The huge increase in cycling during the Covid-19 pandemic has attracted many new members to the the club and we have decided to make membership of Banbury Star even more attractive by giving an extra month’s membership to new joiners. If you join the club now there’s nothing more to pay until the 2022 membership[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Please remember you need to register at least 24 hours before the ride. Registration can be done here; Pre Registration Link All rides are subject to the Covid-19 Ride Protocols and can be found here; Ride Protocols As we will meet in Peoples’ Park again, please ensure you do not[…]
On a very hot Saturday afternoon, with temperatures just below 30° C, 15 Star riders took part in Coventry CC’s Open 10-mile TT. The event attracted a large 170 rider entry with again Banbury Star providing the largest visiting entry. Seven of the 15 Star riders that took part The K11/10T course is held almost[…]
Strong swirling crosswinds made conditions challenging for the 56 riders who took part in last night’s TT. After three 10-mile TTs in as many weeks, it was back to the club’s popular K4/20 (20km/13mile) course for the first time this year. Whilst the conditions ensured that no course records were likely to be broken this[…]
This would usually be our second two-up time trial of the racing season but Covid restrictions have sadly put paid to riding in close proximity with a partner for 2020 which means it’s solo efforts by everyone on a lap of our 20km course just outside Banbury. We had almost a full field last week[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Please remember you need to register at least 24 hours before the ride. Registration can be done here; Pre Registration Link All rides are subject to the Covid-19 Ride Protocols and can be found here; Ride Protocols As we will meet in Peoples’ Park again, please ensure you do not[…]
The challenge of the “Tysoe Ten” 10m time trial, held on a technical looping course at the foot of Sunrising Hill, attracted a large field of over fifty riders representing some thirteen local clubs on Wednesday evening. Dry roads, overcast skies and and a reducing westerly breeze helped this record field around the route with[…]
It’s been worth the wait, and like all good things what you’ve been waiting for doesn’t come along in ones, twos or even threes but four. Yes, we have four consecutive weeks of time trials on our most popular course, the K4/20 loop just outside Banbury (for the uninitiated that’s 20km and not 20 miles).[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Please remember you need to register at least 24 hours before the ride. Registration can be done here; Pre Registration Link All rides are subject to the Covid-19 Ride Protocols and can be found here; Ride Protocols As we will meet in Peoples’ Park again, please ensure you do not[…]
We’re well into the (shortened) club TT season now and our travels around the region take us out to Tysoe for the course where we’ve still not accounted for all of those who somehow managed to go off-piste in previous years. The instructions from the timekeeper (“turn left whenever you see one of our time[…]