Family fun, led rides, Dr Bike and lots more on offer during Bike Week. Get on your bike and enjoy
This weekend: GoBike ride to Drumpellier Park, but also lots to do in the city
Sunday 7 May – Drumpellier Country Park
The route of this ride will head out of Glasgow via new cycle improvements at the Port Dundas Basin and in Balornock, and then onto country lanes in the Auchinloch area, before joining the Strathkelvin Railway Path to Glenboig. We will then head to Drumpellier Country Park for lunch, before returning into Glasgow to view some of the recent developments on main roads in the east and southeast of the city area, including Cambuslang and Rutherglen, and ending up on the South Bank cycle route. The ride includes some unsurfaced paths, one of which is quite rough.
Meet 10am Bell’s Bridge, Congress Road, Glasgow.
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If you don’t fancy going so far, then there are events on in the city (information provided by Glasgow City Council::
Saturday 6th May – THIS WEEKEND!!!
Saturday 6th May Cycling Family Fun Day – Free – Starts 10:00 AM Glasgow Green
Stunt Bike Riders Show, Bike Maintenance Workshop, Dr Bike , Bike Marking and security advice by Police Scotland, Led rides for all ages and levels of experience, Play on Pedals, Bike tuition, Horse and Dray rides, Cycling information from Glasgow City Council, Sustrans, Bike Station Glasgow, Free Wheel North, SoulRiders Scotland, South West Community Cycles, Cycling Uk and much, much more!
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Saturday 6th May, Dr Bike. 12 – 2pm Priesthill Church car park, Glasgow G53 6LL
Get your bike checked and set up by the South West Community Cycles team.
For more details contact: http://southwestcommunitycycles.co.uk/
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Sunday 7th May, Play on Pedals drop in session. 12:30-2:30 Free Wheel North, Glasgow Green, Templeton St, Glasgow G40 1AT
Free Cycle training for pre-schoolers. Get your kids on a balance bike and help them get cycling from an early age!
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Sunday 7th May, Play on Pedals drop in session. 10:45-11:30 Drumchapel Sports Centre with Drumchapel Cycle Hub
Cycle training for pre-schoolers. Get your kids on a balance bike and help them get cycling from an early age! £1 to support hall hire.
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Tuesday 9th May, Led Ride – Beginners / Intermediate – 10.30-12.30pm South West Community Cycles, 2092 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G43 1AT
Right to Routes Diabetes group. Gentle Guided Ride/Training
For more details contact: http://southwestcommunitycycles.co.uk/
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Thursday 11th May, Led Ride – Beginners / Intermediate – 10.00-12.00pm South West Community Cycles, 2092 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G43 1AT
Wheel Being group. Gentle Guided Ride/Training
For more details contact: http://southwestcommunitycycles.co.uk/
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Thursday 11th May, Bike Breakfast – 7:30 – 9:30 AM Balshagray Crescent, G14. Near South Bound Entrance to Clyde Tunnel.
De’ils on Wheels are providing a free Breakfast and Dr Bike check ups , Cycling Info, Freebies
For more details contact: http://www.deilsonwheels.org.uk
Conservatives and Greens confer in Glasgow – let’s get the Active Travel message to them.
The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party is meeting in Glasgow, at the SECC on Friday 03 and Saturday 04 March, see: http://www.scottishconservatives.com/get-involved/conference-2017/ and the Scottish Greens will be meeting the following week at Maryhill Burgh Hall, see: https://greens.scot/conference from 10:00 – 5:30 so let’s try to get the Walk, Cycle, Vote message to them.
We want, and need, better cycling facilities and a better environment for walking and cycling and the candidates, and campaigners, for the council elections in May will be at these conferences, so we need to get the message to them. We have Walk, Cycle, Vote flyers, and GoBike flyers and we now need volunteers to meet up and hand them out. Please come and join us! Meet up as below:
Conservatives: just outside the SECC, meet up to the left, the river side, of the main entrance at 12:45 on both days (03 and 04 March) and we will flyer from 1-2pm as delegates come out at lunch time.
Greens: meet up outside the Burgh Hall, on Maryhill Road, at 09:30 (on 11 March) and we will flyer until just after 10:00 and we will meet again at 12:45 to give out our leaflets over the lunch break.
Please e-mail convenor@gobike.org if you can to confirm your attendance.
CHANGE OF DATE: Bikes and big vehicles – keeping safe, Free Research event, Tuesday 21 March 13:30 – 16:00
THE ORGANISERS HAVE CHANGED THE DATE! It is now 1 week earlier than previously advised.
GoBike has been made aware of this event by one of our members:
Staying Awesome: where next for cycling safety and large vehicles?
Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:30 PM | Eventbrite, FREE event
Organised by academics from Heriot-Watt University, this ‘Staying Awesome’ research event discusses where next for cycle safety and large vehicles.
Register at:
Cycling and the Law, free event, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Here’s another hospital to visit, and learn about cycling and the law. Register at Eventbrite for this second, free, lunchtime talk from Cycle Law Scotland:
Cycling and the Law – Cycle Law Scotland presentation 22 February QEUH, Glasgow 13:00hrs
If you missed the excellent Cycle Law Presentation at our AGM in November 2014, or you wish to get up-to-date with protecting cyclists on the road, and you are able to get to a daytime meeting, then get along to this free event, a talk by Brenda Mitchell of Cycle Law Scotland:
Bike Tower at the Bike Town launch event
Go Bike will be at the launch of CamGlen Bike Town on Saturday 19th July between 11am and 4pm.
Bike Town is encouraging everyone to cycle to Cambuslang Park and add their bike to the Interactive Bike Tower sculpture which is 5m high and holds 40 bikes.
The sculpture is the creation of Scottish artist Rob Mulholland, who says “I wanted to involve as many local people in the project as possible and thought that it would be a great idea if people could cycle to the park and help us make the sculpture with their own bikes. My hope is that everyone who lends their bikes will see this as their artwork. It’s an opportunity for the whole community to get involved in a fun project.”
The Bike Town launch event will include:
• Free cycle bag for the first 100 who arrive on a bike and hang their bikes on the sculpture.
• Plus free refreshments for all who arrive by bike.
• Lots of prizes, freebies and giveaways.
• Free Dr Bike.
• Free Bling your Bike with Eilidh’s Box Bike.
• Free cycle maps.
• Entertainment and sounds provided by CamGlen Radio.
• GoBike will be there plus other stalls with cycling and community related information.
Enter by the main gate on Cairns Rd. Cambulang Park, Cambuslang, G72 8PZ
The sculpture will stay in place until 3pm on Sunday the 20th July.
Keep up to date with this event on the Facebook event page
More info on CamGlen Bike Town
Pedal on Parliament – Glasgow Feeder Ride – PoP2014
Last year over 4000 people cycled from all over Scotland to loby the parliament for a cycle friendly Scotland.
Whilst there has been some improvement, there is much more that can be done.
Go Bike encourages all its members and supporters to travel to Edinburgh for this Pedal on Parliament event.
Saturday 26 April 2014 – Pedal on Parliament.
Meet 11.30am for 12 noon start, The Meadows, Edinburgh.
Glasgow Feeder Ride: Meet 7.15am for 7.30am prompt start, George Square (north side), Glasgow.
Go Bike is holding a special ride to get from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Note that the pace of this ride will be somewhat faster than our regular cycle rides and it will follow main roads rather that cycle routes or quiet routes. The aim is to arrive in Edinburgh before midday, in time for the Pedal on Parliament ride. Ride info is also on the cycle rides page
Glasgow Road Cycling Meetup (GRCM) are joining us for a 7.30 departure from George Sq. So far they have 15 riders signed up for this event, so we’ll form a large group. Last year we took around 4 hours to get to the Meadows from George Sq, going via the A89 & A8, with a coffee stop in Bathgate. Average speed 12.5mph.
Last year most of the GRCM riders cycled back to Glasgow. The A89/A8 route provides the option to get a train at many points along the way.
For those who prefer a later start, shorter ride or slower pace Belles on Bikes are getting a train to Linlithgow and cycling from there into Edinburgh.