, though some may prefer to travel alone. Small groups might join with others or split up and come together again when stopping for coffee or lunch. There is no entry fee.
Routes mostly follow quiet backroads.
For some rides, sections of highway with a paved shoulder are used to form a loop. The route is not signposted, nor is there a 'sag wagon'. Detailed route instructions and a map are provided in a waterproof plastic sleeve that fits in a jersey pocket. The sleeve includes a handwritten name card that should be slotted through the window of the organiser's car at the end of the ride, so that he knows which riders have finished when he returns. As with any self-supported touring or training ride, riders who cannot continue have to find their own way back to their transport or directly home.