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SSUK19 at Comrie Croft

August 23, 2019 - August 25, 2019

£50

Single Speed UK event.  Partying, socialising, banter, the occasional flirtation with a bike riding.

Event bookings/tickets

Event website (Facebook)

More event details from the organisers:

Friday 23

9.00    Site opens for camping

16.00    Registration opens

19.00    Evening ride (bring lights), approx. two hours, with a bar in nearby Comrie as a pit-stop.

23.00    Onsite bar closes… time for bed

 

Saturday 24

9.00    Breakfast open

13.00    UK Singlespeed Championships 2019 – race start from campsite, 2.5-3 hours racing

18.00    Food and beer, prizes, auction and music

23.00    Onsite bar closes … time for bed

 

Sunday 25

9.00    Breakfast open

10.00    Social ride, local hills

16.00    Site closes…time to go home

 

Camping

  • Onsite at Comrie Croft.  Tents pitched at race HQ (upper field, Comrie Croft), campervans and cars in the lower field.
  • Site amenities: food shop, bike shop, café, camping with toilets and showers
  • A small number of ‘Katas’ for glamping onsite, available for hire (recommended for up to six people) – contact the Singlespeed Champs organisers.
  • For camping at Comrie Croft before Friday 23 and after Sunday 25 contact Comrie Croft directly 01764 670140

 

The UK Singlespeed Mountainbike Championships is an annual race run entirely by volunteers which raises money for charity.  The 2019 Championships are being held at Comrie Croft, Perthshire on August 24 and is supporting Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRiY).  CRiY, is close to the hearts of many in the cycling community, former British youth cycling champion Ben Forsyth (son of Scottish world championship winning endurance mountain bike rider Keith Forsyth) lost his life to a cardiac condition at the age of 20 last year.  Read the story here:

 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/young-musselburgh-cycling-champion-ben-forsyth-dies-1-4765514

 

Support us by passing the hat round (£)

We’ve set up a JustGiving site for cash donations (link and below)

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ssuk19

 

Support us by sending goods – race, raffle and auction prizes

Please send these to our race office (nothing is too big or too small):

 

FMR Research, St Georges Studios, 93-97 St Georges Road, Glasgow, G61 3RP

Details

Start:
August 23, 2019
End:
August 25, 2019
Cost:
£50
Event Category:

Organiser

Committee
Email:
info@gmbc.co.uk

Venue

Comrie Croft
Baincroft
Crieff, PH7 4JZ United Kingdom
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Website:
http://www.comriecroftbikes.co.uk/

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