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Author Archives: Miles Back
Stuart “Hippy” Birnie 10 TT Record
Hippy set a club record of 19:54 for 10 TT over the Bank holiday weekend. Completing the course at an average speed of 30.2mph Hippy now possesses an impressive set of club records that span distances of 10, 15, 25, 20, 50 … Continue reading
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A Riverside Report
Riverside 2 Riverside Ride Report I had been watching the weather forecast all week and the spell of nice weather brought in a flurry of entries in the last 2 weeks. Wednesday 17th August started well with bright sunshine seeing … Continue reading
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Transcontinental Bike Race 2016
Stuart/Hippy has crossed the finish line of the Transcontinental Race* at 00:16:54 AM (CEST) Wednesday 11th August. Total distance was covered was 3562.8 km in 12 days 1 hr 02min. Chapeau Hippy the Beer Cat!! * The Transcontinental Race (TCR) is … Continue reading
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Results Round up
The ladies have the headlines this week. Jayne Paine took the gold medal in the National Women’s Road Race over 4 laps of a 15 mile circuit at Quainton on Sunday (After having been to a wedding and getting only … Continue reading
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Product recall – Kinesis Racelight T Forks
Product recall – Kinesis Racelight T Forks The distributor for Kinesis UK bikes and accessories, have issued a recall on three models of their “Racelight T” carbon fibre forks which were sold between 2003 and 2009. The fork models affected … Continue reading
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The End to End Record attempt is underway!!
After 18 months’ preparation and thousands of miles training together Mark Brooking and Jane Moore set off from Land’s End at 3am this morning (Mon 11th July) to attempt to become the set a record from Lands End to John … Continue reading
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Longbarrow in action on the Newbury 12 Hour
The only tandem and one of the few machines with zero carbon. The marshalls found that quite refreshing. A certain Mr Culverhouse put in appearance and did pretty well with his useable leg. Some big mileages for the bikes. We trundled around … Continue reading
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Results round up
Jayne has had a busy time (pictured above). She was placed 4th in a 40 mile race near Cranfield Airport and 4th in an evening event at Crystal Palace, 3rd in the Women’s Omnium at Herne Hill. Finally she won … Continue reading
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Kensal Rise CC
A fine picture of the Kensal Rise CC taken sometime when. What ever happened to the KRCC? Anyone?
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Green and Yellow Fields 300km Audax
Mark Brooking has sent in this link to Mark and Jane’s recent Longbarrow outing on the Green & Yellow Fields 300km Audax. They also feature in the link’s video at 3′:00″ thundering towards a bacon sarny
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Audax “10 Bridges” and “Kaf to Kaf”
WCC Audax Day Sunday 15th May 2016 Anne Mograby is organising these two special Audax rides, catering for all tastes and fitnesses. They are – “10 Bridges” 100km Audax 9:00 am start from Jenners Cafe, Maidenhead Featuring, one … Continue reading
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Battle Mountain: the Graeme Obree Story with a live Q&A with Obree
Image from film’s website – click here You may remember we had a Willesden CC afternoon out at the at the wonderful Lexi Cinema in Willesden to watch a film about the life of Marco Pantani. Well, the Lexi have very … Continue reading
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VTTA National Tandem Championship
Last weekend Mark Brooking and Jane Moore were invited to the VTTA AGM to collect their National Tandem Championship gold medals from Rachel Elliott. This was preceeded by a buffet and a natter. Must remember to wear a club jersey next time … Continue reading
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Westerley Winter Warmer – 10th Jan 2016
An invitation from our friends at the Westerly CC – The 2015 calendar-opening Westerley Winter Warmer is scheduled for Sunday 10th January. It starts just outside the M25 at Chalfont St Peter and heads into the Chilterns. This year there … Continue reading
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Club Digest May – September 2015
A short digest of the club’s activities for the last few months compiled from posts on the Blog and Facebook. I hope you find it interesting. Vyv Baker Willesden Digest 2015 May – Sept
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2016 Spring Training Week in Italy
Earlier this year Gerry McManus had a great spring training week at a bike hotel in Riccione on the Italian Adriatic Coast. He had such a good time that he intends to return for the week of 23rd to 30th … Continue reading
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World Masters Champion
Jayne Paine World Masters Pursuit Champion! How does that sound!! Jayne secured her World Masters Gold Medal at Manchester on Sunday afternoon. She has another three events over this coming week, so more medals will hopefully come her way. Jayne … Continue reading
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Riverside to Riverside Audax
Wednesday 19th August started well with bright sunshine seeing 47 riders off from Jenner’s cafe in Maidenhead. This is the biggest midweek ride that John Tipping, Mick Hill or myself have been involved in. Thanks John and Mick, I couldn’t … Continue reading
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2015 John & Dulcie Walker Road Race Details
Willesden Cycling Club – Road Races Sunday, 6th September 2015 Race 1 Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Race 80km (Regional B, Band 4: 3/4/W/J) Start 9:30am (sign-on 8.30am to 9:00am) * * * Prizes from 1st to 15th * * * … Continue reading
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Pink Duo on Triple Wheels
Jane and Mark on their record breaking ride on the Mersey Roads 24hour TT last weekend. 347.95 miles despite a mechanical melt down. Paris-Brest-Paris up next! Bon courage!
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