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[…]
The club’s home TT season may be over, but a large contingent of 16 Banbury Star CC members took part in Coventry Road Club’s Open 10 mile TT on Saturday morning. Held in ideal conditions this popular local event took place on the K10/10 Princethorpe course to the south east of Coventry, which features fast[…]
The club’s illustrious TT time keeper Keri Williams, now rested from his 2019 season, has sat down and compiled this light hearted commentary on some of the people that took part and made it happen. Just completing our yearly time trial review, it occurs to us that some non-racers may appreciate a “who’s who” on[…]
Member Lee Heron gives us the inside story on his recent challenge – riding a 12 hour, 222 mile time trial Time trials are known as the race of truth. You can’t hide in the pack, slipstream or freewheel. You race every pedal stroke. Be it the Come & Try 5 mile TT hosted by[…]
The last event of the club’s 2019 season, the annual Durran Cup hill climb, attracted a field of 23 riders on Saturday morning at Burton Dassett. The short, but steep climb is only 700 metres in length, on a section of the hill that will comprise the finish area for Stage 7 of next week’s[…]
A grey sky and a short heavy shower greeted the 32 riders who turned out for the club’s final Wednesday night time trial of the year – the 5 mile Come & Try TT at Gaydon. Thankfully the rain abated by the time of the start and most of the course between Gaydon and the[…]