Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Paul Stewart, WCC Auax and Touring Secretary reported a good turn out on the lastest Willesden organised Audax. He had 33 riders sign on for the Anfractous and a dozen or so so for the Nytophobic. This completes an excellent … Continue reading →

Ray and Janice Kelly recently visited Simon in his new care home. Here is their news.“Jan and I visited Simon last week. Not much to report on any progress. We met his mum who was very pleased that we had … Continue reading →

Good mix of PBP stills and video with a reasonably rockin’ soundtrack

The first social event and the shortest club ride of the year blend together on Tuesday 1st January 2008. Yes, the London New Year’s Day Parade will once again have the privilege of the Willesden CC’s presence. Ray Kelly is … Continue reading →

The Willesden’s adventure into democracy is now complete. In what was neck and neck voting the Retro look jersey polled 56 votes to the Modern’s 42. Ray Kelly will now finalise the design and will be placing an order for … Continue reading →

A reminder that Tuesday Night Turbo Torture starts this evening (9/10/07) at 8pm for that heady mixture of loud music, oxygen debt and Ray Kelly’s own brand of humour. Turbo is an excellent way to keep your fitness and motivation … Continue reading →

Ray Kelly has to put in the order for the new club jersey design, but which is to be …. Retro or Modern? So here is a unique chance to vote for your sartorial future. We have two alternative designs … Continue reading →

Torture on a Tuesday night returns on 9th October 2007. Ray “Turbonator” Kelly will be meting out the punishment from 8pm every Tuesday till spring 2008 arrives. God save us all! Start setting up your gear from 7:45pm Turbonator blows … Continue reading →

Tim “Rainlegs” Wainwright has loaded his full set of PBP photos on to his virtual photo album. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesbytim/sets/ for the complete set. A job well done Tim.

Our wonderful PBP Support team will be the Guests of Honour at the PBP re-Union Dinner to be held on 12th October in Ealing, West London. Mike Ellison is organising invitations and we hope to see the whole WCC PBP … Continue reading →

Dodgey haircuts and even dodiger sunglasses feature in this 1980’s film of the PBP.See if you can spot a h*lmet. I saw two… CommentsDear Miles, Re the PBP video on the blog. The young lady showing a bit of cleavage … Continue reading →

As many of you may know there is now a pro cycling team called Slipstream-Chipotle. They recently launched a world wide web competition for a new design for their kit. They had over 353 entries from 21 countries. Out of … Continue reading →

Full Road race report and pictures now available on the new look Willesden website. Many thanks to Richard Jerome for his hard work in restoring the site. https://willesdencyclingclub.co.uk/ then press the “News“tab.

The John and Dulcie Walker Road Race – Sunday 16th September 2007 I had my special formula in my bottle—1/3 Red Bull, 1/3 Coca-Cola, 1/3 water (honest), left overnight to de-effervesce. I had learnt the hard way about fizzy drinks! … Continue reading →

Keith Elliot has forwarded the following Track day details at Newport. This is in addition to Brian Wright’s track Training days at the Welwyn stadium. Miles BackTrack Training – Intermediates and aboveNewport track booked for two hours on Tuesday 25th … Continue reading →

www.willesdencyclingclub.co.uk Richard Jerome is our new webmaster and is in the process of giving the web site a brand new look. He has many new ideas that he wants to incorporate over the next few months. The blog will continue … Continue reading →

Team Cycling Wheatley spotted on their training ride last weekend Photo by Steve “Paparazzi” Ayres

The qualification on all these times is that they are based solely on the PBP system.Apologies to Ivo Miesen that I’ve only been able to include his half way time, as I have no idea whether any of his stage … Continue reading →

I’m hoping to organise an official Willesden/Slipstreamers trip next year to a Sportive. It will be one of the weekend sportives that is run in conjunction with a Spring Classic, or another major cycle race. It will be in easy … Continue reading →

Here is Ian Why’s report following his visit to Simon’s new home….Pauline and I visited Simon yesterday (8/9/07).He is in the new home in Thames Ditton and it is much better than the last place.It is purpose built although it … Continue reading →