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The day the Tour of Britain came to Ayrshire

On Saturday morning (slightly later than the normal 9.30 start) over 20 Burners gathered at the Burns Museum to ride out to watch the Tour of Britain on their way to Kirkcudbright from Glasgow. The orange peloton had a head start on the pros as they made their way over familiar roads through Dalrymple, Kirkmichael…

Burners 5 Ferries Ride

Last Sunday saw 11 Burners make their way to Ardrossan for the first leg of the much-anticipated (and slightly delayed) 5 Ferries Ride. Being a Sunday towards the end of ‘summer’ meant the boat was pretty quiet and everyone managed to get to the café without resorting to rough tactics. As you may expect, as…

Saturday Social Ride – 7th September

This Saturday sees some of the world’s top bike riders sampling the Ayrshire country roads. But enough about the Burners, the Tour of Britain will be there too !!! As a result, our usual Saturday Social Ride will be delayed slightly to give us the opportunity to head out and see how the pros tackle…

Burners Tour 2019 – Caledonia Way

A stormy start to the 2019 Ayr Burners Tour saw the scheduled Thursday evening depart from Ardrossan to Campbeltown postponed by 12 hours due to choppy seas around the Cape of Whiting Bay. 2 hardy riders made it (just) to Campbeltown by way of an earlier sailing – Adrian and Jim had a four day…

National Trophy Cyclocross Series

For the 2nd year running Ayrshire will be hosting a round of the National Trophy Cyclocross Series at Irvine Beach Park. The racing will take place on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October. Course build will be on Friday 25th, and there’ll be a final clear up and inspection on the Monday. The Burners proudly…

Strava Series Round 4 – Pennyglen TT

It’s all to play for as we plunge into the final round of the 2019 Strava series with 4 riders still (mathematically) capable of taking overall glory. The Pennyglen TT shook the standings up with a no-show (alarm clock issues) from Harry which gave the series chasers a chance to claw back some placings. Pennyglen’s…

Calendar Updates

We’ve got a couple of updates to our calendar of events, so we’ll update the table on the Events page (as shown above) just as soon as the Keeper of the Calendar returns from Majorca !!! In the meantime, please note that the Pennyglen TT listed as August 18th will actually be held the previous…

Bikes At Burns (event update)

At the Burns Museum at 9.30 this morning, a large number of Burners and guests gathered for the eagerly anticipated Bikes At Burns event. As well as an even larger than usual turnout for the social ride, we had 10 riders for a Burns-themed ride, led by our own Burns expert, Bill McCrae. This took our…

Bikes at Burns

You may have noticed that this coming Saturday (13th July), there is a special bike-themed event taking place at the Burns Museum. As well as being the starting point for our regular Saturday morning social rides, this weekend will see a bunch of different activities taking place. The Clan stunt team will be there, performing…

Burners June Review

June was a pretty packed affair for the Burners with lots, lots, and lots more riding being clocked up. We started with a group jaunt to Arran (as described in a previous post), whilst across the water on the Emerald Isle, Gary Currie was embarking on a truly epic journey – 2500kms of the Trans-Atlantic…

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