Author Archives: Ian Oliver

An email from Brunel Uni, looking for Guinea Pigs. If you’re interested…. email addresses at the bottom. I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out on behalf of our research team at Brunel University London. We are … Continue reading →

Willesden CC’s former president, Jim Love, passed away recently. Jim, who lived in Kingsbury, northwest London, was a member of the Willesden Cycling Club. He joined the club at the age of 16, around the time the war was ending. … Continue reading →

I got this email the other day. For those who didn’t: Hillingdon Time Trials The 2024 Westerley Hillingdon time trials will start after Easter, so I wanted to let you, as a past rider of our events, know the details … Continue reading →

Julie Anderson passed this on… The National Cycling Show is presently offering some free tickets. If you want some the link to their booking page is https://editor.ne16.com/vo/?FileID=5f695c2d-972d-4db8-9ec5-5aead5a134b8&m=ffbb397c-8fc0-4b89-b7c9-ad60ee427b51&MailID=6524952&listid=1004878&RecipientID=10251895352 Track down the page to a button that says “Use code LAUNCH for free … Continue reading →

We got the following email from Lucinda at the Bike Project recently. A cycling worthwhile cause. Hello! My name is Lucinda and I work at The Bike Project. I am reaching out to you in the hope that you can … Continue reading →

Our friends the Westerley Club are running their Winter Warmer event on Sunday 14th January. There are three versions, at 110km (1200m of climbing),  61km and a the shorter version is around 44km.  The long route is a challenging winter … Continue reading →

Paris Brest Paris is the world’s most prestigious Audax. Willesden’s Mel Kirkland has ridden each one since 1995 and this will be his eighth. If he finishes, he will set a new club record. The tracker is at https://track.rtrt.me/e/CC-2023#/tracker I have … Continue reading →

Audax Sundays ** Don’t forget – The Inaugural Willesden CC ‘Club 100’ Audax Style Ride – 26th August 2023 from Rickmansworth *** Willesden and Audaxing From the 80s to the late naughties Willesden was one of the UK’s pre-eminent Audax … Continue reading →

Walter’s daughter Cathy has let us know that Walter Severn, who was a member of Willesden CC for many years, passed away on Tuesday 1st Aug, aged 93. His funeral will be held on Monday 21st Aug at West Herts … Continue reading →

This well established event run by LCC is open for entries. The website at https://lcc.org.uk/events/urban-hill-climb-2023/ tells you all you ned to know. The page has only one pair of riders grovelling up a hill: I wonder if that’s enough to … Continue reading →

At the moment blog posts are only sent out as MailChimp emails once a week on a Thursday. This means that often posts are out of date by the time you see them, especially with rides being advertised at short … Continue reading →

First club ride of the year is on Sunday 15th January. There’s a big Willesden posse doing the Westerley Winter Warmer.  100km, 60km and 40km from  Chalfont St Giles (changed venue!). So suitable for everyone from racing snake to on … Continue reading →

Willesden’s annual cycling event, was Reliability, now Chiltern Arrow, has been moved permanently to late summer since in 2021 such a good time was had by all. It will be taking place on Sunday 11th September. 50km and 100km rides … Continue reading →

The following email has just been received from BC… From: Lucie Gallen  Subject: Training course for accredited marshals in Central Region Evening all! First of all I want to wish you all a happy new year. I do hope you’ve … Continue reading →

Dear WCC I know Denis Peterson kindly passed on my thanks for the donation to the British Heart Foundation in memory of my dad, Stan Vygus.  However, I ought to personally say thank you from my brother, Adrian, and myself … Continue reading →

Stan Vygus It is with regret that I have to report the death of Stan Vygus. He was one of the oldest members of the club. He joined when his Dad was President before the War. He was the Secretary … Continue reading →

New 12 hour record   Stuart held the 12 hour time trial record set in 2014 at 293.63 miles. He has exceeded that for the past two years, both times at the National 12 hour Championship run by Breckland CC. … Continue reading →