On the first Wednesday of the month, volunteers start from numerous places around the region to help guide new and experienced cyclists along safe routes to the University environs. The rides all join up centrally where you can exchange ideas and hear the latest news, all over free refreshments!
The routes leave at various points meeting up over breakfast from 8:20am until 9am. Click on the nearest route to you to find out more.
If you don't live near a route or wish to cycle your own way to work then you're still welcome to come and join us and have some free refreshments - just pop along!
The next ride is Weds 2nd May 2012 with breakfast at Geoffrey Manton Refectory MMU, which is building no. 8 on this map
Everybody attending also gets entered in to a free raffle
Downloads for display in your coffee room and bike shelter
The rides and breakfast are for all those working or studying at the Higher Education Precinct (HEP), which is made up of The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, The Central Manchester NHS Trust & Royal Northern College of Music.
Our Regular Rides
Our most popular rides are run every month. You can just turn up at any of the pick-up points - most routes now have a map to help show where these are
Cheadle and East Didsbury: leaving Cheadle at 7:55am details
Chorlton via Whalley Range: leaving Chorlton Green at 8am details
Heaton Moor, Levenshulme and Fallowfield: leaving Heaton Moor at 7:45am & Levenshulme at 8am details
Sale Moor: leaving Sale Moor at 7:40am details
Urmston and Old Trafford: leaving Urmston at 8am details
West Didsbury / Withington details
Additional Routes Available Upon Request
Some rides are less popular, for example due to being further away or the route guides frequently have work commitments on the first Weds of the month. The route guides are happy to run these if there's demand. If you are interested please contact us <michael.bane@manchester.ac.uk> by the Monday immediately before the proposed ride and we'll do our best to get somebody to ride with you
Ashton or Uppermill or Stalybridge details
Prestwich /prestwich and Heaton Park /heatonPark
Salford details
Raffle Winners
Recent raffle winners:
- April 2012: Phil Bradbury
- March 2012: Stewart Taylor
- Feb 2012: Justin Hayes
- Jan 2012: Paul Wright
- Dec 2011: Cath Booth (festive fancy dress winner!)
- Dec 2011: Rachel Scott
- Nov 2011: D Hebdon
- Oct 2011: J Brooke
- Sept 2011: L. Hill
- Aug 2011: M. Harris
- July 2011: R Cockcroft
- June 2011: C. Talbot
- May 2011: N. Tragen
- April 2011: D. Dyer
- March 2011: R. Hurst
Want to be a Route Guide?
Contact UMBUG <umbug@manchester.ac.uk>
Being A Route Guide - the rough guide
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