THE RACING COLLECTIVE
Overview
The national Trans reliability trials are designed as training rides to test mind, body and equipment ahead of the summer ultras such as the Transcontinental. They are held on first full weekend of the month from April to June each year. They are predominantly road based but some riders may take gravel shortcuts as they are free to choose their route between the checkpoints. The distances and complexity of the route planning steps up each month. Only seven people in the history of TRC have completed TransEngland, TransWales, and TransScotland in a season.
The national XDURO bikepacking trials are held on first full weekend of the month from May to September each year. These are fixed route gravel rides; EnglanDURO is a nice intro to bikepacking, WalesDURO is beautiful, and ScotDURO is pretty full on.
In addition we have a growing number of one-day XDURO rides which serve as tasters for the longer trials.
The national XDURO bikepacking trials are held on first full weekend of the month from May to September each year. These are fixed route gravel rides; EnglanDURO is a nice intro to bikepacking, WalesDURO is beautiful, and ScotDURO is pretty full on.
In addition we have a growing number of one-day XDURO rides which serve as tasters for the longer trials.
It is important we can trace riders on Reliability Trials easily - please complete the form above ahead of your first ride of the year. Only riders who have registered will appear in the results. This single form covers all our standard reliability trials. Select the ones you are committed to riding; you will be sent an automated email after completing this form which will enable you to edit choices at a later date.
Calendar for 2026
Provisional calendar for 2027 (to be confirmed 1 Jan 2027)
- 3-4 April 2026 - TransEngland - #transengland26
- 1-2 May 2026 - TransWales - #transwales26
- 16 May 2026 - one-day ride GlenDURO - #glenduro26
- 5-7 June 2026 - Bikes, Bees & Trees Rally [Bristol] - #BBTRally26
- 6-7 June 2026 - TransScotland - #transscotland26
- 13 June 2026 - one-day rides - OxDURO - #oxduro26
- 27 June 2026 - one-day ride - CotsDURO - #cotsduro26
- 4-5 July 2026 - WalesDURO - #walesduro26
- 1-2 August 2026 - EnglanDURO - #englanduro26
- 15 August to 26 August 2026 - #GBDURO26
- 29-30 August 2026 - Social ride - pubduro North York Moors - #pubduroNYM26
- 5-6 September 2026 - ScotDURO - #scotduro26
- 3 October 2026 - one-day ride - PennDURO - #pennduro26
Provisional calendar for 2027 (to be confirmed 1 Jan 2027)
- 2-3 April 2027 - TransEngland - #transengland27
- 7-8 May 2027 - TransWales - #transwales27
- 15 May 2027 - one-day ride GlenDURO - #glenduro27
- 4-6 June 2027 - Bikes, Bees & Trees Rally [Bristol] - #BBTRally27
- 5-6 June 2027 - TransScotland - #transscotland27
- 12 June 2027 - one-day rides - OxDURO - #oxduro27
- 26 June 2027 - one-day ride - CotsDURO - #cotsduro27
- 3-4 July 2027 - WalesDURO - #walesduro27
- 7-8 August 2027 - EnglanDURO - #englanduro27
- 14 August to 25 August 2027 - #GBDURO27
- 28-29 August 2027 - Social ride - pubduro North York Moors - #pubduroNYM27
- 4-5 September 2027 - ScotDURO - #scotduro27
- 2 October 2027 - one-day ride - PennDURO - #pennduro27
