Join Station South and partners for a ride to remember to Celebrate International Women’s Day in cycling style!

For the second year in a row, Station South is collaborating with some of Manchester’s fantastic women-led cycling communities: Bee Pedal Ready, Bird Outdoors, Lady Pedal and Moston Cycling Club, Joyriders, Al-Hilal Communities, and Manley Bike Train.

Each group will be setting off from their Manchester base for a short ‘host’ ride to meet at the Pankhurst Statue in the city centre. From there, we head around town together… and celebrate: on wheels!

The Main Ride will consist of all the host rides joining together as one, where we will weave around the City Centre taking in a park or two and ending at the very special Victoria Baths for a post-ride celebration hang out and [free!] refreshments.

Find out more information about the events, and the host rides here.

Make sure to check out the information to confirm where the rides start from and book your ticket accordingly, however, if you’d prefer to – feel free just to meet us in town [check out ‘Main Ride’ tickets].

Don’t own a bike or can’t ride and want to join? Check our the FAQs here. 

Are you a female cycling group or individual and fancy getting involved?

Drop Anna a line : community@stationsouth.co.uk or Belinda : beepedalready@gmail.com

RIDE INFORMATION

Main Rides

Note : if you’re booked onto a host ride, you don’t need to book tickets to the Main Ride as well

> When : 3rd March 2024

> Distance / Terrain : 5 miles / 7 km : all flat, with some traffic.The route is completely accessible for trikes and adapted bikes.

> Speed : Very much unpaced / chilled / let’s ride together

> Route : City Centre Loop

> What to bring: Water / snacks / bike lock

> Fun things if you fancy : Wear colourful or sparkly clothes if you have any / flags / speakers / noise making things / we’re thinking party on wheels a.k.a. anything goes

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Host Rides

Please note, most of the host rides are offering a return ride back to each starting point after our post-ride celebration hang out, these will be leaving at 3.30pm to return to the various destinations. Check individual rides for details.

Ride 1 : JoyRiders Manchester [Longford Park]

> Meeting point : Longford Park Cafe, Caffeine & Co

> Time : 11am

> Route : Longford Park – Manchester Road – Upper Chorlton Road – Old Birley Street – Oxford Road – City Centre

> Distance : 4 miles / 6.5 km

[No return ride to Longford Park]

>Ride Leaders : Samina + Felicity

Ride 2 : Bee Pedal Ready [Whalley Range]

> Meet : The Pavillion Cafe, in Alexandra Park

> Time : 10.30am

> Route : Alexandra Park- Chichester Road – Bonsall Street- Oxford Rd- St Peters Square

> Distance : 3 miles

> Ride Leaders : Belinda, Sabina Sloman + Bea

Ride 3 : with Station South [Levenshulme]

> Meet : Station South Benches

> Time : 10.30am

> Route : Station South – Fallowfield Loop – Platt Fields Park – Whitworth Park – City Centre

> Distance : 4.5 miles / 7.5 km

> Ride Leaders : Anna + Sarah

Ride 4 : with Bird Outdoors [Altrincham]

> Meet : Kickback Coffee, Bridgewater canal, Altrincham

> Time : 9:30 for coffee 10:00 to leave

> Route : Bridgewater Canal – Hulme – City Centre

> Distance: 8 Miles / 13km

> Ride Leaders: Hannah +Becky

Ride 5: Moston Cycle Club [Moston]

> Meet : Grass Roots Oldham Women’s (GROW) Enterprise

> Time : 10 am

> Route : Moston – Clayton Vale – Etihad Stadium – Ashton Canal – City Centre

> Rough distance : 11.4 miles / 18 km [round trip]

> Names of Ride Leaders : Marina, Hong and Sue

Ride 6 : with Lady Pedal [Chorlton]

> Meet : Chorlton Park – next to the car park off Nell Lane

> Time : 10.30am

> Distance : 4 miles / 6.5km

> Route : St Werburgh’s Rd – Whalley Range – Hulme – City Centre

> Ride Leaders : Hannah, Beth, Hannah Milton + Maria

Ride 7 : with Manley Bike Train [Whalley Range]

> Meet: Manley Park, M16 0AG, (by the entrance York Ave corner w/ Alport Avenue)

> Time: 10:30 to leave by 11

> Route: Whalley Range – Hulme – City Centre

> Distance: 3 miles / 4.8km

> Ride Leaders: Gosia, Cath + Lucy

Ride 8 : with Al-Hilal Communities

> Meet : Cheetwood (Unity Community PS)

> Time : 10:30am

> Route : Cheetwood to City Centre

> Distance : 2.5miles

> Ride Leaders : Naz + Fithawit

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>> Friendly Notice! If you book on but for whatever reason cannot make it, we would appreciate as much notice as possible so we can open the ride back up to others waiting. You can cancel your place directly via EventBrite. The rides are free to you [hooray!] but come with cost and planning from our end so we want to make sure all the places are taken and enjoyed.. Thank you!

>> All riders must cycle responsibly + take their own safety as well as others into account when making decisions on the road.

>> This ride is not suitable for beginners as we will be riding on roads, with traffic and in a tight group.