This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Brailes and features a coffee stop at The George Inn as part of a 27.4 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at The George Inn, but a faster[…]
The first relatively warm evening of the year provided ideal still conditions for the 35 riders who turned out for the club’s weekly Wednesday evening 20km time trial. With the club actively trying to attract more women into cycling, it was particularly encouraging to see a record 12 women competing, making up a third of[…]
Sixteen Banbury Star members, including four women, took part in Stratford Cycling Club’s Open 10 mile Time Trial on Saturday. The club’s race squad initiative was set up to actively promote time trials for all club members, in particular the women’s group, to demonstrate the sport isn’t the preserve of the just the men and[…]
Our Monday evening chain gang training rides are now fully up and running, and open to all club members irrespective of ability or aspiration as we will split into groups. Men: meet in Wroxton at 6.15 with Jonathan Ward setting the pace over a range of local roads. Women: meet in Ludlow Drive at 6.30,[…]
This is the last Wednesday of 6.30pm starts as we move to 7pm from the 24th April onwards so everything is the same as last week. It’s the K4/20 course and we meet in Ludlow Drive, Banbury (parking responsibly as it’s a residential area) where sign-on will start from 17:30 and close at 18:10. The[…]
Another cold, but this time sunny evening, greeted the large 42 rider entry for the first solo event of the year on Banbury Star CC’s regular 20km TT course. As usual a number of riders from neighbouring clubs entered the event, which continues to raise the standard and competitiveness of these mid-week summer time trials.[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Kineton and features a coffee stop at The Swan Hotel as part of a 29.8 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at The Swan Hotel, but a faster[…]
We are already two events into the 2019 Wednesday club time trial season having started with our traditional openers of the 5 mile “come and try it” event out at Gaydon, followed by the two-up K4/20 last week which was convincingly won by the Foster father and son pairing. The K4/20 is the setting for[…]
Sam Wootton and Mike Kirby, took part in the Charlbury 36 Hilly Time Trial on Sunday, organised by Oxonian CC. The roughly triangular course, taking in Charlbury, Chipping Norton and Shipton-under-Wychwood, attracted a strong 55 rider entry. Comprising 2 x 18 mile laps, the course and conditions were described by both riders as pretty brutal.[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Clifton and features a coffee stop at The Duke as part of a 26.3 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at The Duke, but a faster average of[…]