Palacerigg Country Park is the GoBike destination on 04 May


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.

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March’s GoBike ride – a look back at the Parks we visited

Broomfield Road, with Wallacewell Road on the left

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.

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Sunday 2 March 2025, the GoBike ride – Eastern Parks

Tree-lined road in Glasgow Green


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.

Swans by the banks of Hogganfield Loch

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.

GoBike February Ride, the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly!

Kinning footbridge works

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.

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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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GoBike: a Sunday outing to explore the South-East, 03 November

This ride takes us across the South Side of Glasgow, including checking up on the latest extension of the South City Way, and out to Linn Park.

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Today’s GoBike Ride, Sunday 06 October, a jaunt to the West

Govan-Partick bridge from Govan

Here’s the fascinating route that Andy took us on today:

We went on paths old and new with quite a change in the Paisley area from when we had been there last about two years ago.

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Sunday, 06 October, our first group ride over the new bridge at Govan!

Barshaw Park

October sees us revert to the shorter Sunday morning rides for the winter period, and sees also our first ride over the long-awaited Govan Bridge.

We will start by heading to the bridge at Yorkhill Quay and cross to Govan, though it’s unlikely to be as busy as it was the opening weekend!

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