In the Spring of 2021 BicesterBUG demonstrating the problems that barriers on cycle paths create for people trying to cycle in Bicester. That was followed up by a crowd sourced to photograph and map all the barriers in the town, which BicesterBUG wrapped up into a report and passed onto Oxfordshire County Council. Add to that the council’s own from 2022 which states on page 17…

The first Friday of the month is traditionally the BBUG social. Normally we meet up in the evening and have a drink at a pub within Bicester, but this month we tried something a bit different, which linked with our ongoing project to link up Bicester town with the neighbouring villages via safe, off-road, cycling routes.

If you missed the 2024 BBC prom that featured a bicycle wheel (see ) there's still time to listen again on BBC Radio 3 ( ). Or why not do what our Secretary Paul recently did, and take your own bicycle to the Royal Albert Hall to see a prom?

BBUG started delivering books for Coles on 12th June 2020, the Covid summer, as a way of helping a local business to compete with the big national companies whose model of internet shopping without the need to venture out into the dangerous world seemed so attractive. By delivering for free we could minimise the cost to Coles and their customers and at the same time demonstrate what a good tool the bike is for many day to day journeys.

If you go down the Launton Road today, you're sure of a big surprise.