Ayr Burners Cycling

Sportive, Cyclocross, Youth, Adventure

Burners Celebrate 2nd Birthday

Ayr Burners Cycling QTS celebrated their 2nd Birthday on Sunday with an afternoon of festivities at the Savoy Park Hotel. Chair Christopher Johnson welcomed sixty Burners to the event where the proceedings started with the annual reports from the Chair and the Treasurer Rod Henderson. With over 150 members joining in 2016 the Burners are…

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Burners at the Beach

Cycling fans and racers headed in their droves to Irvine Beach Park on Sunday for Round 5 of the Scottish Cyclocross Series. Ayr Burners Cycling QTS fielded many riders across the veteran and open categories with everyone eager to ride the famous coastal course that has always been a firm favourite in the calendars of…

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2017 Calendar released

Ayr Burners’ 2017 Calendar is now available for view. In addition to our weekly Saturday Social Rides, each month we aim to offer at least one off-road adventure, on-road excursion and family-friendly activity. This list is not comprehensive, and expect more activity to be added to our calendar as the year progresses.  

Cyclocross Fun Park

Five members of Ayr Burners Cycling QTS headed to Strathclyde Park for Round 3 of the Scottish Cyclocross Series. A record breaking entry of 650 riders would see the leafy trails around the lochside jam packed with racers enjoying a notably dry course in comparison to recent years events at the Lanarkshire race. First out…

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Aberdeenshire Burners Cycling

Round 2 of the Scottish Cyclocross Series saw four members of Ayr Burners Cycling QTS head North to Knockburn Loch on Sunday. This established event is one of the highlights of the Cyclocross calendar and a firm favourite of the riders with its challenging course set the stunning backdrop of the Cairngorm National Park. Event…

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Holmston Road Infrastructure Safari findings

Ayr Burners Cycling hosted a pop-up Dr Bike and Insfrastructure Safari at Kyle Academy on the 1st October 2016.  In addition to supporting people to get their bikes back out the shed, this was an opportunity to ‘road-test’ the new segregated cycle lane on Holmston Road. Our findings can be found summarised here: 2016-10-01-holmston-road-response It should…

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3 Peaks, 2 Wheels, 1 Gear, (0 Idea)

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY The last Sunday in September, it’s that time of year again… The Three Peaks Cyclocross race in the Yorkshire Dales. 38 miles total, 4 miles unrideable, and 5000ft of climbing & tricky descending. Billed as the UK’s toughest cyclocross race. Last year saw Jo Baxter, Myself (Kev Pugh), and Russell Mowat (Walkers…

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2016 Photo Competition

Back for 2016 is our Photo Competition The rules are very simple – submit your photo under one of the following three themes: Burners’ Family Burners’ Adventure Burners Abroad All entries will be added to our online gallery and we will ask our kind and expert judge to select a winner in each category, to…

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Newsround 19/09/2016

Cycling disciplines of all types were in the mix last weekend for the members of Ayr Burners Cycling QTS. The annual Rothesay Cycling Weekend kicked off on Saturday with hordes of eager cyclists flocking to the Island of Bute for two days of bike racing. A Cyclocross event on day one saw five Burners take…

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Let the good times roll: CX season begins

The first competitive race of the 2016/17 Cyclocross season kicked off upon the shores of Loch Lomond last weekend for 3 members of Ayr Burners Cycling QTS. The Battle of Balloch Castle featured 2 races around the idyllic loch side setting with plenty of technical features to keep the early season competitiors on their toes….

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