Author Archives: Miles Back

Mark and Wendy continue their quest for the Audax Round the Year Randonneur award. For added challenge they decided to go for a 300km event for August’s ride. Here’s Mark’s report and photos. Miles Back2/9/10The Mildenhall Rally was the start … Continue reading →

Saturday 2 October Youth races4th Cat Men’s raceWomen’s race for Cat E/1/2/3 riders Programme Race 1: 13.15 start for 30mins for U8, U10 and U14 U8 placings for each age category count towards club prizeU10 placings for each age category … Continue reading →

Mel, Ian and Peter have now reached the finish line in Nerviano. Well done guys – a really gritty effort. Mel and Peter arrived back last night between 9pm and 10pm. Ian was enjoying it so much he decided to … Continue reading →

Martin Lucas is the first British rider to finish the 2010 Mille Miglia. Well done Martin – an excellent ride. Martin nipped around the 1625km course in 89hr:15mm arriving back in Nerviano (near Milan) at 2:16 PM (CET) yesterday afternoon. … Continue reading →

This morning’s news is that Martin Lucas is the first British rider to arrive at the Casella Ligura control at 1436kms!! At this rate Martin should be back in his hotel bed this evening. Ian Oliver, Peter Turnbull and Mel … Continue reading →

So far Martin Lucas is the only Willesden rider to have passed through the Bolsena Control at 776 kms. The section down to here from Florence is a tough one with plenty of climbing. Martin should now be heading back … Continue reading →

All of the Willesden riders with the exception of Julian Holden have now passed through the Dicomano control (near Florence) at 473km. Martin Lucas was in the top twenty riders and 3rd UK rider to reach this point yesterday. A … Continue reading →

A number of our Audax riders are taking part in the 1600km Mille Miglia Audax ride in Italy. The route runs down from Milan to a point just north of Rome and back again, oh… and there is the odd … Continue reading →

Mark Brooking and Wendy Mears are making good progress in their quest to ride a 200km Audax event each month in 2010. Here is Mark Brooking’s latest report on their recent rides, plus the odd 600km ride he has done, … Continue reading →

Last night at the European Master track championships Jayne Payne won a Silver medal in the Points race. Her great rival from the UK, Janet Birkmire won the gold. What makes Jayne’s achievement all the more impressive is that they … Continue reading →

Ray Kelly has just contacted me with the sad news that John “Spike” Spicer died earlier this week. His funeral will be at 12:00pm Thursday 15th July at the Breakspear Crematorium, Breakspear Road, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 7JS. John Davies