Explore all of Pittsburgh’s unique splendor with these great rides!

Cobblestones, churches, and city steps. Parks, pools, the Point. A ride through every. single. neighborhood. These #BikefestPGH events will let you see your city as you’ve never seen it before.

Saturday, August 22

Pool Tour 2015
12:45am-5:45pm | Meet: Friendship Ave at Mathilda St
Pools and bikes! Visit the CitiParks outdoor pools in a leisurely fashion. Bloomfield, Southside, and Mt. Washington pools plus the PPG Fountain — then lunch!

GTECH-Two Wheels Lots of Green
2-9pm | Wigle Barrelhouse, 1055 Spring Garden Ave
Join GTECH Strategies at 2PM on Aug. 22 for a guided bike tour of reclaimed vacant lots on PGH’s North Side. Register at gtechstrategies.org.

 

Sunday, August 23

Hello, Hill District! (a/k/a “No Whiners Ride”)
7-8:30am | OTB, 2518 E Carson St
Course of hills in the Hill District. Four times around the course. If you love hills, don’t miss this one!

Forgotten Streets: Hazelwood
9:30am-12pm | Dippy the Dino, 4100 Forbes Ave
Explore abandoned streets and old staircases in Hazelwood for less than 15 miles. This will be a short but challenging ride. Carry your bike up and down staircases as you traverse hills in Hazelwood and Greenfield.

Homestead Church Tour Part III
10am-12pm | OTB, 2518 E Carson St
It’s back! Ride along the trail to visit the unique churches of Homestead. There are 18 churches in a 4 block area.

Allegheny Cemetery Bike Tour
11am-12:30pm | Gate House Entrance, Butler St
Pedal through the rolling hills of Allegheny Cemetery and take in the beautiful landscape on its 300 acres.

Pittsburgh Roubaix
12pm-5pm | Flagstaff Hill, Schenley Park
The Pittsburgh Roubaix Returns!  A competitive checkpoint ride highlighting Pittsburgh’s best cobblestones. Registration is at noon; race starts 1pm.

Climate Crisis Bike Tour of Pittsburgh
12-2:30pm | Schenley Plaza, corner of Forbes at Schenley
Three Rivers Rising Tide leads a tour of Pittsburgh’s worst climate criminals and most exciting projects aimed at slowing the climate crisis. Ride, learn, get involved!

 

Monday, August 24

NorthSideRide
6-7:30pm | The Floral Fountain. Cedar & North Ave
Take a leisurely ride down to the riverfront, up and down the Northside segment of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail and back to Allegheny Commons park. Join us to see the sights!

Frickn’ Ewreck Weekly Ride
6-8:30pm | Beechwood Blvd & Nicholson St (Blue Slide Park in Frick Park)
Celebrate the end of summer in Frick Park on a level 2-3 mountain bike trail ride.

 

Tuesday, August 25

Bike tour: Bridges in the Burgh
5-8pm | PNC Bank building, 500 First Ave
Take a 9-mile tour of Pittsburgh’s bridges! Register with name & phone number to mail@biketheburgh.com.

 

Wednesday, August 26

Carrie Furnace Tour
6-8pm | The Pump House, 880 E Waterfront Dr
Get guided tour of Carrie Furnace site, followed by a happy hour at Blue Dust. Tour limited to 25 people. RSVP by emailing velorevolution@icloud.com.

 

Thursday, August 27

Public Art Bike Tour
6-7pm | Point State Park Fountain
Learn about artwork throughout Downtown, the Strip & Northside on a guided tour with the Office of Public Art!

Trail PGH – North Park Mountain Bike Ride
7-9pm | OTB Boathouse, North Park
Bicycle Cafe North Park – social pace. Bring lights; check Trail Pittsburgh facebook page for route info.

 

Saturday, August 29

The Every Pittsburgh Neighborhood Ride
8am-8pm | Doughboy Square, 34th and Penn
A 72-mile road ride touching all 90 City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods! Upwards of 7,000 feet of climbing! To register, please send an email to Jacob McCrea at jcm250b@juno.net.

It’s a ‘Burgh Thing Bike Ride N’at!
3-5:30pm | Bicycle Heaven, 1800 Preble Ave
Start at Bicycle Heaven Bike Show & Swap. Meet Burgh Man & Snakeguy, visit the Point State Park Fountain & Randyland.   

DISCLAIMER: Bike Pittsburgh assumes no legal responsibility for the events listed. We are merely advertising these events, not organizing them, unless noted in the schedule. If you participate in an event, you do so at your own risk, according to the terms of the event organizer. Discuss any concerns you have with the event organizer, or email us at bikefest@bikepgh.org