Gallus Pedals

13/08/2024

Delighted to be featured in The Herald as part of them showcasing the coolest (our word!) and most unusual things to do in Summer in Scotland 😄

Love the article

02/07/2024

Love this shot of the Tall Ship!

28/06/2024

Was so much fun taking out a group from the Media Getaway organised by . These guys are all travel professionals and we like to think we've maybe inspired another trip to Glasgow from some of them 😀

                             

26/06/2024

Got a peak inside the stunning city chambers as part of the Civic Reception for the Media Getaway - every bit as stunning as I'd heard. Got to head along to .glasgow to hear about their amazing journey befire finishing off with some food 😋

13/05/2024

We love groups with a mix of nationalities!

Germany, Canada, Iceland and Scotland 🤝!

All enjoying Glasgow by bike with the most classic day of Glasgow weather: when you start off with a scarf and end up using sunblock!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📣: "Great day out, really informative and enjoyable !"
🇮🇸📣: "This was a fantastic way to discover Glasgow. The guide was great. Highly recommended!"
🇩🇪 📣: "We enjoined a great biking tour today. Cycling round the city is such a nice way to see a lot of beautiful places while learning interesting facts and hearing stories about Glasgow"
🇨🇦📣: "Wonderful tour - My friend and I booked the bike tour to maximize our sightseeing in Glasgow for the short amount of time we were there. It did not disappoint! We saw some great sites and learned a lot as well! Staff at Gallus Pedals are very kind, professional, accommodating and knowledgeable. They have a great admiration for their city and it shows in how they give the tour! Highly recommend you check out Gallus Pedals when you next find yourself in Glasgow!"

Thank you!

10/05/2024

We're loving combining our brand new ebike tours with a visit to the wonderful - of course we're biased but combining some exercise, some cycling round the city with some social history and a wee dram or 4 is a great way to spend your day!

Thank you to Anthony from Adelaide for his fantastic testimonial! More than welcome back any time!

"Gorgeous Glasgow in a nutshell - This E-bike tour of Glasgow including Whisky tasting was a highlight of my recent visit to Scotland. My guide, from Gallus Pedals was great fun and full of knowledge and background insights into Glasgow past and present. We covered a lot of ground from the very gentrified West-side with Glasgow University and the beautiful River Kelvin precinct , along Clydebank with its shipbuilding history and modern entertainments through to the grittier industrial background of the east-side. To finish off we dropped in for an informative look at whisky production and a few wee-drams at the Clydeside Distillery. As an e-bike was provided, pedalling up hills was easy for an older bloke like me. Thanks for a fabulous view of Glasgow."

08/05/2024

👋 A big welcome and well done to our new guide Conor!

🚀 Launching our new Private Electric Bike Tours of Glasgow in some style with a 5 star review from his first tour 💪

"An excellent experience with Gallus pedals rep Conor. Conor made sure that he explained in detail all that he showed us besides explaining all our doubts. He showed us photos of the places we were visiting way back in early 1930s and correlated with the present. That was amazing. The e-bikes were good to ride on as first timers. Overall the experience was excellent."

And yep, we recommend that all guests from now on dress in red as it looks fantastic in pics.

Thank you to Rekha and Sai for joining us - safe travels back to India!

05/05/2024

Hi folks,

On the hunt for some more staff - a bike tour mechanic and some friendly, outgoing people who want to works as a tour guide and can speak other languages - Spanish, German, French or Dutch all of interest!

Feel free to tag anyone who may be interested or send us a message if you're keen to discuss it!

04/05/2024

We had 2 lovely couples from Holland over recently visiting Glasgow for the Simple Minds gig - thanks for coming on tour with us and glad you guys loved your time in Glasgow!

Great feedback too!

"I cannot recommend this bike tour enough. Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist or a casual rider, it’s the perfect way to experience Glasgow from a unique and exhilarating perspective. With a knowledgeable guide breathtaking scenery, and unforgettable memories waiting around every corner, this tour is truly a must-do for anyone visiting the vibrant city of Glasgow"

😍

25/04/2024

Whilst we are loving the sunshine of the past week, one thing that we do particularly well is finding nice cosy spots across the city to get warm in...and on this day, we needed it!

Here, our lovely guests from Barcelona got their first taste of haggis in . We told them it's a bit like morcilla (black pudding) but didn't encourage any more questions :)

We did this in 100% fluent Spanglish - we'll be launching some foreign language tours soon!

12/04/2024

Taking some time out to visit the fantastic - one of the longest running bike tour companies in Europe - on the go since 1991 !

Thanks to founder Rob from for giving me a tour of their place, and walking me through some of their day to day operations!

02/04/2024

Any interest in combining a whisky tasting with some tour activities? Then now you can! Get in touch if you're interested or check out our website.

We've teamed up with the great team at Clydeside Distillery so you can get an amazing tour of Glasgow and a local whisky distillery.

31/03/2024

Hey folks, we're hiring :)

We're looking for fun, energetic people who love meeting people and would love to show people round Glasgow. If interested, check out our website and send your CV to our contact email.

29/03/2024

The beauty of a private tour is you can customize the tour to how you like it (within reason and with due notice!). One of the places Zarina wanted to visit was Celtic Park, so we could accommodate that.

Thanks to for the nice review and the thank you card - that's out first and will soon be going up on our wall!

27/03/2024

Finally got round to revisiting the fantastic , if you haven't been there then yet then you definitely should! Great to learn about the life story of Kate Cranston and a great selection of teas on offer too!

25/03/2024

Happy to say that our lovely guests from Philadelphia chose to celebrate their birthday with us 🙂

And after a few miles on the clock, they could guilt-free enjoy a little birthday doughnut from .

22/03/2024

1 month from meeting up with some of the best bike tour operators out there!

Delighted to represent Glasgow as part of

This resulted in a huge list of ideas bit what a network to help prioritise it! And a good excuse to go.and visit some places too :)

26/02/2024

Delighted to kick off the cycling season with an announcement - we'll soon be able to offer electric bike tours :)

Looking forward to working with Decathlon UK in the future.

We're finally looking forward to tackling some of Glasgow's hills - we've only done the baby ones thus far.

Any hills we should test these out on?

22/12/2023

23/10/2023

Definitely worth a screenshot in case the algorithm changes :)

It's been tough but we're finally making some progress! 🌍🥇

Thanks to lots of advice, guidance and hard work, Gallus Pedals is now the top outdoor activity on Tripadvisor in Glasgow 🌟

Most importantly, thank you to the fantastic guests we've had along the way who have helped shape our tours one pedal at a time and also, very kindly write some fantastic reviews!

We're excited to be working with a top team of Tour Guides too who can't wait to share their unique perspective son Glasgow in our tours - will introduce the team soon!

13/10/2023

We love showing people how great Glasgow is 😊

Delighted to partner with University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School () to show new students the highlights of Glasgow and how bike really is the best way of getting around this dear green place.

Special thanks to our top team of Ruairi and Nick for putting on a show 👏

21/09/2023

That's right folks - we're pedalling right throughout the next few months :)

Today was the perfect day to get on the bike too.

Thanks to Dominique for delivering an amazing tour of Glasgow to our guests from Norway and New York (great to meet you .ster!)

14/09/2023

Got to take our hats off to our recent guests from Frankfurt 🇩🇪

As teenagers these guys had helped to build a boat in their friends' back yard and now years later (not toooo many!) they all get together to take the same boat sailing round the beautiful Hebridean Islands of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

They also completed what is in our view the perfect Glasgow hat trick for visitors and locals alike - bike tour, great food and pints!

Food and pints supplied by Miller and Carter and The Park Bar!

04/09/2023

Our first team away day with some of the guys from in Glasgow, before finishing up with some beer and oysters at Whistler on the Green

Whether you're looking for a unique team-building activity, a corporate wellness program, or simply a memorable day out with your colleagues, our Corporate Bike Tour Packages have you covered.

"Big thanks to Gallus Pedals for hosting the team on a cycling tour of Glasgow on Friday afternoon. It was a fantastic to learn more about the history of the city and the buildings we see every day not to mention the stunning murals throughout the East End of the city. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an alternative team day out!"

24/08/2023

Belated (1 month to the day) to one of our lovely guests on tour, choosing to spend his big day on a bike tour with his family (and some other guests too).

We may be biased but we think this is the kind of thing that your Dad, Mum, Brother, Sister or loved one would really appreciate :)

18/08/2023

Loved taking on tour the family behind the fantastic and chat about adventure tours, cycling tours, mountain biking and adrenaline sports in Costa Rica. And no, we couldn't resist mentioning Italia 90 and - we play to our strengths!

Of all the great on shore excursions you can do when your ship docks in Greenock / Glasgow - we're delighted you guys chose us.

Nice view of the in the background too.

11/08/2023

We had the pleasure of doing a quick cycle tour of some of the best sights in Glasgow and Sandy / .pilates today. 

We spoke about how Glasgow was formed, how it developed, famous Glaswegians, general life in Glasgow, and of course, some of the large sporting events held in the city. 

As ever, we aim to 'make locals feel like tourists and tourists feel like locals' - all from the comfort of our reconditioned ex post office bikes...however we love giving visitors a different perspective of Glasgow and shining a light on some of the really great aspects of the city. 

Not that you guys need it, but good luck for the rest of the ,   , and your next project.

08/08/2023

Nice human staircase on show :)

One benefit of cycling during the is that many of the usual haunts are nice and quiet :)

It's always a pleasure getting to know our bike tour guests but loved hearing about 's various novels - adding them to the list!

06/08/2023

How 'Big Rachel' stopped The Partick Riots on this day in 1875!

Pipe-smoking Rachel Hamilton (1829-1899) was born in Ireland but later settled in Partick.

At 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall and weighing around 17 st (110 kg), she was known as 'Big Rachel'! She held a variety of jobs considered unusual for women at the time, including working as a labourer in Tod and Macgregor's shipyard, as a forewoman navvy in the brickworks at Jordanhill, and as a farm labourer in Anniesland. When the Partick Riots broke out in 1875, Rachel was one of around 30 locals sworn in by Partick Police as Special Constables to help drive the rioters back.

Events started on 6th August, the centenary of Daniel O’Connel’s birth. He was a legendary Irish political leader who had been instrumental in the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829. The Irish community staged a rally on Glasgow Green and a march to Partick. A large crowd, including supporters of the Orange Lodge, formed to protest. Three days of rioting followed. However, once Rachel and the other Special Constables were recruited, they proved terrifying enough to drive the mob back towards the city centre and the violence dissipated.

Big Rachel’s reputation in this episode lived on even after her death in 1899 – aged 70 at a time when the life expectancy of working-class women wasn't much beyond 50.

She was honoured in a 2022 with a mural on Purdon Street, next to Partick Library, which depicts a towering woman surrounded by bright flowers and lush greenery. Artist Molly Hankinson explained that she had two women in mind from Partick past and present: Big Rachel and Margaret Thomson who used to run the ukulele club in the Partick Annexe. Hankinson said it was a “nice way of subtly paying homage to these women”

We think her life is such a fascinating story that whenever we need to use some of the larger bikes within our fleet for one of our bike tours - we get to relay some of the stories behind Big Rachel!

Thanks to Marsch at Glasgow for researching and writing our blog!

05/08/2023

Was a wee bit nervous about taking guests out today with all the road closures for however it actually works out pretty well once you know the spots where you can cross the road route. Looking forward to catching some of the action even closer up than this pic - you can just about make out one of the riders as he's whizzing past. Reckon we've found the perfect spot and perhaps more importantly, a friendly steward :)