Ayr Burners Cycling | Sportive, Cyclocross, Youth, Adventure

Burners in Scotland Outdoors Magazine

The latest edition of Scotland Outdoor Magazine features a case study of Ayr Burners Cycling. We are included as part of an article titled “The rise of young riders” that includes extracts from interview by popular feature writer Fiona Outdoors with both Lindsay McGarvie and Christopher Johnson You can see feature online via the Scotland Outdoors…

Photo Winners Announced

At the start of the summer we launched our photo competition and asked Following the Wheel photographer Martin Young to help us with the judging. By the end of September we’d had lots of great entries across the three categories “Burners’ Adventure”, “Burners Abroad” and “Burners Family”. Time for hard work to begin! We are pleased…

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 past, the present, and the future – news roundup

With so many rides and activities going on you’ll forgive us please for neglecting our news feed a little! Anyway, here are some of the exciting things that have been happening: Pedal for Scotland Our @wulljackson0512 on the Carmichaelberg @PedalScotland #bigbelter pic.twitter.com/zuVIydoDeP — AyrBurnersCyclingQTS (@AyrBurners) September 6, 2015 Will Jackson was one of several Burners…

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…

Ayrshire Alps Friendly – the countdown begins!

We are now just days away from our first official ‘open’ promotion, the FPP Scotland ‘Ayrshire Alps’ friendly reliability trials. We’re really buzzing by the response we’ve had to the event and to the prospect of a big day our climbing 6 of the Ayrshire Alps! Full course information, including routes and handbook can be…

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…

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