I want to ride my bicycle
The UCI World Cycling Championships came to Glasgow in August and unleashed a wave of biking fever among both city residents and those further afield. We know many of you love your bicycles, whether you use them for work, fitness or fun, so we asked you to submit your favourite pics of you and your wheels. Happy cycling!
Caroline Booth (MA 1996) and bike ready to collect the day’s fresh bread products on a trip to Dunkerque.
Cat McBride (MBChB 2017) and Alice Fuller (BA (SocSci) 2018) ‘bikepacked’ from Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands to Meanach Bothy. After an overnight snowstorm, they managed to make it to the remote Corrour Station in time to catch the last train home.
Despite the balmy summer setting, Vincent Savage (BSc 1996) was clearly thinking ahead to December and a more festive occasion.
Alumni Officer Angharad Jones (LLB 2014), who commutes to work on two wheels, passes the beautiful floral displays at Gilmorehill.
Avenue Editor and keen cyclist Jennifer Baird (MA 1996) enjoyed some absorbing reading material at the heart of our new Western campus.
Catherine Williamson (MA 2003, PGDE 2022) says the Uni tower is just visible from her Southside of Glasgow viewpoint, along with the Campsie Fells and Ben Lomond in the distance.
Though she might not always dress to match her bike, Heather Laithwaite (DClinPsy 2002, PhD 2010) was coordinating in style this day.
Dave Mackin (BSc 1995) and son Isaac took to the cycle paths of a holiday destination where labouring up hills is not a problem … the Netherlands!
Rescuing this retro racer from a skip and refurbishing it to its former glory provided hours of fun for Mark Barbieri (MA 1994).