This ride heads west through Renfrewshire, but since it is newly open, we shall initially stick to the north side of the River Clyde in order to use the bridge at Yoker.

This ride heads west through Renfrewshire, but since it is newly open, we shall initially stick to the north side of the River Clyde in order to use the bridge at Yoker.

This month’s ride took us north through the city, past the yet-to-be-completed Pitt Street

cycle lane and along the Garscube Road cycle lane to the canal. Then it was over the Stockingfield Bridge and along to Kirkintilloch. Our journey to Palacerigg is shown above.
On Sunday 04 May, we will head out of the north of the city along the Forth & Clyde Canal

to Kirkintilloch, and then take the Strathkelvin Railway Path into North Lanarkshire.
Continue reading “Palacerigg Country Park is the GoBike destination on 04 May”
Fourteen of us set off from the SEC this morning, crossing over the river and through Cessnock to Bellahouston Park (including a quick toilet stop).
Continue reading “Today’s GoBike ride: 31 miles in the sun”
We will head out of Glasgow through to Paisley, and then onwards to Elderslie and Howwood.

Our ride on Sunday 02 March took us on this 21 mile route:

Starting from the SEC we made our way to the first park, Glasgow Green and then the seven of us moved on to at least another 10.
Continue reading “March’s GoBike ride – a look back at the Parks we visited”
This ride sees us heading along the riverside to Glasgow Green, then onwards to explore the East End of Glasgow, including its parks. We will see some of the better known parks such as Tollcross Park and Hogganfield Park, and also some of the smaller parks.

Along the way we will pass attractions as diverse as the Velodrome and Provan Hall. We will finish up at Speirs Wharf at around lunchtime.
22 miles, with the occasional climb, and short bits on main roads.
Meet 10am at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, Congress Road, Glasgow.
For more information, see the GoBike cycle rides page.

Ten of us set off this Sunday morning and cycled the intricate route shown on the map above, and what a variety of infrastructure we saw.
Continue reading “GoBike February Ride, the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly!”Let’s hope the weather on Sunday is conducive to checking out all the cycling infrastructure on Andy’s route: the new and not so new, the good and not so good.

Sorry about this but the ice is scary out there and, as you know, GoBike rides try to avoid busy main roads. Paths and byways could be treacherous.
THE RIDE ON 05 JANUARY IS OFF – WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR 02 FEBRUARY