November 2020

The Almost 7 Cols

Member Adam Parle has some long rides planned for 2021 and what better way to start training than the challenge of The 7 Cols. Adam here relates a slight error along the way on his first attempt The 7 Cols is a notable route devised by Mr Timekeeper himself – Keri Williams.  It has been…

My first hill climb event – KH5 Burton Dassett

Martin Norris is a second claim club member (first claim Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC), who’s been joining us for our weekly TTs. One event was our annual Durran Cup hill climb, which Martin now recounts. Saturday 5th September was the annual hill climb event for Banbury Star CC. The course was the beautiful climb up…

From Lockdown 1.0 to cycling a century in November

We’re all aware of the big increase in cycling that has taken place during Lockdown and the new club members we’ve gained during this period. One such member, Hayley Holland, tells her inspiring story of how she very quickly fell in love with cycling. So, as many people did during lockdown my family and I…