Author Archives: Ian Oliver

Willesden Reliability – help please

Help needed!!! The Reliability is next Sunday (19th) and I need assistance on Saturday to put out the arrows and help registering riders on the Sunday – which would still let you ride the 50K. Please respond to WillesdenReliability@Hotmail.com http://www.willesdencyclingclub.co.uk/calendar/reliability-rides/   … Continue reading

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Willesden Reliability Rides on February 19th

The Willesden Reliability Rides are on February 19th, with 100km and 50km routes starting from Chalfont St Peter’s. You can get a discount of £2 for entering online in advance. With 3 target paces for a hilly 100 and a … Continue reading

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Riverside-to-Riverside Audax on 13th 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 there … Continue reading

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Willesden at the National 24 TT

Two Willesden riders, Marcus Jackson-Baker and Jane Moore, are taking part in this weekend’s R.T.T.C National Championship 24 hour time trial, being held over several circuits centred around Hailsham in Sussex. Jane, on a trike, is in with a good … Continue reading

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Rides for all 6th July – the three Jack Eason Audaxes

We’ll be running three Audaxes from Jenners Cafe at Maidenhead on 6th July. They are a 200km ride, a new route called the Jack Eason Struggle, and what were formerly Mick Hill’s 10 Thames Bridges and Kaf-to-Kaf rides, at 8am, … Continue reading

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Willesden ride starts from Willesden, Shock

Yes, there is a real place called Willesden and the 15th June club run will start there, sort of. I will be leading a ride that will take us through several of the London Royal Parks and two of its … Continue reading

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Boulters Bash 110K Audax on Wednesday

Mick Hill’s Boulters Bash Audax from Maidenhead Riverside is being run on Wednesday at 10.00am. Flat nearly to Pangbourne and then scenic back through the Chilterns back. The weather forecast is for warm and staying dry until about the time … Continue reading

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Easter Arrow 2014

With a late Easter this year, it’s a good chance to do an Easter Arrow (a 24 hour team audax ride from, say, Willesden to York) without fighting gales and snowstorms, this coming Good Friday April 18th. Marcus Jackson-Baker will … Continue reading

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Westerley Reliablity Ride

The Westerley are running the first local reliability ride of the year, so for a brisk winter’s day out… Event details: Sunday 12th January – 9:00am Westerley CC, 107km / 58km HQ – Chalfont St Peter Scout Hut (next to … Continue reading

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Blind tandem rider seeks pilot

A lady who is registered blind has approached the club as she would like someone to pilot her tandem. As many of you know I already pilot Angus, which I enjoy, as it’s cycling in company and you get a … Continue reading

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Extra Willesden 200K Audax on 8th December

This is the calendar version of the Audax UK Perm, The Boat Trip which has been pressed into service to fill the gap left by Terry Lister’s legendary South Bucks Winter Warmer. Terry is having a year off this year; … Continue reading

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Ride a Sportive, win a trophy

Your club has a special award for riding sportives. If you would like to give a shiny award a good home for a year and have ridden at least one Sportive this year, you can apply. Email me, Ian Oliver, … Continue reading

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Jack Eason 200 Struggle ride. Competition to create a route

A route is needed for this new ride commemorating Jack, which will be run on the same day as the renamed 10 Thames Bridges and Kaf-to-Kaf and I will hopefully get expert help designing it and then running the event. … Continue reading

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100K and 200K Club Audaxes, 5th October

Saturday October 5 brings the start of the new Willesden Audax season, kicking off with the Nyctophobic 100km and Anfractuous 200km from ride HQ at Chalfont St Peter nr Denham with wooded Chiltern lanes and rolling downs galore. The routes … Continue reading

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Tribute to Jack Eason

An excellent tribute to Jack Eason, who passed away this year, appeared in the recent Summer edition of Arrivée, the magazine of Audax UK. Jack combined inspiring feats of long distance cycling well into old age with a mischievous sense … Continue reading

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Midweek Audax

Mick Hill’s midweek Audax, the Boulter’s Bash, is running next Wednesday, the 14th August. It’s a fairly easy outbound journey for a cake-break in Pangbourne and a hillier return to Maidenhead for a round 110km. The start is 1000am at … Continue reading

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LEL Progress

JOB DONE! 08:07 First Willesdener has reached the finish – well done Marcus! 11:30 Mel and Martin have both just finished – congratulations to you both! 20:50 Pete and Richard finish – chapeau! Friday, the small hours. Both Jon and … Continue reading

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The Severn Across, Saturday 11th May

The 400K Severn Across is a ride that takes you to Chepstow and back. Crossing some of the finest scenery in Southern England the ride is mainly flat – but with a couple of decent hills to keep it interesting. … Continue reading

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The 3Down 300km Audax

The 3 Down 300K from Chalfont St Peter to the New Forest and back, attracted 54 starters. The helpers’ ride, with even more of us, will set off on Saturday. It was almost the first day of spring: cold but … Continue reading

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Day trip to the New Forest

Yes, this year’s 3 Down 300km Audax is running on Saturday 6th April. Starting from Chalfont St Peters, you take on the Chilterns, a bit of the Berkshire Downs, the Hampshire Downs. With the ups mainly over, it’s down the … Continue reading

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