GoBike ride 01 March – the route

Just six of us set off on a rainy day – the official first day of spring, for a journey to the north -east of the city. Yet again, there was somewhere new for each of us.

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Sunday 01 March: ride north-east with GoBike

Stockingfield Junction Bridges and viewing platform, Forth and Clyde Canal. View East towards Ruchill (image: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Swans by the banks of Hogganfield Loch


This ride will see us head northeast from Glasgow, stopping briefly in Hogganfield Park, see photo above, and then over the council boundary into North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire.

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GoBike February Ride, into South Lanarkshire

Nine of us set off on Sunday 01 February, along by the Clyde and then through Newton as we started to climb – here’s the full route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3220777

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GoBike ride Sunday 01 February, time for a spin southwards to Dechmont Hill

Glen Fruin

We will follow the Clyde Walkway upstream to Cambuslang, then continue on NCN route 75 through to Newton.

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12 riders for 12 miles, January’s GoBike ride

GoBike group photo on Gordon St, Glasgow Central Station

12 of us set off from the SEC on a very chilly but very sunny morning and circumnavigated the city centre, as shown on the Strava map above (with thanks to Carol) and the Cycle Travel Map, https://cycle.travel/map/journey/782905 provided by Andy.

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January, time for the GoBike Infrastructure Ride!

Pitt St lanes fenced off

Yes, next Sunday will be the first Sunday of January and the New Year and Andy has a short infrastructure ride planned for us.
Is Cambridge Street looking like this yet? Join us to see.

Cambridge Street Avenue visualisation (2021)

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December’s GoBike ride – here’s the route

and here’s the link to the route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3187075?units=km It was a superb tour of the north of the city. In true Andy style, though, there were some narrow paths in parks – we went through Springburn, Ruchill and Victoria parks, but the five of us who turned up enjoyed it all.

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Join us on 07 December for the GoBike “Northern Sights” ride

View west from Hamiltonhill


Some years ago we ran a “Northern Sights” city tour ride, but on the day there happened to be thick fog! So now it’s time to attempt again.

Springburn Park – derelict glasshouse
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Fourteen ride to Renfrew and Paisley

Yes, this was our busiest ride for some time, and very good it was too! Some of us were old hands on the monthly rides but it was good to welcome some who were on their first GoBike adventure.

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GoBike’s November Ride: on Sunday 02 November, we head for paths in Paisley

Lunch stop at Paisley Abbey on GoBike ride, April 2025


This ride takes in some new developments in the Renfrew and Paisley area. We will take the Govan Bridge, to head for Braehead and Ferry Village in Renfrew.

Govan-Partick bridge from Govan

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