Author Archives: Rich Cooper

Full Road race report and pictures now available on the new look Willesden website. Many thanks to Richard Jerome for his hard work in restoring the site. http://www.willesdencyclingclub.co.uk/ then press the “News“tab.

The John and Dulcie Walker Road Race – Sunday 16th September 2007 I had my special formula in my bottle—1/3 Red Bull, 1/3 Coca-Cola, 1/3 water (honest), left overnight to de-effervesce. I had learnt the hard way about fizzy drinks! … Continue reading →

Keith Elliot has forwarded the following Track day details at Newport. This is in addition to Brian Wright’s track Training days at the Welwyn stadium. Miles BackTrack Training – Intermediates and aboveNewport track booked for two hours on Tuesday 25th … Continue reading →

www.willesdencyclingclub.co.uk Richard Jerome is our new webmaster and is in the process of giving the web site a brand new look. He has many new ideas that he wants to incorporate over the next few months. The blog will continue … Continue reading →

Team Cycling Wheatley spotted on their training ride last weekend Photo by Steve “Paparazzi” Ayres

The qualification on all these times is that they are based solely on the PBP system.Apologies to Ivo Miesen that I’ve only been able to include his half way time, as I have no idea whether any of his stage … Continue reading →

I’m hoping to organise an official Willesden/Slipstreamers trip next year to a Sportive. It will be one of the weekend sportives that is run in conjunction with a Spring Classic, or another major cycle race. It will be in easy … Continue reading →

Here is Ian Why’s report following his visit to Simon’s new home….Pauline and I visited Simon yesterday (8/9/07).He is in the new home in Thames Ditton and it is much better than the last place.It is purpose built although it … Continue reading →

War Dispatches from Lt.Col. Mike “the Bike” Ellison1st Battalion Willesden CC Regiment Officer commanding 5am assault corp – PBP Campaign 2007 HQ Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris, August 2007 “The Battle for The Brevets”The colonel wishes to accord full credit to the fortitude … Continue reading →

A message from Ian Piper, who is a long standing memeber of the Willesden now living the country life. The Pipers run an excellent B&B near Exmoor (Just ask Jill and Derek Reynolds). Discounts available for WCC members; see http://www.exmoor-house.co.uk/ … Continue reading →

Jumbo James has 30 free grandstand positions to give away for this years WCC road race….. As you are probably aware ,The Willesden are Promoting the Johnny Walker & Dulcie walker Road races on the Mentmore circuit not far from … Continue reading →

On Wednesday in the LVRC races at Hillingdon, Tony Woodford finished 2nd in his age group and Chris James 3rd in his age group. They are stil looking for an over 40 year old to make up the team.On Saturday … Continue reading →

The 2007 running of the PBP proved to be a tougher challenge than normal . The Willesden CC team arrived home sporting a variety of injuries, ranging from hypothermia, projectile vomiting, trench foot and temporary blindness, through to a broken … Continue reading →

Damon Peacock manages to compress 1227kms of PBP riding in to a 4’14” film. No shots of any of the slugs though??? John Davies

Richard Melik has been hard at work designing Willesden Jerseys too. He has dropped the proposed logo in case we have difficulty in obtaining permission to use it. Richard is keen that London is used on the jersey so that … Continue reading →

Joanna Austin (Pictured above), who only joined the club last month, won the Ladies Invitation Handicap event run by the Hillingdon C.C. on Sunday. She not only took lst handicap with 23.07 but also recorded the fastest time 28.52. Jenny … Continue reading →

A set of Willesden Post cards has been created to give to potential new club members, leave in cafes (but not phone boxes!) and post in local bike shops. We will be taking some out to the PBP to give … Continue reading →

Wot! 100 miles with out a cafe stop??? Read about Ed’s latest aventure at…. http://omcoc.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlca-100.html

Sorry I am a bit late with the results, but after getting up at 4.30am on Sunday to stand on the roundabout at Chawton to marshall the West London C.A. 100 mile event I was too tired to tackle the … Continue reading →

I’ve created a separate blog site (Sponsored by Sainsburys?) for the Willesden riders taking part in Paris-Brest-Paris, which starts in exactly seven days time. It will display regular updates on the Willesden riders taking part. Plus there is a short … Continue reading →