Evening MTB Ride - Wednesdays

The club holds MTB rides on Wednesday evenings, starting from a variety of locations in the Ayrshire area. Rides usually assemble at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 start and are of around 1 to 1.5 hours in duration. The pace set will accommodate the slowest in the group - no one gets left behind. Details of the current week's ride can be found on the Organised Club Rides section in the Club Forum.

Evening Road Rides - Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Ladies' Road Rides

The ladies' rides will resume in spring 2009. Check back then for details.

Scottish Cycling/British Cycling Race Calendar

Leisure Cycling Events

The morning of Sunday 23rd November saw the members of Walkers Cycling up bright and early to mark out the course for what would be their very first organisation of a round of the Scottish Cyclocross Series.  The course was held up and over the sand dunes at the Beach Park in Irvine, with howling winds and ice-like rain accompanying the riders on their laps.  First up was the Youth Race, with two Walkers representatives cutting their teeth on what was to both of them a new discipline.  James Neill and Mikey Turnbull both braved the skinny tyres, lack of suspension (both boys being into Downhill Mountainbiking) and less than balmy weather to bring home good results.  James had a race-long ding-dong with Stuart McClusky of Glenmarnock Wheelers, only to be pipped at the post to 6^th place and Mikey rode most of the race on his own (without the benefit of other riders for shelter from the wind) to finish 7^th. 

In the senior race, course organiser, Neil Walker, Walkers CC led for the first lap, from a surprised  Iain Nimmo, Squadra Porcini (current series leader) but managed to crash on a difficult corner on lap three (of his own creation!), allowing Nimmo and James Frazer-Moodie to get ahead of him.  Walker held on to the end of the race, taking the Club’s first Cyclocross podium of the year.  In the bunch were Drew Thomson (23^rd), Scott Russell (26^th), Steve Lockhart (27^th), Gavin Hanna(33^rd), Julie Nimmo(4^th W) and Neil Smith (39^th), a relatively new member, making his debut appearance at a ‘cross race.  All of the Walkers riders enjoyed racing on ‘home turf’ and all upped their performances, with an exceptional start from Lockhart, who looked to be closing down on Thomson’s wheel at one point, unfortunately slowing a little to finish just one place down from Russell.

Neil would like to thank all the brave and hardy souls from the club who came along to help and cheer on the sand-coated bedraggled riders. The race could not have happened without their help and possibly some riders might not have finished without their vocal support!

Some Pictures from the Event:

 

 

 

 

 

See more images from the event on our Flickr Gallery.