Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Ian Why is a hero…. On yesterday’s Sky Ride the stem on Vyv’s bike sheared as she was approaching St Paul’s Cathedral. As she was practicing her slow speed bike handling skills (she does this a lot!), the plunge earthwards … Continue reading →

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 →

The John & Dulcie Walker Road Races are due to take place on Sunday 19 September 2010 Full details are on the BC site hereHQ –Neighbours HallChurch RoadGreat MiltonOxfordshireOX44 Please send all entries to Richard Jerome5 Sedley GroveHarefieldMiddlesexUB9 6JB Entry … Continue reading →

THE Minet Ladies Cycle Club are saddling up for a fundraising cycle ride this friday. The charity bike ride will take place at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in Minet Country Park, in Springfield Road, Hayes, on August 20, between 1.30-4.30pm. The … 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 →

I’ve beet talking to a mate of mine, who like me works in PR, about finding an excuse to ride our bikes during the working week and pass it off as working? If people can do it with golf, why … 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

Jayne Paine has bagged a Gold Medal and three silvers at the UK Track Masters at Manchester this weekend. The Gold came from her signature event – the Points race. One of the Silvers came from the Pursuit event – … Continue reading →

Sorry it’s taken us a while to get around to it, but we are now building a new website with the blog in-built. We will try our best to move over all content from the existing blog and we hope … Continue reading →