Our rides are open to all cyclists, and you do not have to be a member of Peak Audax in order to take part in the rides. Members of Audax UK and Cycling UK enter these events at the Members' Rate. Non-members are also very welcome too but there is a supplement to the Entry Fee of £3.00 which gives you temporary membership of Audax UK for the duration of the event, which means that if you are a UK resident, you will have 3rd party insurance for the duration of the event.

At Peak Audax, we challenge you to earn special badges for completing the Marple Grimpeurs , the Peak Audax SR series , and the new PARTY series (from 1st January 2025).

* If you can complete the 5 Wednesday 100s from Marple in the same season you are entitled to claim inclusion in the Marple Grimpeur Roll of Honour .

* Anyone who has successfully completed a Peak Audax 200, 300, 400 and 600, all in the same season, is similarly included in the Peak Audax Super Randonneur Roll of Honour .

* Once you have completed 12 Peak Audax rides (Calendar events or Perms), one in each of 12 consecutive calendar months, you qualify for inclusion in the Peak Audax Round the Year .

We've been putting Peak Audax events for over 30 years, see the list below although we only have computer records from 1999. There is a hugh variety of ride, from short 50km introductory rides to a full Super Randonneur series of 200km, 300, 400 and 600km. They can be relatively flat, or extremely lumpy, extending into the Peak District or over the Cheshire Plain, even reaching Wales in opccasion.

An autumn ride

Time for a quick brew before the ride

	Numbers of Riders at every Peak Audax Events since 1999 ¹

	Super Randonnees (300s, 400s, 500s, 600s)																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Cambrian/Severn ³																												Cambrian/Severn ³
A Pair of Kirtons/Northwest ⁴																												A Pair of Kirtons/Northwest ⁴
Plains 400, Cottonopolis ⁵																												Plains 400, Cottonopolis ⁵
Llanfair PG 400, National 400 ⁶																												Llanfair PG 400, National 400 ⁶
Plains 300																												Plains 300
Montgomery, The Beach 300s ⁷																												Montgomery, The Beach 300s ⁷
Totals	143	49	65	47	105	48	53	61	171	66	80	52	158	73	165	95	212	189	128	58	157			141	188	161

	Solstice, Christmas and the New Year																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Winter Solstice ⁸																												Winter Solstice ⁸
Summer Solstice ⁸																												Summer Solstice ⁸
Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ⁹																												Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ⁹
Hopey New Year ¹⁰																												Hopey New Year ¹⁰
Christmas Dinner ¹¹																												Christmas Dinner ¹¹
Boxing Day ¹¹																												Boxing Day ¹¹
Totals	9	8	18	61	75	106	105	165	192	162	112	29	91	140	168	196	164	209	199	168	213	162	14	65	132	165

	Early Season Rides																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Eureka																												Eureka
Cheshire Safari																												Cheshire Safari
Eccleshall																												Eccleshall
A Mere 200 ¹²																												A Mere 200 ¹²
Merely a Century ¹²																												Merely a Century ¹²
Newport 200																												Newport 200
Radway 150																												Radway 150
Chirk 200																												Chirk 200
Scouting Mam Tor																												Scouting Mam Tor
Edale Run																												Edale Run
Totals	66	114	86	69	171	160	291	297	359	316	346	264	321	340	310	432	332	556	543	343	269	108	81	158	285	268

	Peak District 100s																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Dark Peak																												Dark Peak
Mid Peak																												Mid Peak
West Peak																												West Peak
White Peak																												White Peak
Staffordshire Peak																												Staffordshire Peak
Easter in the Peak ¹³																												Easter in the Peak ¹³
An Icecream Wensdae ¹³																												An Icecream Wensdae ¹³
Mow Cop/Pendleton/Lead Miners																												Mow Cop/Pendleton/Lead Miners
Spring in the Peak																												Spring in the Peak
Another Spring in the Peak																												Another Spring in the Peak
Yet Another Spring in the Peak																												Yet Another Spring in the Peak
Autumn in the Peak																												Autumn in the Peak
Totals		77	96	100	153	201	304	376	217	294	322	331	431	348	301	316	331	340	291	273	212		155	237	252	383

	Miscellaneous																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
A Quick Trip to the Beach																												A Quick Trip to the Beach
Stumped and Dented																												Stumped and Dented
A Bit Dented																												A Bit Dented
Barely Dented																												Barely Dented
Grim up North																												Grim up North
A Bit Grim up North																												A Bit Grim up North
Candy Floss & Icecream																												Candy Floss & Icecream
A Bit of Candy Floss																												A Bit of Candy Floss
Bowland Double Cross																												Bowland Double Cross
Bowland Single Cross																												Bowland Single Cross
Mountains and Moelhill																												Mountains and Moelhill
Horseshoe Pass ¹⁴																												Horseshoe Pass ¹⁴
Shoestring/Millmeece ¹⁵																												Shoestring/Millmeece ¹⁵
Chumley/Hermie's Imagination																												Chumley/Hermie's Imagination
Riding in Styal																												Riding in Styal
Totals		4				28																	81	19	83	281

	Denshaw Rides																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Denshaw 100s ¹⁶																												Denshaw 100s ¹⁶

Denshaw 150s ¹⁶																												Denshaw 150s ¹⁶
Denshaw 200s ¹⁶																												Denshaw 200s ¹⁶

Totals					39	14	13	31	27	22	15	31	36	25	24	54	118	61

	Broken Cross Rides																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Lutudarum																												Lutudarum
Three Loops																												Three Loops
Two Loops																												Two Loops
One Loop																												One Loop
Venetian Nights ¹⁷																												Venetian Nights ¹⁷
World's End																												World's End
Knockerdown																												Knockerdown
St Lucy's																												St Lucy's
Life Biggins at Forty ¹⁸																												Life Biggins at Forty ¹⁸
Totals											57	59	35	85	25	139	129	78	48	67	15

	Discontinued Peak Audax Events																											PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	non-PBP years ²
Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁹																												Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁹
Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁹																												Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁹
Peak District 200																												Peak District 200
Overton 200																												Overton 200
Mow Cop 200																												Mow Cop 200
Beeston 200																												Beeston 200
Ringinglow/Dark & White ²⁰																												Ringinglow/Dark & White ²⁰
Totals	60	36	38			36	58	39	43			13	10

	Total number of Riders at all Peak Audax Events by Year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Number of riders:	278	288	303	277	543	593	824	969	1009	860	932	779	1082	1011	993	1232	1286	1433	1209	909	866	270	331	620	940	1258	*	Total Riders:	21,095
Number of Peak Audax events:	8	20	21	13	21	24	24	26	27	25	28	31	34	30	26	31	31	25	23	21	20	3	10	17	26	39	*	Total Events:	604*
Riders per Event:	34.8	14.4	14.4	21.3	25.9	24.7	34.3	37.3	37.4	34.4	33.3	25.1	31.8	33.7	38.2	39.7	41.5	57.3	52.6	43.3	43.3	90.0	33.1	36.5	36.2	32.3	?	Riders/Event:	NaN
	Notes: ^ 1) Peak Audax was running events before 1999 but we don't have computer lists of validated riders from before 1999. ^ 2) PBP is held every 4 years (the next one is 2027) and can lead to increased interest in the qualifying events. ^ 3) The Cambrian 600 was a regular event from 2000 to 2012. John Perrin adapted it into the The Three Steps to Severn 600 from 2014. ^ 4) The Northwest 500 from Burton in Kendall was a one-off ride to mark the Millennium in 2001. The Northwest 600 from Charnock Richard was an additional 600 to help with PBP qualification in 1999 and 2003. The Pair of Kirtons from Poynton started as an additional PBP qualifier for 2011 as 'To Holland & Back'. ^ 5) The Cottonopolis was a new hilly 400 starting in 2024. ^ 6) In 2016, instead of the regular Llanfair PG 400 , Peak Audax ran the National 400 from Biggin. This was originally a CTC event, with plenty of TLC at the controls, and organised annually from different parts of the UK. Unfortunately, very few cycling clubs were able to continue the event, and the concept of a National 400 now seems to be dead. We also held the companion event, Life begins at Forty to mark AUK's 40th anniversary. ^ 7) The Montgomery 300 rides were run in 2011 and 2012 as Calendar versions of the Perm. This is now run by North Cheshire Clarion. From 2023 we have a new 300, a Trip to the Beach. ^ 8) The Winter Solstice is held on just about the shortest day of the year. As a consequence, we have seen very few participants on some occasions. The Summer Solstice has usually been a repeat of the Winter Solstice after a snow-affected winter while 2022 edition was to replace the Winter Solstice cancelled because of Covid. The 2012 event was a one-off 300 on the (more or less) longest day of the year. ^ 9) The Audlem 100 has evolved over the years with starts from from Stockport, Marple or Poynton ... - 2001: the original Audlem 100 from Stockport was a companion event alongside the Stockport-Newport 200. - 2003: this time the Audlem 100 , started from Marple along with the Marple-Newport 200 and the Radway 150. - 2004: the Goodbye Christmas Pudding was a one-off ride from Marple to Delamere. There was also a 'Peak' version (see Hopey New Year). - 2005-2008: we created the (I'm dreaming of a) Whitegate Xmas , a 120km companion event for the Winter Solstice 200 but was discontinued because of a lack of car-parking at the HQ. - 2021: the spirit of the original Audlem ride lives on in the Budworths 100 , created after Covid. ^ 10) The Goodbye Christmas Pudding was a long-standing event from the Doncaster area. When this failed to happen in 2004, Peak Audax put on a pair of rides from Marple, with a flat route across Cheshire to Delamere Forest, and a hilly alternative through the Peak District to Carsington Water. The hilly version became the Hopey New Year in 2005 and has become our must popular ride in terms of participants. A hilly ride in early January, who would have thought? ^ 11) Peak Audax enjoyed Christmas Dinner in 2002 and 2003 at was, at the time, their regular start/finish venue, after a 50km Audax ride. The rides betweeen 2004 and 2009 were 50km events as part of Sheila Simpson's mini-tour in York, along with the Boxing Day 100s. ^ 12) The Mere 200 and Mere 150 were Peak Audax events from Cheadle but we passed these over to North Cheshire Clarion after 2017. The 150 evolved from a ride from Stockport to Delamere which we ran until 2001. ^ 13) We have used a variety of hilly rides for the Wednesday during the Easter school holidays: - 2000: the Mow Cop 100 was a precursor event from Stockport (although not ridden on a Wednesday, nor at Easter) - 2009: the Cheshire Peak , an adaptation of that 2000 Stockport Mow Cop ride, now starting in Marple - 2010-2015 the Monyash Peak - 2016-2017 the Goyt Peak - 2018-2019 the Monyash Peak again - 2023-2024 the Winnats Peak a new ride created after Covid-19 In addition, since 2010 we have also run the flat-ish Icecream Wednesday ^ 14) The Horseshoe Pass has been resurrected in 2024. It had previously been put on by Weaver Valley 2001-2009, and the Congleton CC in 2010-2017, but by Peak Audax members. ^ 15) We ran the Shoestring 200 from Cheadle in 2000. The Millmeece was created in 2021 as part of our return-to-business after Covid-19. ^ 16) Don Black ran his events in 2003 until his untimely death in 2014. They were carried on as the Saddleworth Clarion Audax rides, which many Peak Audax members continued to support. They are back as Peak Audax rides from 2024. - The 100 has a variety of formats: the Wyddop 100 (sometimes under the name 'Trawden 100' or 'Wycoller 100'), the Edale 100 (which we also ran in 2015 in memory of Don, or the Bretton 100 - The 200 has been run as either the Bowland 200 , Roun' Wes' Ridin' 200 or the Manchester Loop 200 ^ 17) John Perrin retired from organising Peak Audax events in 2019. Some of his rides, including the Venetian Nights , have been taken on by Four Corners Cycle Club. ^ 18) Alongside the National 400 , we also held the companion event, Life begins at Forty to mark AUK's 40th anniversary. ^ 19) The Leominster rides were launched by Sheila Simpson as part of her CTC Easter weekend. The rides are no longer Peak Audax events but are still run by Hereford and District Wheelers. ^ 20) The Ringinglow 200 was a ride from Stockport into the Peak District in 2000-2001. We put on the Dark & White Peak Perm as a Calendar event on 2010 and 2011 starting from Bamford.