Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

The new CycleGM route maps which replaced the old CycleCity Guides map, have been “temporarily” unavailable for some time now because two copyright disputes have still not been sorted out.
Meanwhile criticism of the maps has been growing steadily. We commented before on some pretty significant ommissions - Irlam lock and the Gorsey Bank Bridge - [...]

The GMPTE is proposing changes in parking and cycling provision for Upper Chorlton Road and Brooks’s Bar Junction.

Upper Chorlton Road is used by large numbers of cyclists, particularly in the morning and afternoon peak periods and Brooks’s Bar is one of the busiest junctions in the area. You can comment on the proposals here.

This is Irlam Lock, a very convenient passage for walkers and cyclists who want to cross the Manchester Ship Canal between Salford and Trafford.

Unfortunately, like the Gorsey Bank Bridge, Irlam Lock hasn’t made it onto the council produced CycleGM maps.

Why this is we don’t know, and the omissions don’t end here… (to be continued).

Much publicity has been given to the new CycleGM route maps that replace the old CycleCity Guides map, which is now out of print.
The new ones are free, and can also be downloaded as pdfs.
But some riders have queried whether they are an adequate replacement for the original CycleCity Guides map. Though they are more [...]