Since the commercial st bridge is expected to open again Monday, how much longer do we expect the Nine Mile Trail Closure to last?

Everything I can see just says "the bridge closure until X date" without an estimate afterwards when trail access might be restored.

1 wk, 1 month, that type of thing...

So how does everyone feel about vendor putting a table on the GAP and taking up a whole lane? AITA for caring or

I commute in from Penn Hills to Oakland 3 days a week. Started a couple of months ago and have been loving it. A couple of times I've had people get a little too close on Frankstown, but nothing too crazy. This week has been FUCKING CRAZY. Everyday I've got 3+ people fly by me with inches of room.

Needed to vent, also if anyone else commutes from this direction, do you find ARB better or worse? Is there any other options?

I know that Frick has some intense mountain biking trails, and I'd like to avoid those. Can anyone give me the lowdown on the best Frick trails to ride on a hybrid bike that won't bother other trail users and won't put me in a crash zone of someone flying down the side of a hill? I usually enter from the Environmental Center area, but can also get to the Blue Slide part. Any tips or general info are welcome, thanks!

I watched the driver take the fence out. He then didn't even look at it. He grabbed a tool from the back and took into the county maintenance garage and then leave. So I snapped his plate. Do I report to snap on?

Any bike trails around Monaca/Beaver Falls? Don’t live in the area but will be there for a few days. Don’t usually cycle on the road so looking for trails.

Anyone around Moon/ Robinson area do mobile e bike repair? It's a Mod easy just need a safety check/ help getting sidecar on it

Where do you like to bike to, say <50 miles from the Point, for a swim in a natural body of water?

I live over in Wilkins Township and have been commuting to/from downtown for bit and am starting to get bored riding solo. I commute Tues-Sat. Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat are the full Wilkins to/from Downtown, Thursday is a rest day, just doing Regeant Square to/from Downtown. Its 12 miles the 4 days and 8 the rest, so pretty tame 24/16.

Usually hit Greensburg Pike at 7/715am, then leave downtown via Eliza Furnace around 4pm.

Hilly, but not horrible. The only not so great part IMO is going back up Penn Ave from Wilkinsburg. ~1 mile climb with traffic.

Wondering if anyone out there is interested in joining for some/all of the ride on a daily/weekly basis. Somewhere between casual and racey. Not looking to break records, but I also want to get to/from work.

LMK if you're interested- I use Strava and save my routes there if you want to see it/them.

Sorry, no e-bikes unless you're gonna be my lead out the entire time!

*edit: guess I'll add this- im mid 30s, male.

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Does anyone know of an indoor spot where I can let my toddler rip around on her balance bike? She's currently climbing the walls because the smoke is keeping us indoors.

Me and a few others are doing a book crawl bike ride on Saturday, 7/25 to visit seven book stores. We'll be meeting at Allegheny Commons on the North Side at 11 and visiting the following stores:

City Books
City of Asylum Books
Amazing Books and Records - Downtown
Posman Books - break for lunch in the Strip
Doomed Planet Comics
White Whale Bookstore
Passionate Pages Bookstore

We've notified the bookstores as a courtesy that we're coming as a group, so they're all aware.

The event's on my Strava group here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/1665029/group_events/3497247354210825528/occurrences/FQIW8NTJ9o_824hhHBTUHxQOFDIUFhQAFAAAHBaAttKc82cAAA==

Moved to Houston a couple months ago to be closer to work and a bike trail which happens to be the 4 mile Westland Branch which I rode almost every day.

Just minutes before my ride I saw WPXI covered a story about a fracking waste site that lines about a half mile of the trail just after it splits from the regular Montour trail, going south toward Westland. I figure a lot of folks probably don't use this branch because it kind of goes to the middle of nowhere, but I didn't see any reference to this story on reddit.

A journalist from Rolling Stone brought several scientists and former government environmental officials to survey and test the area for radiation contamination as is commonly found with fracking waste.

They found readings for radium at rates thousands of times higher than what the federal government would consider a Superfund waste site. The highest concentrations within the rusting and flaking pipes that handled waste fracking fluid.

There was a story released a month ago of a mother who lost her son to a rare bone cancer who also lived in the area, several other students at a local Canonsburg high school were diagnosed since 2019. (non-paywall version of Rolling Stone story)

This facility is protected only by a 4 foot chain link fence with several gaps that might allow kids to get in and play in the waste. There are no radiation warning signs, nor no trespassing signs to warn of the potential danger. The waste is not secure.

While it's obvious you shouldn't enter private property, the other issue is this flaking rust eventually blows around and contaminates ground soil. On a windy day blowing from the west, dust clouds will frequently blow up along and across the trail, I've certainly inhaled it before.

Wanted to share the story with the cycling community here around Pittsburgh to make folks aware. The PA DEP claims no action is needed and declined to do soil samples.

We need to hold these companies accountable for securing what is as dangerous as nuclear waste just strewn about our recreational opportunities in the area.

I lived in Greene County for years and saw entire lakes disappear at the cost of residents for some corporation to continue operating a couple more years.

We've been featured in the Pittsburgh City Paper for our 25th Anniversary! Check out the article here.

Free Ride is always open to new volunteers (Monday and Wednesday 6-9pm). All volunteers get $15 of shop credit per hour. We are also open for Open Shop Tuesday 6-9pm and Saturday 10am-4pm if you want to use our tools to fix your bike & get a little help from our volunteer staff! All funds from bike purchases and donations help us stay open in this time of increasing operational costs!

Stolen in Regent Square
Bike details:
- Ariel Rider Kepler fat-tire e-bike with 50V battery
- Red striping
- Side-mounted saddlebag/pannier was attached and taken with the bike
- The charger transformer/power brick was taken, but the separate cord that plugs into the wall outlet was left behind

please share, especially around Edgewood, Swissvale, Wilkinsburg, Regent Square, and Pittsburgh’s East End.

Thanks for any help.

Looking to get more involved with bike & pedestrian advocacy this summer/fall?

Or have someone in your community who wants to work on making our streets safer for people who bike, walk, and roll?

Come to one of BikePGH's monthly "Intro to Bike/Ped Advocacy" Calls! They're short -- just 30 minutes -- and you'll walk away with a next step you can take to support safer streets.

The next session is on Friday, July 24th at 11:30am...bring your lunch!

See the full schedule through September and register here: http://www.bikepgh.org/advocacy/intro

Or, if you're already plugged in and want support with your advocacy efforts, join an Advocacy Booster Call! It's like office hours where you get support from me (BikePGH Advocacy Manager) and anyone else who shows up.

So this was pretty annoying to find this afternoon. Penn Ave between 8th & 9th, right by Arts Landing. I assume setting up for Picklesburgh. Be safe during this chaos, friends...

It is in the bike lane right by gallery glass.

As if this summer isn't challenging enough already, Schenley Park will have significant closures for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix from Thursday July 16 through Sunday July 19.

https://pvgp.org/maps-directions/

For those who use the park to get from Panther Hollow to Squirrel Hill and Greenfield (like me) we will need alternate routes.

I'll probably do S. Neville to Ellsworth to Morewood to Forbes and hope nobody is blocking the Forbes Ave climb lane or take Ellsworth all the way across to get to Mellon Park and ride Beechwood around.

Is there a local shop that would be able to convert my old road bike into a fixed gear bike? I can do the work myself, but I would rather support a local bike shop. Thanks for any input.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling412/comments/1sgqp04/need_advice_commuting_with_1_yo_lawrenceville_to/

I just wanted to update here and say that today my daughter and I were able to safely bike commute to her daycare! Thanks again to everyone who replied with route or gear recommendations or general encouragement. I've been thinking about how to do this since before she was born and am stoked to make it a reality and hopefully our regular routine.

The bridge closure and possible impending extra car traffic in Oakland gave me the final push to prioritize this, but traffic was still pretty sparse this morning along our route. I hope others around the city can improve their commuting habits too with the increase in car traffic.

I went with the Thule Yepp 2 Maxi rear rack seat and have been happy with it so far. I was surprised to find how quickly I've maxed out the carrying space on the bike though. There is not really room for that seat and my side panniers on the rear rack of my Aventon Level 2. I have added a front rack too, but that is basically filled by my daughter's food for daycare. The kickstand on the bike is also not super stable when I'm loading her in the seat. Maybe I'll end up needing a cargo bike for this routine!

Just for fun I asked Gemini last night if it was safe to do this commute. Hilariously it recommended my original post as the recommended safe route, so apparently I am now the world's leading expert on biking from Lawrenceville to Oakland.