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Author Archives: Miles Back
Willesden on Wednesday (WoW) Ride 28th June 2023
There will be a WoW* Ride on Wednesday 28th June 2023 as the weather looks most agreeable for cycling. The ride will be at a “no-drop” social pace. This Wednesday we will meet at 10:00am in Windsor End, Beaconsfield. See … Continue reading
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Club Run Sunday 25 June 23023
A club run shout out from Gill Reynolds. “A small group is meeting at 9am on Sunday at the roundabout outside Rickmansworth by the playground, aiming for chiltern velo. Gill” For meeting point map see here
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Willesdens CC’s Tour de Ricky attracts hundreds of cyclists
Liam FitzPatrick is a wonder and a credit to our amazing club. His brainchild is the Tour de Ricky, which is day full of audax rides, with distances to suit all tastes and all degrees of comfort in the saddle! … Continue reading
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Mark dons his woolies again
Mark and his daughter Wendy picked the hottest day of the year to sport their retro woolen jerseys. It was all in the line of duty for the Velo Retro, which is part of the Retro Rendevous weekend, a marvellous … Continue reading
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Ton-up for the WCC Club Chair!
Last Sunday, John Wheatley, also know to us as “Mr Chairman”, rode the Ford RideLondon-Essex. This was an impressively large event with 30,000 riders tackling routes of either 30, 60 or 100 miles. As you would expect of our … Continue reading
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Impromptu Club Ride – Sunday 21st May 2023
For the time being the club run organisation has moved to a more informal and ad-hoc basis using the “WCC Club Runs” group on Whatsapp. If you would like to be added to this group, then please send an email … Continue reading
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Glory Ride – The Charing Cross Stage
“Glory Ride” is a musical about the famous Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who won the Giro d’Italia three times (in 1936, 1937 and 1946) and the Tour de France twice (in 1938 and 1948). Until recently very little was known … Continue reading
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WCC Audax – Kaf2Kaf
Anne Mograby does an excellent job of organising the club’s Spring Audax rides. For many years these rides used to be organised by the much missed John Tipping, or Tippy as he was known to us. This year Anne mustered … Continue reading
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Willesden Tweed Kit!
Mark and Alison Brooking’s cycling kit of choice to celebrate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Willesden CC looks to be a head-to-toe ensemble of Tweed! Our club’s 100th anniversary is still a couple of years away, but Saturday’s annual … Continue reading
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The Willesden CC’s trip to the FFCT Semaine Fédérale
84th Semaine Fédérale – 23rd to 30th July 2023 Pont-à-Mousson, France, The Semaine Fédérale is a delightful week of “cyclotourism” organised by the impressive FFCT (Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme). This year will be the event’s 84th anniversary, with the first … Continue reading
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Important Information from BC on WCC Club activities
The following is a bulletin from British Cycling regarding the present lockdown on organised cycling. British Cycling can today (27 May 2020) provide an update on the current suspension of sanctioned cycling activity, which was due to run until 30 … Continue reading
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2019 John and Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Races
Willesden Cycling Club John and Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Races Sunday, 15th September 2019 Enter on British Cycling web site Race 1 Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Race 80km (Regional A, Band 3 for Categories 3/4/W/J) Start 9:30am (sign-on 8.15am to … Continue reading
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John Tipping’s Funeral – The ride
AS a final salute to dear John Tipping a few of us will be riding to his funeral from Jenners Café at Boulters lock on Monday 29th July 2019. We are planning to meet at Jenners Café from 10:00am onwards … Continue reading
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Willesden Rovers Cycling Club 1888
I spotted this posting on the Willesden Local History Society. It is from a newspaper said to have been published in 1888. Note the time the club run starts. Anyone have any further information on the Willenden Rovers?
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Samaitans Cycle Sportive – 29th June 2019
I am part of the team that organise the Samaritans Cycle Ride in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. We are a stone’s throw away from London. I am contacting all the cycling clubs I can find and ask them to tell their … Continue reading
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The Ride London BC Club Challenge
Once again British Cycling is offering affiliated clubs the chance to apply for team entries for the Ride London event due to take place on Sunday 4th August 2019. Team categories can be all men, all women or mixed (two … Continue reading
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The 2018 The John & Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Races
The following is a big thank you from Jayne Paine (Race Director for the John and Dulcie Walker) to all the volunteers who helped make the 2018 John and Dulcie Walker races such such an amazing and successful event. As … Continue reading
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This Concerns YOU.
Yes I mean You!! Willesden Road Race organiser, Jayne Paine, is pitifully short of helpers for next weekend’s John and Dulcie Walker Road races. There are not enough people to fill each role and you should deep into yourself … Continue reading
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A very important date for all your diaries!!
The Willesden Cycling Club promoted road races, known as the John and Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Races, will be held on Sunday 16th September, at Little Milton Oxfordshire OX44 7PZ Jayne Payne is the Race Organiser/Director and she needs your … Continue reading
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Riverside to Riverside Audax – Wednesday 15th August
1 Ride – 2 Cafes, 1 River Many of you may know this ride, previously organised by Mick Hill and John Tipping. It really does show the best of 3 counties Berkshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire. Starting at Jenner’s cafe in … Continue reading
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