Category Archives: Miscellaneous

John Williams organised superb weather for his debut as WCC Reliability Ride organiser. Around 100 riders were signed on and despatched from Ickenham into the deepest Chilterns…. err I mean the Highest Chilterns. John has some truly wonderful photos of … Continue reading →

Amendment The start is actually from the Girl Guides Hut, rather than the Scout Hut. Just follow the other riders!

Roads more akin to paths from the Somme, a howling wind scraping at your flesh, the mercury freezing in the thermometer… all these things have come to represent the gruelling Ely Hardriders start-of-season event, the 2008 edition of which was … Continue reading →

The coolest round of the Chiltern Classics takes place in just under 10 days time. This is an event to be ridden in style. All Willesden riders are to ride in Squadra Verde colours (choose your own edition). For that … Continue reading →

At Tuesday’s club meeting Rocco was able to present the remainder of the trophies to riders who could not attend January’s Dinner and Dance. Pictured is Steph May collecting her awards for 2007. Dennis Falvey was awarded “The President”, a … Continue reading →

I was very saddened to hear the news this morning that Sheldon Brown has passed away. As a hopeless bike mechanic Sheldon’s web pages were a salvation for me. A memorial site with guestbook has been set up at sheldonbrown.blogspot.com … Continue reading →

The Willesden CC hold a Monthly General Meeting (MGM) on the first Tuesday of each month. It is held at the Wembley Club rooms from 9pm afterwards. It is a good chance to find out what is happening in the … Continue reading →

The Willy Warmer (215km) and Little Willy (125km) on the 26th January are the first events of the year from the Willesden calendar of events. This was the second year for the Willy Warmer ,and the first time out for … Continue reading →

Hillingdon winter series 26/1 After winning the Willesden Road race trophy at the club dinner I thought it best to do the decent thing and actually race. I’ve had a few weeks away from racing to get some miles in … Continue reading →

This first reliability trial is the well-known Harp Hilly Hundred starting and finishing also at the Hemel Hempstead CC clubroom. This starts off following a similar route as the Hemel event through to Chesham then it takes on its own … Continue reading →

The Uxbridge Golf Club survived another onslaught from the Willesden CC on 19th January for our annual Dinner and Dance. As usual there was a last minute flurry in ticket sales and around 60 of the WCC finest settled down … Continue reading →

Members of the Middle Earth Wheelers??Paul Stewart has supplied me with a list of all WCC Audax events being run this year. Ivo Meisen in Holland is also organising a couple of events. In total we have over 3,200 kms … Continue reading →

A lot has happened and a lot is happening with one of the world’s leading Audax clubs. Who’s that then? Why the Willesden CC, silly!1. Peter Turnbull – AUK Champion again The ever-sunny Peter Turnbull has retained his Audax UK … Continue reading →

Hi Folk, There is a really good write up with photos of the New Years Day Parade on the British Cycling Website (http://tinyurl.com/yw69zy). All thanks to Josie for sending it in to them. Cheers Ray

The Audax Email group has posted the following URL regarding the sentencing of driver who hit Simon. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1031648_top_coach_in_drinkdrive_horror Also seehttps://www.britishcycling.org.uk/localuserpage.asp?ae_bae=T&page=6635

Matthew Parris is a journalist for The Times. In a recent article (27th December 2007) he asked the question “What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?” In his article he commends his readers to to string piano wire across country … Continue reading →

Miles Back found this documentary on the HPV world speed records fascinating. Is he moving over to the Dark Side?

Thanks to Ron Purdy for the following New Years Day pictures. Jan, Jumbo, Yoshi and Peter Turnbull at the start. Perhaps these two should be at Canary Wharf? The May-Wilmot mobile field kitchen sets up outside the Houses of Parliament. … Continue reading →

The annual Willesden Dinner and Dance will be held on Saturday,19th January 2008. The venue as usual will be the Uxbridge Golf Club, The Drive, Uxbridge, UB10 8AQ. The set menu is- Homemade Farmhouse Soup -o- Chicken in White Wine … Continue reading →

Richard Jerome is looking for someone who has access to photo and image editing software to help with the new Willesden CC website. He is also looking for someone with a high quality digital camera (perhaps an SLR) to help … Continue reading →