Paddington Cycling Club?

^^YES! :-)

I was (much) smaller then and he seemed immense to a pissy little school boy like me!
Think I remember him coming to Bangor and suffering in the hills, though that may just be wishful thinking.

I was at school with Nick, he was a big lump. I was never a member of the club but I have clear memories of the track, John Austin and the shed where the bikes were kept. I was at a local school and we could choose cycling as a optional sport. I remember the pain and taste of blood in my mouth after the first few laps of the track at my maximum speed, then came the instruction to sprint the last 200m.

I too remember Whiskers, I used to go there any drool over the campag gear in the glass cabinet. I believe the man why ran Whiskers died recently.

IIRC a bunch of us used to ride across London to Eastway on Wednesdays to watch the evening series.

Err, my post above where I mention the shed came out a bit wrong and I can't edit it. :-/

Err, my post above where I mention the shed came out a bit wrong and I can't edit it. :-/

Haha!
Don't edit, just leave it hanging there;-)

I started at handicap sprints (at 13!) with Nick and others, every week I'd start further round the track, every week I'd lose...
It wasn't particularly motivating and took a little too long to be put up for pursuit and road where any talent I had actually lay. I have a memory (rose tinted specs alert!) of riding away from Nick in Wales the first time the road went up and being spectacularly confused (and happy) to be beating him at all.

Whiskers was definitely the mecca for PCC but they could be pretty intimidating and rude to noobs, I ended up buying all my kit in Cambridge.

I lived very close to Eastway so went there all the time, the commute to Paddington Rec and the time trials were longer though...

I too remember Whiskers, I used to go there any drool over the campag gear in the glass cabinet. I believe the man why ran Whiskers died recently.

'Joe' i think his name was the founder, i think he passed away a few years back.. aparently he lived next door to Frank Warren.

shall we get some replica Paddington CC shirts made up ??

Who remembers rainy days and training on rollers above Johns office?

Do you mean the upstairs bit of the shed at the rec?

If so, then yes.

Not the shed but above the bit which was Johns office/bike store room.

That's what I meant - maybe a pavillion rather than a "shed". next to the track.

do you think anyone will still fit in to them????

Who remembers rainy days and training on rollers above Johns office?

Ha ha ha... yeah why not. I still have two one road with pockets in the back and a silky track version they're lovely.. such a classic design and of course the memories they hold.

Why don't you post a picture of those jerseys for nostalgia sake?

Can you get one made up in XXXXL for me ;o))))

Putting the padding into Paddington. :)

Sounds like he is now a bit of a rec :-)

Hi Guys
Found this site out of blue!Have been reading thru and laughing at memories it has brought back. Rode with the Paddington from about 78 to 82 and remember guys like Max reeve, Nick Faint, and a load of older guys like doddys, robillard and barry ford, andre wagner, paul shuttleworth. As a starry eyed school boy it was a great club and remember John Austin fondly, grovelling home from sunday club runs on one of the club road bikes. Rode on the track and road for the club and did a few of Johns tours to Stow on Wold races staying in hostels. To a city boy it was a great time. Shame the PCC no longer runs, I knew about track a real shame

Ok attached are a few images from tuesday night track league at Paddington Rec from around 1978 - 1980, it was built in 1883 and knocked down in 1981, the main official every week was Chas Messenger one of the cycling's greats. He fought hard to keep Paddington open, but instead they compromised and he then fought to get the road circuit out at Hillingdon built. I used to ride to the tuesday night track league from Richmond with a front brake and my race wheels on sprint carriers. Then as now I was the eternal B grader- I would often get top three in the B grade - then hang on for dear life in A grade- Chas got me enthused by track at Paddington and now 35 years later I'm still racing and officiating and coaching- just that I now live in Brisbane Australia. The names are familier, would need to have a few more identified on these images if anyone can. The Bonavia I am riding I didn't think i got untill 1983? after The Rec was ripped up. Still got that bike by the way- retired it in 2006

Another image fro The Rec

no. 32 has a Paddington jersy on..!!!

but who is it ?

Not me :-)

Hi Guys
Nice to see some old Paddington CC members on the LFGSS forum.
I became a member in 1986 until Sport and publicity folded in 2003.
I am currently Roller racing and ride down at Herne Hill.

Lets get a list of members together. Add your name and all those you remember

1. Me Stephen Aslin
   
2. Steve Wharton - ex club sec
   
3. Spencer Kirkham
   
4. Nick Faint
   
5. Paul Shuttleworth
   
6. Tim Dolphin
   
7. Paul Savage - ex London Fire Brigade...........
   

Hi Guys
Nice to see some old Paddington CC members on the LFGSS forum.
I became a member in 1986 until Sport and publicity folded in 2003.
I am currently Roller racing and ride down at Herne Hill.

Lets get a list of members together. Add your name and all those you remember

1. Me Stephen Aslin
   
2. Steve Wharton - ex club sec
   
3. Spencer Kirkham
   
4. Nick Faint
   
5. Paul Shuttleworth
   
6. Tim Dolphin
   
7. Paul Savage - ex London Fire Brigade...........
   

1. Yoav Tzabar (1976-1979)
   

I grew up near the Rec but never joined the club- I did go to school with a lad called Chino Isern who was a PCC rider, so I guess he's ;

1. Chino Isern
   

Lets get a list of members together. Add your name and all those you remember

1. Me Stephen Aslin
   
2. Steve Wharton - ex club sec
   
3. Spencer Kirkham
   
4. Nick Faint
   
5. Paul Shuttleworth
   
6. Tim Dolphin
   
7. Paul Savage - ex London Fire Brigade...........
   
8. Yoav Tzabar
   
9. Chino Isern
   
10. Paul Shipway
    
11. Amos Feild Reid
    

1. Ed Wilding.
   

Here are a couple more pictures from 1992 that might bring back some memories. One is a trip a few of us made to Spain, the other is a few weeks later at sunny Bangor.

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Some excellent fashions there :-)

A bit after my time at the club but in 1994 I was living in Bangor when I saw a cyclist in Paddington CC colours coming out of a shop. I stopped him and he told me all the Bangor training weeks and that John Austin had moved here from London.

thats me in the red jersy at the airport in spain in 1992..

andy, ed, spencer, john, simon, steve and paul... in that order. lol

1. Me Stephen Aslin
   
2. Steve Wharton - ex club sec
   
3. Spencer Kirkham
   
4. Nick Faint
   
5. Paul Shuttleworth
   
6. Tim Dolphin
   
7. Paul Savage - ex London Fire Brigade...........
   
8. Yoav Tzabar
   
9. Chino Isern
   
10. Paul Shipway
    
11. Amos Feild Reid
    12.Ed Wilding
    
12. Simon Layfield
    
13. Andy 'in the picture'.
    
    

Yes i am in both pics
Both weeks were hard - very good training and even better laughs.
We went for a ride in Spain with John Austin while we were over there.

Loco anglaiseeeeeeeeeeeee (spelling prob wrong)