Ride Report | Ayr Burners Cycling

Jonathan’s Snowball Adventure

Thanks to Jonathan Burn’s for this write up of the Lowther Hills Snowball Sportive on Sunday. A new addition to the Scottish Sportive Calendar, the 100mile loop features classic hills and stunning views. Around 6 weeks ago, after reading a post on the Ayr Burners Facebook page promoting the new Lowther Hills Snowball Sportive, I decided…

Peaks, Troughs and Push Irons

After months of preparation and nervous anticipation, The 3 Peaks CycloCross finally arrived for Jo Baxter on Sunday September 27th. This legendary event is now in its 53rd edition, and is steeped in Yorkshire folklore – Commonly regarded as the hardest CX race in the world with its 45% ascents, its technical descents, and the…

The Best Of the FPP Ayrshire Alps Friendly

Phew! We had a truly wonderful day of cycling at the FPP Scotland Ayrshire Alps Friendly. As the dust settles and we catch our breath, we take a look back at 10 of the highlights of the day. 1. The Riders When we first launched the idea we were expecting half-a-dozen riders from Walkers, Ayr…

Summer Series Round 7

The penultimate round of The Summer Series brought all the #TPBGs (Top Performing Big Guns) out to play with a view to either bolstering or salvaging their positions on the hottest cycling leader board around. Scott Knox was as cool as a series leading cucumber at the Grande Departe in Troon, whilst the Coylton Massive…

Martin’s post ride blog, Duchal Moor

Four adventurous Burners (and a Walker) met in rare summer sunshine early on Saturday morning to tackle the latest of our ‘adventure cross’ rides on Duchal Moor. After a quick chat in the railway station car park we headed for Lochwinnoch proper and National Cycle Route 7. While only seven or so miles of today’s ride…

Tour Blog: Alex’s End to End of Ireland

Alex Hamilton is best known for his roll as lead of the Ayrshire and South Side Road Cycle Meet Up Group. He is also gaining a reputation as a fearless mile-muncher. Having ridden LEJOG before it was time to take on ‘Malin to Mizen‘. Last week he clocked over 500miles in just 5 days as…

Hebridean Odyssey – A Burners’ Adventure

Husband and wife JP and Joanne Baxter first met on a cycle tour of Scotland, so what better way to celebrate a birthday than loading up the bikes and enjoying the Scottish scenery. Of course, things were probably simpler before they were married and JP was still trying to impress. We understand that the tour was…

Tour Fever! Weekly round up

Where to start this week? We had a record breaking turn out for our third Balance Bike session, we saw Joanne beat the boys in the Summer Series, and our new Tour de France inspired Strava Series kicks off tomorrow. Sparks in Belleisle After a night of rain, the sun came out once again for…

When Harry met Rod… Dragon Flashbacks

Earlier in June Rod Henderson traveled down to South Wales for the three day ‘Wiggle Dragon Tour‘ . Our youth correspondent Harry set out to interview Rod following the ride. And, well, you know… the dog ate some homework and then the summer holidays began. But despite all these distractions, Harry did catch up with…

The River Ayr Way – Picture Special

The River Ayr Way is Scotland’s first Source to Sea long distance path, running from Glenbuck to Ayr Harbour. 65km long, it is mostly downhill. However, as our intrepid adventurers will protest, that is rather misleading and only tells half the story. Having sorted out the transport logistics and organised car shares, ten Burner’s gathered…

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