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British Cycling West Thames Series – Final Standings
This Saturday, 19th September, sees the final round of the five BCWT races. After the event, there shall be a presentation of awards for the...
Hillingdon Slipstreamers – Summer Series 2015 Results
Presentations for prizes obtained in the Monday Night Summer Series will be awarded this Saturday, September 19th at 12:15 in the Clubhouse. The...
Saturday Session Club Races: 5th September 2015
And the end-of-session circuit race winners for this week are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes William Jones, Laurence Wilson and Raphael...
Saturday Session Club Races: 29th August 2015
And the end-of-session circuit race winners for this week are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes William Roake (Older Group) William Jones (Younger...
George Rides London to Brighton for Charity
Our Members never cease to amaze us with their skills and stamina - and we love to hear about all the fun and exciting things they get up to! This...
August 2015: Assessment Results are In!
Rider Development Programme - 22nd August Assessment Congratulations to all of you who undertook assessments last weekend! It was a quiet one but...
Saturday Session Club Races – 22nd August 2015
So we ran out of medals this week - but we think we made up for it with a few sweet treats! Well done to our weekly end-of-session circuit race...
GHS Final – Preparations
This year's GHS Final, the national School's Time Trial competition, will be held on Saturday 12th September starting at 9am. This year, the...
Saturday Session Club Races – 15th August 2015
And the end-of-session circuit race winners for this week are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes William Roake Kim Bowler U6 Joe Ross Isabella...
Slipstreamers Report on Ian Stannard Kids Camp
On the 6th & 7th of August 2015, a number of Slipstreamers joined professional cyclist and Team Sky rider, Ian Stannard, at his regular and very...
Time Trials – Making a Good Position Great
During the August Time Trial practice, Duncan was out taking some excellent photographs [visit the Gallery to see these] that captured the rider's...
Tales from HillingdonStraat
The sky looked leaden. "At least we've made it through the Channel Tunnel chaos" we joked as the windscreen wipers swished along the 500km journey...
Assen Youth Tour – 2015
One of the things that happens when you get older, is that the weeks, months and years always seem to pass much quicker from one year to the next....
Saturday Session Club Races – 8th August 2015
And the end-of-session circuit race winners for this week are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Harry Wass Vicky Woodford U8 n/a Ellie Montague ...
Saturday Session Club Races – 1st August 2015
And the end-of-session circuit race winners for this week are: Boys Girls Juniors On Mountain Bikes Jack Proctor O' Malley Vicky Woodford Seniors...
Saturday Session Club Races – 25th July 2015
Now this week's end-of-session circuit races were rather special! Your coaches have been admiring Chris Froome’s pedalling style in the Tour de...
2015/ 16 Calshot Track Dates…
We now have confirmed dates for our usual round of velodrome track sessions at Calshot in Southampton, so do read on for further info on these and...
BC Summer 2015 Holiday Coaching Programme
It's that time again kids! British Cycling are putting on a series of holiday programmes to keep you busy and entertained throughout the Summer....
Slipstreamers Youth Summer Race Series – 27th July Cancelled
If you are regular at the Monday night Slipstreamers Youth Summer Race Series, please note that this is cancelled for the upcoming Monday 27th July...
Saturday Session Club Races – 18th July 2015
And the weekly end-of-session circuit race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Jack Procter O'Malley Kim Bowler U6 Joe Ross n/a U8...
Brunel University Bike Fit Study
We have been approached by researchers at Brunel University's College of Health and Life Sciences, Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences;...
Saturday Session Races – 11 July 2015
And the weekly end-of-session circuit race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Ethan Armstrong & Rafael Garcia Kim Bowler U8 Joseph...
July 2015: Assessment Results are In!
Rider Development Programme - 4th July Assessment A quiet turnout last Saturday as many of you were at the various races out and about; however this...
Saturday Club Session Races: 4th July 2015
And the weekly end-of-session circuit race winners are: Boys Girls Special U6 Race Zayd Khan n/a On Mountain Bikes William Roake Holly Hirst...
Zoe & Jemma Report from 2015 National Youth Omnium Finals
Rider Report by Zoe Brookes, U14’s "On Saturday I went to Wolverhampton for the national track championships. I had qualified for the final in April...
Zayd Shows Sammy the Teddy Bear Around Slipstreamers
Every now and then we get visitors to the Club during a session - we've had our local MP visit, the Police have stopped by, and even famous cyclists...
Off-bike Clothing Available
We have arranged for the production of Club Hoodies via a company called Fabrily. Fabrily produce small runs of printed clothing, made to order....
St. Mary’s Sport Science Lab Visit
For all those that have signed up for the visit to the Sports Science Lab at St Mary's on July 4th, here are the details. The University is situated...
Slipstreamers/ Palmer Park Velo Inter-Club Races – The Plan for Saturday!
We've talked about it for a while now, and it's almost here... Hillingdon Slipstreamers and Palmer Park Velo have decided to hold an...
Astrid & Dave’s Tandem Time Trial
We love to hear from our Members about all the fun and exciting things they get up to in their spare time. This time it's the turn of Member Astrid...
Allsop Siblings Lucy & Katie Take on Tour de Vale
Event Report: Tour de Vale – 7th June 2015 By Zoe Allsop, Slipstreamers MTB Coach On Sunday 7th June, Slipstreamers siblings Lucy and Katie...
Educational Visit: St Mary’s University
The club is currently in the process of arranging a series of visits to St Mary's University in Twickenham. These sessions are to visit the "Centre...
Saturday’s Nationals: A Few Notes for Members & Volunteers
We've been talking about it for ages, and now it's almost time... to-do lists are almost fully checked-off, on-the-day action lists are...
Dews Farm Sessions Confirmed…
The last session was in September 2014 [check out the blog post for this], but we now have the dates booked, and are ready to start taking bookings...
Ben Meets Wiggo in Mallorca
By Ben Coppola, U10 Slipstreamer “I went on holiday in Mallorca and I went to train with my Mum and Dad and after that I went to a...
Cyclo-Cross Training – Starts 13th June
Cyclo-Cross (CX) is not just for the Winter months! Throughout the year, there are number of Cyclo-Cross events, most of which are listed in the...
A Day in the Life of a Club Welfare Officer…
Our Young Volunteers are the next generation that will one day take over from the "old fogies" and continue to carry on the volunteering legacy that...
The Parent Perspective: Paris Roubaix – The Hell of the North
On paper it looked so simple: a bike race, starts at 14:30, different start points for different age groups, all finishing in the famous Roubaix...
Rafael’s BC Half-Term Swinley Ride
May Half-Term Lookout Ride in Swinley By Rafael Garcia, U10 Slipstreamer I had the best time at the session organised by British Cycling in Swinley....
Mini Roubaix: A Sunday in Hell with my Brother & Sister
Event Report, Mini Paris Roubaix - 31st May 2015 By Finn O'Brien, U8 Slipstreamer Last Sunday I went to France to ride a famous race called Paris...