5.1 AUK responsibility: AUK and organisers will be responsible only for indicating or agreeing control points to confirm that a participant has completed a predetermined distance (the event) within the allowed time.

5.2 Participants: any person may take part.

5.3 Machines: (i) Any kind of cycle may be ridden provided that it is propelled solely by human muscular effort.
(ii) The responsibility for ensuring that a machine complies with the Road Traffic Regulations rests solely with its rider.
(iii) An event organiser may require full mudguards to be fitted to bicycles and to the single front wheel of tricycles. The requirement for mudguards on an event must be indicated in the AUK Calendar and in the event literature.

5.4 Entries: entry to an event is to be made on the official form or an exact copy. Entrants must state their full name, address and, where applicable, their AUK number. Entry forms must be accompanied by two stamped addressed envelopes and the entry fee (and, in the case of minors, must be signed by the parent or guardian) and should reach the organiser 14 days before the event or by the specified closing date if this is earlier. Entry fees are not refundable.

5.5 Rider insurance requirement: riders must provide evidence of third-party insurance cover by giving their current AUK or relevant CTC or British Cycling membership number on the entry form or must pay the current fee to give them temporary AUK membership. The period of insurance for both full and temporary members of AUK is to the time of finishing or abandonment whichever is the sooner. The Entry Form must explain this requirement to entrants. AUK members are covered under the above conditions for AUK events and Permanent rides in the UK and abroad (for all other purposes adequate travel insurance is desirable).

5.6 Distances: standard distances for events are 200, 300, 400 and 600 km but any distance over 200 km may be offered.

5.7 Speeds: events shall be run within maximum and minimum overall speeds and riders checked through a series of controls which have predetermined opening and closing times and which must be published in the brevet card for calendared events.
(i) The minimum speeds may not be altered and shall be:
for events up to 699km - within the range 14.3 to 15kph;
for events from 700 to 1299 km - 13.3kph;
for events from 1300 to 1899 km - 12kph;
for events from 1900 to 2499 km - 10kph; and
for events over 2499 km, 200 km per day.
(ii) The maximum speed set by the organiser for the whole or any part of an event may be any speed up to 30kph. Minimum and maximum speeds will be noted in the Calendar.

Brevet Cards shall be available to entrants for all AUK events. Where Brevet Cards are used, these will be issued before an event. It is the responsibility of the rider to ensure the safe keeping of the card and that it is properly filled in at each control with arrival time, control stamp and the controller’s initials, or with the required information in the case of Information Controls.

5.9 Participation in events: participants are on a private excursion on the public highway and their conduct is covered by the law of the land. Participants may ride singly or in groups and may pace each other. No other cyclist or motor vehicle may pace riders or contact them between controls except in the case of an accident or emergency. Participants are responsible for their own feeding and may stop for food and rest at any place. Participants who infringe AUK Regulations, ignore event officials’ instructions, or behave in a manner likely to bring an event or the Club into disrepute may be excluded from the event.

5.10 Controls: a rider arriving early at a control must not have the brevet card signed until the official opening time of the control. A rider arriving late may have the card completed, continue the ride, and submit a written explanation with the card. The Validation Secretary may then award the brevet if the explanation is considered reasonable. At the end of an event the rider must ensure that all necessary details are entered on the brevet card and sign the card, prior to validation.

5.11 Results: AUK events are not races and no timed results list or placings list of any AUK event is to be published. Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux.

6. Modifications of organisation and conduct applicable to Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux

6.1 Speeds and Distances: speeds and distances shall be as set down by ACP or LRM. Where a rider’s finishing time is outside ACP or LRM limits but is within AUK limits a BR may be awarded and vice versa.

6.2 Validation: in addition to AUK validation the brevet card shall be ratified by ACP for events up to and including 1,000km or by LRM for longer events.

7. Modifications of organisation and conduct applicable to Brevets Populaires

7.1 Distances: Brevets Populaires (BPs) may be of any distance acceptable to the AUK Events Secretary.

7.2 Speeds and Controls: it will be permissible to relax the minimum speed below BR values and also to relax the standards for controls but where controls are relaxed the brevet card will bear no certification of distance and therefore will not be eligible for any of the AUK award schemes.