Latest: Ride with us around the Labour Party conference on Monday 22nd September to show your support for #space4cycling. Meet in All Saints Park from 6pm. Printable flyers and more details here. Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign supports the national Space for Cycling campaign and wants everyone to email their local Councillors asking them to pledge support. Please […]
April 14th, 2014 | Filed under Campaign Events,Cycling Infrastructure,Funding For Cycling,Get behind campaigns,GMCC News,Headlines,Speed Limits | Read More »
GMCC’s first social ride of 2014 is on Thursday 17th April, meet in Albert Square from 5.30pm for a 6pm departure. Ride from Manchester city centre… this month we’re heading to Gorton via the Ashton Canal. We’ll stop at the Vale Cottage pub for sustenance, liquid refreshments and plenty of cycling chat! No need to join or […]
March 23rd, 2014 | Filed under Manchester,Shorter Rides,Social Events,Starter Rides,Tameside | Read More »
GMCC holds monthly social bike rides during summertime, usually on the penultimate Thursday of the month. The rides go from Manchester city centre to various destinations around Greater Manchester. Discover pleasant, low traffic routes out of the city, and visit places with scenic, cultural and historical interest. The rides always call at a café, pub […]
March 1st, 2014 | Filed under GMCC News,Headlines,Local Information,Shorter Rides,Social Events,Starter Rides | Read More »
Thanks to everyone who rode, pledged support for or assisted with last night’s #space4cycling ride. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! We were considering having a minute’s silence before the ride set off, in memory of all the people who couldn’t be with us having paid […]
October 1st, 2013 | Filed under .,Campaign Events,GMCC News,Local Information | Read More »
GMCC want as many people as possible to ride with us on our Space for Cycling ride this Monday, 30th September 2013, leaving St Peter’s Square at 6.30pm. We’re meeting from 6pm and there will be no motor traffic so we should have plenty of safe space. We’ll have a Dr Bike available from 6pm if […]
September 27th, 2013 | Filed under Campaign Events,Get behind campaigns,GMCC News,Headlines,Local Information,Sharing Highways | Read More »
Ride with us to show national and local politicians that people want safe space for cycling. UPDATE 1: Please sign our Space for Cycling petition to add your support, even if you’re riding with us too. UPDATE 2: Share our facebook event page and tell people you’ll be riding. UPDATE 3: DIY flyers and new […]
September 15th, 2013 | Filed under Campaign Events,Cycling Infrastructure,GMCC News,Headlines,Local Information,Sharing Highways,Shorter Rides | Read More »
A year to the day since she won gold for Britain in the velodrome, Paralympic cycling champion Dame Sarah Storey DBE launched a ride through Greater Manchester to keep the legacy of London 2012 alive. The ride was part of a 1,000 mile UK-wide cycle tour and series of community festivals called Pedal On UK, […]
September 7th, 2013 | Filed under .,Bury,Distance Rides,Manchester,National Cycle Network,Rochdale,Social Events,Tameside,Trafford | Read More »
Join this family friendly ride on Sunday 16th June from Chorlton Water Park to Reddish Vale and back. The ride is organised by Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign with support from Trafford’s Sustrans Rangers and the Friends of the Fallowfield Loop as part of Bike Week 2013. Join a feeder ride from: 10.10am The Bike Barn, Jackson’s […]
June 13th, 2013 | Filed under Manchester,Shorter Rides,Starter Rides,Stockport,Trafford | Read More »
Join us for GMCC’s May social ride this Thursday, the 23rd. As usual we will depart from Albert Square (1) at 6pm. This month we’re heading along the soon to be transformed Oxford Road (2) passing University Place and UMSU just after 6pm. Then we’ll go through Platt Fields (3) to visit the Envirolution team who […]
May 21st, 2013 | Filed under Rides & Events,Shorter Rides,Social Events,Starter Rides | Read More »
Just imagine! It’s 2020 and many more people are cycling, safely, and cycling more often. But how did we manage to achieve that? Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign is 22 years old. We’ve decided to stop for some refreshment, by holding an Appreciative Inquiry* in May. Assisted by two experienced AI practitioners, we will use the […]
May 7th, 2013 | Filed under Campaign Events,Get behind campaigns,Headlines,Manchester,Policies & Strategies | Read More »