Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

The last Friday of August will see the latest in our series of sociable, fun, leisurely and law-abiding critical commutes into central Manchester.

GMCC are holding cycle commuting rides into Albert Square (Wednesday St Peter’s Square) on all five weekday mornings of Bike Week. These will be like the regular last Friday of the month rides we organise with Manchester Friends of the Earth/LoveYourBike.
Longer leisure rides are also being organised (see details further down this page).
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Cycle commuters gathered in Manchester’s Albert Square following the “leap day” critical commute.
© Daniel Cadden
They had a simple message…
© Daniel Cadden
Critical commute takes place on the last Friday of the month. It is an ideal way to meet other cyclists and, if you are not already a regular cycle commuter, try it out in [...]

Manchester’s Critical Commute happens on the last Friday of every month. The next one is Friday 29 June 2007.
The idea is to make cycling visible to drivers and demonstrate that it’s a viable way to get around. If you haven’t cycled for a while, it’s a chance to enjoy safety in numbers and learn from [...]

There’ll be a Critical Commute on Friday 27th October at 8.15am starting outside the Withington Library. From here we’ll ride up Oxford Road to the Central Library, at which point there’ll be a press launch of GMCC’s own high visibility gilet.
It’s linked to winter approaching and the clocks going back, days getting duller and evenings [...]