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Past Go Bike Cycle Rides & Suggestions for Cycle Rides

Here are a few suggested routes for cycle rides, based on rides Go Bike has gone on in the past.

• Glasgow to Falkirk, via Forth & Clyde Canal
• Airdrie to Linlithgow, via Caldercruix and Avonbridge
• Motherwell to New Lanark, via Bonkle and Carluke
• Four Suggested Cycle Routes Around Glasgow, suburban routes in Glasgow
• Clyde Valley Circular, Hamilton to Crossford and back via a circular route through the countryside
• Garscube Estate Circular, out via Kelvin Cycleway, return via Forth & Clyde Canal
• Garscadden Woods Circular, out via Anniesland, return via Clydebank
• Glasgow to Greenock via Linwood Moss and Finlaystone Estate
• Glasgow to Lochwinnoch, out via Waulkmill Glen and Neilston, return via Paisley
• Dumbarton to Killearn and Glasgow, via Balloch and Milngavie
• Glasgow to Whitelee Windfarm, out via Waterfoot, return via Newton Mearns
• Glasgow to Drumpellier Country Park, out via Uddingston, return via Kirkintilloch
• Glasgow to Mugdock Country Park, out via Garscube Estate, return via Balmore
• Glasgow to Johnstone Castle, out via Paisley Canal, return via Barshaw Park
• Southern City Tour, taking in Kinning, Pollok, Newlands, Eastwood and Queen's Parks
• Northern Parks Tour, taking in Kelvingrove, Dawsholm, Garscube, Ruchill, Cowlairs and Alexandra Parks
• Glasgow to Kilmacolm, out via Paisley, return via Erskine Bridge and Forth & Clyde Canal
• Jordanhill to Strathclyde University, via Gartnavel Hospital, Kelvin Cycleway and residential side streets
• Glasgow to Strathclyde Country Park, out via Uddingston, return via Gilbertfield and Rutherglen
• Glasgow to Fintry, out via Lennoxtown, return via Carron Valley and Kilsyth
• Glasgow to Strathaven, out via Queen's Park, Carmunnock and East Kilbride, return via King's Park
• Airdrie to Edinburgh, a lengthy but easy-going ride using the Airdrie-Bathgate cycle path and the Union Canal towpath
• Pedal The Parks 25, a tour of 18 Glasgow parks to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first Pedal The Parks
• Glasgow to Milngavie, via the Baldernock countryside on the way out, via the Kelvin Cycleway on the way back
• Glasgow to Dalmuir Park, out via Garscadden Woods, return via West End
• Glasgow to Barrhead, out via Dams2Darnley Country Park, return via Paisley

= Go Bike star rating: 1 being easiest, 5 most challenging, based on distance, gradients, etc.

For signed cycle routes in the Strathclyde area see the Routes & Maps page. For future Go Bike cycle rides, see the Cycle Rides page.

Special Rides

• Glasgow Cycling Infrastructure Tour, an infrastructure safari organised to show representatives of Glasgow City Council how well cycle routes link up

Weekend Ride 2010

In July, Go Bike organised a weekend ride from Carlisle to Ayr, following NCN 7 cycle route. The ride was undertaken over three days, staying at hostels en route, with ten cyclists braving heavy rain on much of the ride.