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.

Peak Audax challenges you to earn special badges for completing the Marple Grimpeurs and a Peak Audax SR series.

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 .

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

	Solstice, Christmas and the New 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
Winter Solstice ¹																											Winter Solstice ¹
Summer Solstice ¹																											Summer Solstice ¹
Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ²																											Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ²
Hopey New Year ³																											Hopey New Year ³
Christmas Dinner ⁴																											Christmas Dinner ⁴
Boxing Day ⁴																											Boxing Day ⁴
Totals	9	8	18	61	75	106	115	165	192	162	136	29	91	140	168	196	164	209	199	168	213	162	14	65	132	165

	Early Season Rides
	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
Eureka																											Eureka
Safari																											Safari
Eccleshall																											Eccleshall
A Mere 200 ⁵																											A Mere 200 ⁵
Merely a Century ⁵																											Merely a Century ⁵
Stockport-Newport																											Stockport-Newport
Newport																											Newport
Radway																											Radway
Chirk																											Chirk
Winsford Edale Run																											Winsford Edale Run
Scouting Mam Tor																											Scouting Mam Tor
Totals	66	114	86	69	171	160	291	297	359	316	322	264	321	340	310	432	332	556	543	343	269	108	81	158	285	221

	Wednesday 100s
	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
Dark Peak																											Dark Peak
Mid Peak																											Mid Peak
West Peak																											West Peak
White Peak																											White Peak
Staffs Peak																											Staffs Peak
Icecream Wensdae																											Icecream Wensdae
Easter in the Peak ⁶																											Easter in the Peak ⁶
The Old Lead Miners																											The Old Lead Miners
Pendleton Super Grimpeur																											Pendleton Super Grimpeur
Totals		69	82	100	153	172	221	229	187	196	209	245	281	256	301	316	331	340	291	273	212		155	148	171	56

	Miscellaneous
	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
Hermie's Imagination																											Hermie's Imagination
Riding in Styal																											Riding in Styal
Shoestring/Millmeece ⁷																											Shoestring/Millmeece ⁷
Chumley - CTC birthday ride																											Chumley - CTC birthday ride
Mountains and Moelhills																											Mountains and Moelhills
Horseshoe Pass ⁸																											Horseshoe Pass ⁸
Plains 300																											Plains 300
Montgomery ⁹																											Montgomery ⁹
Llanfair PG																											Llanfair PG
Plains 400/Cottonopolis ¹⁰																											Plains 400/Cottonopolis ¹⁰
Life Begins at Forty ¹⁰																											Life Begins at Forty ¹⁰
Northwest/A Pair of Kirtons ¹¹																											Northwest/A Pair of Kirtons ¹¹
Cambrian/Severn ¹²																											Cambrian/Severn ¹²
Totals	98	53	65	47	105	76	53	61	171	66	80	52	158	73	165	95	212	222	128	58	157		81	141	234	150

	Spring and Autumn in the Peak
	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
Spring in the Peak																											Spring in the Peak
The other Spring in the Peak																											The other Spring in the Peak
Yet Another Spring in the Peak																											Yet Another Spring in the Peak
Autumn in the Peak																											Autumn in the Peak
Ringinglow/Dark & White ¹³																											Ringinglow/Dark & White ¹³
Totals		7	16			29	83	147	30	98	113	99	160	92											81	87

	The Don Black Collection
	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
Wyddop/Bretton/Edale 100 ¹⁴																											Wyddop/Bretton/Edale 100 ¹⁴
Up n Down't'West Ridin'																											Up n Down't'West Ridin'
Slaidburn																											Slaidburn
Manchester Loop																											Manchester Loop
Saddleworth-Bowland																											Saddleworth-Bowland
Round't'West Ridin'																											Round't'West Ridin'
Totals					39	14	38	31	27	22	15	31	36	25	24	54	39

	Perrin's Peregrinations
	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
Lutudarum																											Lutudarum
One Loop																											One Loop
Two Loops																											Two Loops
Three Loops																											Three Loops
Venetian NightS ¹⁵																											Venetian NightS ¹⁵
World's End																											World's End
Knockerdown																											Knockerdown
St Lucy's																											St Lucy's
Totals											57	59	35	85	25	139	129	45	48	67	15

	Darrell's Dalliances
	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
Barely Dented																											Barely Dented
A Bit Dented																											A Bit Dented
Stumped and Dented																											Stumped and Dented
A Bit Grim up North																											A Bit Grim up North
Grim up North																											Grim up North
A Quick Trip to the Beach																											A Quick Trip to the Beach
Trip to the Beach																											Trip to the Beach
Totals																								19	37	81

	Discontinued Peak Audax Events
	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
Stockport-Mow Cop																											Stockport-Mow Cop
Derbyshire Flash																											Derbyshire Flash
Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁶																											Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁶
Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁶																											Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁶
Peak District																											Peak District
Overton																											Overton
Mow Cop																											Mow Cop
Beeston																											Beeston
Totals	60	37	36			36	58	39	43

	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
Number of riders:	233	288	303	277	543	593	859	969	1009	860	932	779	1082	1011	993	1232	1207	1372	1209	909	866	270	331	531	940	760	Total Riders:	20,358
Number of Peak Audax events:	7	20	21	13	21	24	26	26	27	25	28	31	34	30	26	31	28	23	23	21	20	3	10	16	26	22	Total Events:	582
Riders per Event:	33.3	14.4	14.4	21.3	25.9	24.7	33.0	37.3	37.4	34.4	33.3	25.1	31.8	33.7	38.2	39.7	43.1	59.7	52.6	43.3	43.3	90.0	33.1	33.2	36.2	34.5	Riders/Event:	35.0
	Notes: ^ 1) The Winter Solstice is held on just about the shortest day of the year. As a consequence, on some occasions we have seen very few participants. The Summer Solstice has usually been a repeat of the Winter Solstice after a snow-affected winter. The 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. ^ 2) The Audlem 100 has evolved into a number of alternatives over the years from Stockport, Marple or Cheadle ... - 2001: the original Audlem 100 from Stockport was a companion event alongside the Stockport-Newport 200. - 2003: the Audlem 100 , this time from Marple, was run alongside the Marple-Newport 200 and the Radway 150. - 2004: it became the one-off Goodbye Christmas Pudding from Marple to Delamere. - 2005-2008: (I'm dreaming of a) Whitegate Xmas , a 150km companion event for the Winter Solstice 200 but discontinued because of a lack of car-parking space at the HQ. - 2021: the spirit of the original Audlem ride lives on in the Budworths 100 , created after Covid. ^ 3) 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? ^ 4) Peak Audax enjoyed Christmas Dinner in 2002 and 2003 at their, at the time, regular start/finish venue, following a 50km Audax ride. The rides in 2004-2009 were 50km events as part of Sheila Simpson's mini-tour in York, along with the Boxing Day 100s. ^ 5) The Mere 200 and Mere 150 were Peak Audax events from Cheadle but we passed these over to North Cheshire Clarion after 2017. The 150km ride was originally a 100km ride from Stockport which we ran in 2000 and 2001. It was turned into a 150km from Cheadle in 2004. ^ 6) We have used a variety of our rides for the 'Easter in the Peak' , the hilly alternative to the Icecream Wensdae - 2000: the Mow Cop 100 from Stockport (actually that wasn't an Easter event) - 2009: the Cheshire Peak , a ride based on the Mow Cop - 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. ^ 7) 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. ^ 8) The Horseshoe Pass has been resurrected in 2024. It had previously been put on by Weaver Valley 2001-2009 and Congleton CC in 2010-2017 by Peak Audax members. ^ 9) 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. ^ 10) In 2016, instead of it's 'regular' 400, Peak Audax ran the National 400 from Biggin. This was a prestigious event which moved around the country, originally a CTC event, with plenty of TLC at the controls. 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. The Cottonopolis is a new 400 starting in 2024. ^ 11) The Northwest 500 was a one-off ride to mark the Millennium in 2001. The Northwest 600 was another one-off additional 600 to help with PBP qualification in 2003. The Pair of Kirtons is an unrelated 600, first set up as To Holland & Back as an additional 600 to help with PBP qualification in 2011 but it has since become a regular feature. ^ 12) The Cambrian 600 was a regular event from 2000 to 2012. John Perrin adapted it into the The Steps to Severn 600 from 2014. ^ 13) 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. ^ 14) The Don's 100km ride has existed in a variety of formats. - 2003 - 2006: the Wyddop 100 (sometimes under the name 'Trawden 100' or 'Wycoller 100') - 2009 & 2012: the Edale 100 - 2010 & 2013: the Bretton 100 - 2014: the Wyddop 100 - 2015: a variation of the Edale 100 as a memorial to Don, whom we lost the previous May. The ride finished at Stalybridge Station bar to toast a fondly remembered friend. Don's rides live on as the Saddleworth Clarion Audax rides from Denshaw, which we encourage Peak Audax members to support. ^ 15) 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. ^ 16) 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.