Bike and Dine Thursday, August 20, 2014 starting at the Millvale Pavilion at 6:30 PM

Don’t forget that our next ride is this Thursday, August 21, 2014 meet at the Millvale Riverfront Park Pavilion. We will start our ride at 6: 30 PM riding down along the river past Heinz Stadium and PNC Park to the old penitentiary (SCI) and then over to The Point and back. The distance is approximately 13 miles round trip and should take us about 1.5 hours.

You have the option to to do a shorter distance if you want - just let me know before we start riding. This trail is paved almost the entire way and is easy riding. If you are interested in the route you can view a previous ride here.

After the ride we will be heading to Subway at 124 Grant Ave. in Millvale for dinner. Don't forget your bicycle lock if you plan on joining us for dinner.

 

This is our last scheduled Bike and Dine for this bicycling season. If you haven’t ridden a Bike and Dine now is your last chance.

Panhandle Trail Ride Saturday, August 16, 2013 at 3 PM.

Saturday August 16 we will be riding the Panhandle Trail beginning at 3 PM. We will meet at the Walkers Mill Road parking area. To get there from Pittsburgh take I-376 South and take exit 64A to I-79 South (toward Washington, PA). Take exit 57 which is the Carnegie exit. At the bottom of the exit turn right and go approximately 1.5 miles until you will see a small sign for the Panhandle trail parking at Walkers Mill Rd. Turn left and go approximately .1 miles until you see the parking areas on the left and right hand side of the road. From the Fort Pitt tunnel it should take you about 15 minutes. From RCC in Oakmont allow about 40 minutes.

This trail has some areas with picnic tables and portable toilets along the way but as always bring plenty of water and any snacks you may want. We are planning on riding to Burgettstown and back for a total of 34 miles round trip. You can ride more or less miles just make sure the ride leader knows if you are going farther or shorter than the group. More details on what there is along the trail by following this link (will open a PDF trail millage chart).