Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Helping at Willesden’s Centenary Audaxes            We are running five Audaxes during the rest of the Audax year which ends 30th September. If someone completes our events at four distances (200, 300, 400, 600km) they win … Continue reading →

Well, yesterday saw our second WoW ride of 2026, following a gap of several weeks since our inaugural mid-February outing. Seven riders rolled out from Beaconsfield, becoming a great eight at the H’Artisan Café when Ian W. joined us, having … Continue reading →

As someone who has never ridden an Audax in Scotland, I found this beautifully and very professionally  produced video by Fergus Coyle fascinating. Fergus — along with his highly specialised, video-equipped bike — joined the riders on the final event … Continue reading →

Over the winter, Mark Brooking decided it would be a rather good idea to embark on an Audax series of four 100 km ride in Scotland!! Eeek, Mark! The idea seemed to grow out of a conversation Mark had with … Continue reading →

The email with Blog updates has not been sent out for a while. This was caused by a policy change by MailChimp who we use for this function. Hopefully by the time you read this you are up-to-date. If you … Continue reading →

My dear Club mates, There’s a lot going on at Willesden CC during our centenary year, so I’ve updated the club calendar with all the key events you can take part in. This includes: Club runs Audax SR series rides … Continue reading →

Willesden CC was recently contacted by Gill and Steve, daughter and son-in-law of W.G. (Bill) Nash who was secretary of the club just before World War II and also a holder of a club tandem record. Bill had kept a … Continue reading →

It was late June and Jayne Paine was lying in the middle of the road with a broken hip. All thanks to an inattentive pedestrian. Her routine ride home from work was now anything but routine and her plans for … Continue reading →

The “Old Roads and Drove Roads” Audax offers a rare chance to ride through the closed village of Imber.  In November 1943, the Imber residents were summoned to a meeting and given 47 days notice to leave their homes, as … Continue reading →

Over the last weekend Willesden riders took part in Audax rides in two quite different parts of the country. The first report is from Sylvene, who rode the sell out “New Forest Onshore ” Audax, which started from Lymington on the … Continue reading →

The Wednesday “WoW” rides usually start from Windsor End in Beaconsfield. These rides are enjoyable and well supported, but every so often we like to vary the routes and start from somewhere different. What we fondly call a “WoW Awayday”! … Continue reading →

One of the highlights of the Willesden calendar is the excellent Tour de Ricky. This year it was held on 1st June and it was an amazing day, all impeccably organised and promoted by our remarkable club mate, Liam FitzPatrick. … Continue reading →

As many will already know, this week we heard the very sad news that Simon Doughty had recently passed. Simon was a lovely, funny person as well as a highly respected rider and talented author. Everyone liked Simon for his … Continue reading →

If you would like to order the new club jersey and / or shorts. Let Gerry McManus know ASAP. We are likely to have an online shop open to members this week but advance info would be useful as the … Continue reading →

Jayne recently journeyed down to the South of France to race in the Tour Des Vallées Azuréennes, a multi stage event held just inland from Nice. The TdVA is a four stage race and also includes a contre-la-montre/Time Trial and was … Continue reading →

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 →

Last Wednesday (24th April) saw our friends at the Westerly CC run the first of their popular series of  evening time trials at the Hillingdon circuit. Unsurprisingly, the series is  known as the “Westerley Wednesday”! The time trial covers 11 laps … 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 →