Strathclyde Cycle Campaign
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.
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.
Continue reading “Happy New Year – and please don’t forget Sunday’s ride!”
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.
Continue reading “GoBike: a Sunday outing to explore the South-East, 03 November”
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.
Continue reading “Today’s GoBike Ride, Sunday 06 October, a jaunt to the West”
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!
Continue reading “Sunday, 06 October, our first group ride over the new bridge at Govan!”
Despite the return of winter after the summer we enjoyed yesterday, those of us who ventured out saw this amazing statue from close up:
For more information see: https://www.lightfolio.co.uk/arria
Continue reading “Today’s GoBike ride, new infrastructure, getting up close to Arria and, of course, the Falkirk Wheel”
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.