Category Archives: Miscellaneous

War Dispatches from Lt.Col. Mike “the Bike” Ellison1st Battalion Willesden CC Regiment Officer commanding 5am assault corp – PBP Campaign 2007 HQ Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris, August 2007 “The Battle for The Brevets”The colonel wishes to accord full credit to the fortitude … Continue reading →

A message from Ian Piper, who is a long standing memeber of the Willesden now living the country life. The Pipers run an excellent B&B near Exmoor (Just ask Jill and Derek Reynolds). Discounts available for WCC members; see http://www.exmoor-house.co.uk/ … Continue reading →

Jumbo James has 30 free grandstand positions to give away for this years WCC road race….. As you are probably aware ,The Willesden are Promoting the Johnny Walker & Dulcie walker Road races on the Mentmore circuit not far from … Continue reading →

On Wednesday in the LVRC races at Hillingdon, Tony Woodford finished 2nd in his age group and Chris James 3rd in his age group. They are stil looking for an over 40 year old to make up the team.On Saturday … Continue reading →

The 2007 running of the PBP proved to be a tougher challenge than normal . The Willesden CC team arrived home sporting a variety of injuries, ranging from hypothermia, projectile vomiting, trench foot and temporary blindness, through to a broken … Continue reading →

Damon Peacock manages to compress 1227kms of PBP riding in to a 4’14” film. No shots of any of the slugs though??? John Davies

Richard Melik has been hard at work designing Willesden Jerseys too. He has dropped the proposed logo in case we have difficulty in obtaining permission to use it. Richard is keen that London is used on the jersey so that … Continue reading →

Joanna Austin (Pictured above), who only joined the club last month, won the Ladies Invitation Handicap event run by the Hillingdon C.C. on Sunday. She not only took lst handicap with 23.07 but also recorded the fastest time 28.52. Jenny … Continue reading →

A set of Willesden Post cards has been created to give to potential new club members, leave in cafes (but not phone boxes!) and post in local bike shops. We will be taking some out to the PBP to give … Continue reading →

Wot! 100 miles with out a cafe stop??? Read about Ed’s latest aventure at…. http://omcoc.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlca-100.html

Sorry I am a bit late with the results, but after getting up at 4.30am on Sunday to stand on the roundabout at Chawton to marshall the West London C.A. 100 mile event I was too tired to tackle the … Continue reading →

I’ve created a separate blog site (Sponsored by Sainsburys?) for the Willesden riders taking part in Paris-Brest-Paris, which starts in exactly seven days time. It will display regular updates on the Willesden riders taking part. Plus there is a short … Continue reading →

Design 1 – White Strikes Design 2 – Plain Ray Kelly and James Foster have designed a new like kit for the Willesden, and very good it looks too. The design has been based on the current strip used by … Continue reading →

Polar “Protrainer XT” Heart Rate Monitor.Complete with case/manual. New batteries fitted plus new chest strap and transmitter.Bargain at only £45.00 ONOCAT EYE Stadium 3 Front LightBulb: 21watt metal halide (3500 candlepower)Battery: Bottle 12v-4500mAH Ni-MH rechargeable with battery indicatorCharger: 12v AD … Continue reading →

The improvement in the weather has meant improvement in times. Richard Melik riding only his 2nd 25 mile in the Hitchin Nomads event in Bedfordshire took second place with a personal best of 58.30. He only recently returned from Austria … Continue reading →

Hi guys and gals of the WCC, this is your Hon Sec calling This year (2007) I am riding the PBP for the FIFTH time (who said get a life!?)For those of you who don’t know (really?) this is a … Continue reading →

The Willesden CC had a lot to offer yesterday. A long and a short club run, plus the Club picnic at Langely Park. All coinciding with the hottest day of the year. Here is a photo of the Box hill … Continue reading →

In addition to his exciting and fascinating race write ups Richard Jerome has been hard at work giving our web site a much needed make-over (to be launched soon). He has also introduced some valuable and time saving systems for … Continue reading →

The Club has received the following email offering two Trek Madones for sale, which may be of interest to members –“Dear all,I am not a member but am a keen cyclist and triathlete. These bikes were used for a charity … Continue reading →

Ed Packard is continuing his exploration of cycling beyond the testing world. In addition road racing he took part in last weekend’s Dunwich Dynamo. This is a classic London Cycling event involving a 200 km night ride from a North … Continue reading →