Author Archives: Rich Cooper

Janet and Simon Janet visited Simon last week. She said “He does at last seems to be making some imrovement with his mobility but he is still not very talkative.” “I did take him to the pub where we went … Continue reading →

Jayne Paine (real name Bunty Breathless) is the Club’s 2007 Hill climb champion. Bunty gave Brian Moon a jolly good thrashing at the West London Combine Hill Climb held at Windsor Hill. Bunty was the fastest gal, finishing in 2mins … Continue reading →

Liam Fitzpatrick and I are planning to ride a 200K Permanent Audax from Rickmansworth on Friday November 2nd. Any masochist who wants to, is welcometo join us. The route, 207Km or so, is going to be Rickmansworth, Abingdon, Chipping Norton, … Continue reading →

Hi All I shall be going to Majorca in April 2008 as previous years. You are all invited to come along it is a good training camp with rides every morning. In the afternoon you can lay about the pool … Continue reading →

Westerley Annual Dinner & Prize Presentation 10th November 7 for 7:30pm Uxbridge Golf ClubThe Drive, Uxbridge, UB10 8AQ Ticket price still only £20 Guest speaker: Sean Bannister, World Masters champion, as well as being a regular competitor in local events … Continue reading →

The 2007 PBP reunion took place last Friday (12th October) to honour and thank the PBP support team for all their hard work in helping the Willesden riders round the event. It also proved a useful open forum for comparing … Continue reading →

Mark Brooking has found a very interesting Tandem event, which is now in its 43 year! Haven’t got a tandem? Not to worry solos are welcome too. Details are as follows – TANDEM WEEKEND 20079th, 10th, 11th November FRIDAY 9th … Continue reading →

Mark Black of the Wycombe CC signed up for support from the Willesden CC crew during the PBP. He has written his personal account for The Sprocket, the Wycombe’s excellent news letter. You can down load a copy at –http://www.highwycombecc.org/documents/sprocket37oct07.pdf … Continue reading →

Paul Stewart, WCC Auax and Touring Secretary reported a good turn out on the lastest Willesden organised Audax. He had 33 riders sign on for the Anfractous and a dozen or so so for the Nytophobic. This completes an excellent … Continue reading →

Ray and Janice Kelly recently visited Simon in his new care home. Here is their news.“Jan and I visited Simon last week. Not much to report on any progress. We met his mum who was very pleased that we had … Continue reading →

Good mix of PBP stills and video with a reasonably rockin’ soundtrack

The first social event and the shortest club ride of the year blend together on Tuesday 1st January 2008. Yes, the London New Year’s Day Parade will once again have the privilege of the Willesden CC’s presence. Ray Kelly is … Continue reading →

The Willesden’s adventure into democracy is now complete. In what was neck and neck voting the Retro look jersey polled 56 votes to the Modern’s 42. Ray Kelly will now finalise the design and will be placing an order for … Continue reading →

A reminder that Tuesday Night Turbo Torture starts this evening (9/10/07) at 8pm for that heady mixture of loud music, oxygen debt and Ray Kelly’s own brand of humour. Turbo is an excellent way to keep your fitness and motivation … Continue reading →

Ray Kelly has to put in the order for the new club jersey design, but which is to be …. Retro or Modern? So here is a unique chance to vote for your sartorial future. We have two alternative designs … Continue reading →

Torture on a Tuesday night returns on 9th October 2007. Ray “Turbonator” Kelly will be meting out the punishment from 8pm every Tuesday till spring 2008 arrives. God save us all! Start setting up your gear from 7:45pm Turbonator blows … Continue reading →

Tim “Rainlegs” Wainwright has loaded his full set of PBP photos on to his virtual photo album. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesbytim/sets/ for the complete set. A job well done Tim.

Our wonderful PBP Support team will be the Guests of Honour at the PBP re-Union Dinner to be held on 12th October in Ealing, West London. Mike Ellison is organising invitations and we hope to see the whole WCC PBP … Continue reading →

Dodgey haircuts and even dodiger sunglasses feature in this 1980’s film of the PBP.See if you can spot a h*lmet. I saw two… CommentsDear Miles, Re the PBP video on the blog. The young lady showing a bit of cleavage … Continue reading →

As many of you may know there is now a pro cycling team called Slipstream-Chipotle. They recently launched a world wide web competition for a new design for their kit. They had over 353 entries from 21 countries. Out of … Continue reading →