GMCC’s Secretary and freelance photographer reports back from Manchester’s 2nd Space for Cycling ride… Campaigning is often about writing and meetings and responses to consultations and blogging and phoning up people and emailing and back to meeting… but its essence is to have a vision of what the world could be like and finding ways of sharing […]
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 […]
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 […]
TfGM commissioned JMP & Transport Initiatives “to undertake a study into the potential feasibility of introducing a public bicycle sharing scheme into the Greater Manchester area” TfGM_Cycle_Hire_Study.pdf (101pp, 3.3MB)
Register with Brompton Dock for just £1 and get three days of free cycle hire. Brompton Dock – handily located just outside Manchester Piccadilly train station – offers residents, commuters and visitors the chance to explore Manchester on an iconic Brompton folding bicycle. Cycle the city in maximum style with minimum expense – this special […]
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 […]
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 […]
GMCC’s first social ride of 2013 is on Thursday 21st March, meet in Albert Square at 6pm. 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 sign up, just turn […]
This year’s Bike Week runs from 16-24 June 2012, see the calendar on the right for details of local events. Last weekend saw a group of us visit MoSI on Saturday for their Bike Picnic social event, and then we went for a gentle Tweed Ride around Salford and Manchester. On Sunday the annual Mersey […]
Join this family friendly ride on Sunday 17th June from Sale and Chorlton Water Parks 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 2012 and the 2012 Summer of Cycling. Start locations […]
