The club’s annual Trinders Trophy Downhill Freewheel competition, which now takes part during the club’s two Saturday rides, attracted 27 riders. Mr President explains the downhill rules at the top of the hill From a standing start at the top of Hempton hill, there is only one rule to this competition – no pedalling. The[…]
Recently crowned National U23 TT champion Charlie Quarterman teamed up with local rider Lydia Watts – who finished 10th in the Women’s U23 championship – to dominate the club’s final 2Up TT of the year. It’s not often a club gets the honour of a rider competing in their weekly TT wearing the red, white[…]
This coming Saturday sees the one competition that’s hotly contested by those members who, shall we say, are unlikely to be challenging for a Seven Col KOM. Yes, that one single day when we FLABs get our revenge on the club’s mountain goats in the Trinders Trophy Downhill Freewheel competition. Whilst time trialling and road[…]
As the nights begin to draw in we don’t stray too far from Banbury for this week’s time trial – it’s the one where you can enjoy double the fun of the K4/20 by doing it with a partner if you so wish as it’s our second two-up of the season. Of course solo riders[…]
Five Star riders, Stuart Quick, Simon Bull, Mike Kirby, Marcus Gaskell and Denise Shepherd, along with our Team Cherwell friends, Ben and Annie Heaney, entered Oxonian Cycling Club’s Open 50 mile TT on Sunday, with only Stuart and Mike having raced this distance before. On a windy morning with an early start the H50/17 course[…]
A dry, but breezy evening greeted the 43 riders who turned out for the club’s annual Interclub TT against local clubs AMG Mercedes from Brackley and our regular visitors Team Cherwell. Road works right on the normal finish line meant the regular K4/20 course had to be shortened by around 400 metres, so no records[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Epwell and features a coffee stop at Epwell Village Hall as part of a 26.4 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at Epwell Village Hall, but a faster[…]
A Star who has been travelling afar to compete in TTs is Lee Heron, who represented Banbury Star over the weekend down in Abergervenny, Gwent, where he rode in the Cardiff 100 Road Club’s 50 mile Open TT. The R50/1b course is predominantly dual carriageway and doesn’t give riders an easy time with a fair[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Café Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Café Ride is going out to Gt Rollright and features a coffee stop at Wyatt’s Farm as part of a 26.3 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at Wyatt’s Farm, but a faster average[…]
An overcast, but dry evening with a fresh breeze, made for a somewhat reduced field of 19 riders who turned out for the club’s final 10 mile Wednesday TT of the season – a good test before the club’s Open 10 mile TT on Saturday 31st August. The remaining time trials will be on the[…]