Category: Cycle Rides

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How to Start a Bike Bus – Cycling to School Webinar

Have you seen a Bike Bus pop up on social media or in your local area? Interested in starting one in your local community?

GoBike is delighted to sponsor the first of three How to Start a Bike Bus – Cycling to School webinars hosted by Women On Wheels and Shawlands Bike Bus.

Hear from Katherine Cory, Shawlands Bike Bus co-founder and Women on Wheels Families Coordinator, about how to get started, tips, tricks, challenges and how different bike buses tackle barriers to cycling to get families in their communities riding to school!

Bike buses ooze fun and joy and this short webinar is sure to be an enjoyable intro to the movement. There will be lots of time for Q&A, so don’t be shy – get our questions ready!

The first webinar is taking place online via Zoom from 730-830pm on Tuesday 19 August. Book via Plinth https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/Pbac1Xo3W9Vd409iXEOC

All welcome.

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The August GoBike ride – in glorious sunshine

View from Killearn

Ten of us set off yesterday from the SEC for a 46 mile round trip, five of us on conventional bikes and five using electric assistance – and there were some hills, so the power was switched on!

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Kidical Mass – Sun 18 May

Poster for kiddical mass cycle ride on Sat 18 May

Join Sunny Cycles, Women on Wheels and Parents for Future Scotland for Kidical Mass on Sunday 18 May for a family-friendly ride through the city, calling for Safer Streets for All.

Meet at The People’s Palace on Glasgow Green at 2:30pm and the ride begins at 3:00pm. All ages, all welcome. Mark your calendars and spread the word!

Whether you’re coming with family, friends, or simply care about making our streets safer and more inclusive – this ride is for you! This is a day to come together, have fun, and pedal for a better future.

Source: Facebook Sunny Cycles

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Sunday 02 February: GoBike’s Infrastructure Ride

'Look out for each other' campaign (GCC) video screenshot

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.

Byres Rd cycle lane – bollards being added, August 2024
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Happy New Year – and please don’t forget Sunday’s ride!

Byres Rd cycle lane – bollards being added, August 2024

Sunday 05 January will be our specific infrastructure ride and will take in much of the recently built cycle infrastructure within Glasgow. Let’s hope the weather is kind to us. We will revisit Byres Road, taking a more detailed look than last month.

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Our Bridges route, for today, 01 December and photos

Wee Bridge, Pollok Park

Here’s the part route that I did today – sorry I had to leave you, but thanks everyone for your help! I seem to be fully recovered from my wee dip.

Here’s the full route – with thanks to Tim!

A bit trickier to see, but do read on for some photos!

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Sunday 01 December, time for the Circular GoBike ride!

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

For our themed December ride, we will be taking a spiral tour of Glasgow, taking in a number of new, rebuilt, and other modern bridges. These include new cycle bridges, railway bridges, motorway bridges, and river and canal bridges.

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November’s GoBike ride: up and down to the south-east

Overtoun Park, Rutherglen

Today’s ride had some hills, short and sharp and we encountered what can be a hazard at this time of year – fallen leaves. So do take care when you are out and about.

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GoBike ride, Sunday 01 September: Cycle to the Falkirk Wheel, get the train back (or cycle if you wish!)


The ride this time has us skirting the city centre, then heading out through the north eastern part of the city and into the countryside beyond Robroyston. Then we carry on towards Cumbernauld, passing Arria, before joining the Forth & Clyde Canal near Banknock.

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