BENSON VETERAN
CYCLE CLUB
The village of Benson is in Oxfordshire. The Benson club was
formed in 1958. Ned Pasey (the clubs life president) got a ordinary
bicycle which was in a ridable condition.and his brother bet him
2/6d who would ride it first. Which one of the brothers did ride
it is not known. This started a interest in vintage cycles.This
small start then grew to about 200 cycles. He then lent cycles
to some friends to restore and then a club was formed. This club
has gone from this strength to strength and is now one of the
main clubs. Benson has hoisted the National Association of Veteran
Cycle Clubs rally 5 times in 1964-1970-1976-1981-1989-1999. Its
own rally is mostly on or about the first Sunday in July. This
also has modern cyclists following the vintage bikes. The club
ran a London to Briton rally in the early 1970s when because of
very bad weather only a few members made it. It rained all day
and was bitterly cold. The members of the club attend the other
clubs rallies and other events. The clubs own rally was on 7th
of July 2002 this year.
