Dave Tew, who is one of the club’s prescription delivery volunteers, has still had time to write this great blog about a challenge somewhere completely different. Urban Ultra Challenge -Coast to Coast Ride – Dubai In March 2019, I received an email from a friend, Jason, who had been living and working in Abu Dhabi[…]
Hopefully you’ve already read the brief biography of Oli Wright in June’s newsletter, hear he tells the full story My Dad was my inspiration into cycling when I was a lad. He raced as a younger man to quite a good amateur level in the West Midlands, until his racing career was cut short by[…]
Member Ila Pearson gives her account of how she and five of her cycling Star friends tackled their C2C ride last summer. Who are Team CA We are a spin out of the Banbury Star Cyclists’ Club, a group of friends brought together through the love of two wheels. What could go wrong? Meet the[…]
The club’s season opening time trial, the annual Hardriders TT sponsored by Hook Norton Brewery, again lived up to its name. A bitterly cold Sunday morning and a fresh breeze from the tail end of Storm Jorge greeted a strong entry of 70 riders. During this long period of wet weather, riders were at least[…]
Entries have now closed for the club’s first event of the year, the annual Hardriders TT, which takes place on Sunday 1st March starting at 10am. As a season opener, the 70 rider entry has again attracted some of the region’s best time triallers. An excellent total of 22 Star riders have this year entered,[…]
The Spring one day Classics start soon and Mike Kirby can’t wait for the Omloop in particular as he describes here. Only Fifty Sleeps. It’s only 50 more sleeps to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad I gleefully announced the other day. ‘You are such an anorak’ said Helen looking mystified and a bit bored. She knows full[…]
Member Mike Kirby starts the year off with a detailed and amusing account of his goal to complete the annual Festive 500. Did any other Stars do the Rapha Strava Festive 500? Starting Christmas Eve, through to New Year’s Eve, 8 days, 500 km’s. That’s 62.5kms per day, nearly 40 miles, every day. Strava run[…]
Twelve riders from the club, forming three teams – BSCC-U25, Team Stars and Team Stars Too (the latter two mixed) – started the Red Bull Timelaps event at 12 noon on Saturday lunchtime. The course was a technical and rolling course with one punchy, but short climb, and a longer ‘draggy’ climb towards the end[…]
Seven Star riders, Lee Heron, Mark Boyles, Ian Maconnachie, Martin Kelly, Lisa Ansell, Suzy Patience and 12 year old Isabella Boyles, travelled all the way down to Thruxton race circuit in Hampshire yesterday for the last big TT of the year. The event, the National Closed Circuit Championships, attracted a total entry of around 250 riders, which[…]
As the club grows, so does the number of different cycling disciplines that members now compete in. Cyclo-Cross, or CX as it’s known in its abbreviated form, is a good example, with three members, Jane Holton, Simon Bull and Rich Baker, entering CX events over last weekend. If a little muddy at times, it’s a[…]