Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Some members may have noticed a few changes to the website with revised text and a few new photographs over the last 6 months or so. The front page has been recently edited to include info about how we are … Continue reading →

Unfortunately there was not enough interest from members to ride the planned  time trial next Friday 11th August ahead of our club meeting / social event sat the Hillingdon Circuit. The circuit is still hired, so why not bring your … Continue reading →

Walter’s daughter Cathy has let us know that Walter Severn, who was a member of Willesden CC for many years, passed away on Tuesday 1st Aug, aged 93. His funeral will be held on Monday 21st Aug at West Herts … Continue reading →

Dr Norman Lazarus is a bit of an Audax legend in the Willesden CC, having ridden the Paris-Brest-Paris, Easter Arrows and countless 200km audax rides. In his professional life, Norman is an expert on the human ageing process at Kings … Continue reading →

Ok…… so the weather forecast (BBC) is looking a bit mixed for tomorrow, but we have a 50-50 chance of staying dry, when the rain arrives around noon. I’m going to give it a go. I suggest a ride heading … Continue reading →

It’s a bit of a late shout-out, but if you fancy a social paced ride of about 60-70km tomorrow, then meet up at Windsor End, Beaconsfield at around 10am tomorrow. The forecast looks reasonable for tomorrow as the today’s rain … Continue reading →

This well established event run by LCC is open for entries. The website at https://lcc.org.uk/events/urban-hill-climb-2023/ tells you all you ned to know. The page has only one pair of riders grovelling up a hill: I wonder if that’s enough to … Continue reading →

At the moment blog posts are only sent out as MailChimp emails once a week on a Thursday. This means that often posts are out of date by the time you see them, especially with rides being advertised at short … Continue reading →

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    

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 →

Ray Kelly (Willesden Cycling Club) has been awarded British Cycling’s regional badge of honour for his services to cycle racing and cycle coaching. Kelly received his reward from British Cycling’s Central Region Chairman, Kelvin Hoy at the lunch meeting of … Continue reading →

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 →

Just to let you know that we have a new design jersey available to order. The kit is made by Kalas for us. If you are interested in ordering anything, please contact Gerry McManus. We have a minimum order of … Continue reading →

“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 →

With members currently being uncommitted to a regular club run from Denham, we suggest that members of the WCC Club Run WhatsApp group, post up the advance information about their intended start point and ride destination so that other members … Continue reading →

These 10-mile events are back at the circuit on Wednesday evenings from 10th May to August 30th 2023. You can’t enter on the night but the on-line link to book is on their web page. Click Here