Volume 3, Issue 11 – September 24, 2004

“A Newsletter Published by Bike Pittsburgh to establish Pittsburgh as a city that is increasingly safe, accessible, and friendly to bicycle transportation.”

In This Issue:

* Kryptonite U-Lock Alert
* What’s Your ZIP?
* 2nd Annual Haunted Halloween Bike Ride
* A Benefit for The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
* Montour Trail Suffers At Hand Of Ivan
* Upcoming Events

KRYPTONITE U-LOCK ALERT

If you lock your bike with Kryptonite U-Lock, your bike may still be stolen if the thief has a ballpoint pen! This story has been making the rounds via email, and has been verified by several Bike Pittsburgh members. Essentially, the thief can jam part of a ballpoint pen into the lock to make a temporary “key”.

More details including videos, interviews, and tons on links, can be found at: (http://video.bikeforums.net).

Note that just about any U-Lock which utilizes a cylindrical (barrel shaped) key can be opened in this fashion; it is not just Kryptonite locks. Kryptonite has responded with offers of free product exchanges for qualified locks and customers. More information on the Kryptonite exchange program can be found at: (http://www.kryptonitelock.com/inetisscripts/abtinetis.exe/templateform@public?tn=home_home).

WHAT’S YOUR ZIP?

Bike Pittsburgh would like to know where in the Pittsburgh Region “The Bike Pittsburgh Leader” is being read. We’re conducting an informal survey of our readership, and would appreciate it if you would simply reply to this message with your ZIP Code.

Please take a moment and respond! Thank you!

2ND ANNUAL HAUNTED HALLOWEEN BIKE RIDE

This event is sponsored by and benefits Bike Pittsburgh. Join us for the Annual Halloween Haunted Bike Ride! This easy-paced ride will take us all over Pittsburgh to various haunted buildings. We’ll be making plenty of stops to tell stories and give local haunted history. This will be a different ride from last year, so you won’t hear the same ghost stories again! This is a fully supported ride with treats and drinks provided along the way. Participants are encouraged to ride in costume, but please make sure that you wear something that will not get caught in your wheels or chain, and that does not impair your normal field of vision. Helmets are required – but you can always decorate them! This ride benefits Bike Pittsburgh – we’re trying to keep the streets from getting too “scary” when it’s not Halloween. Come out and enjoy a pleasant evening of stories and legend while helping to support an important local cause. Please bring a bike light if you have it; loaners available with advance notice.

To sign up for this event, call Venture Outdoors at: (412) 255-0564.

Event Day: Friday, October 29th
Event Location: Eliza Furnace Trail, Greenfield
Event Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Cost: $20 Bike Pittsburgh & Venture Outdoors Members, $25 All Others

A BENEFIT FOR THE PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Come out and show your support for this important and deserving organization; the event will highlight the Center’s Artist of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year, and benefit the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

This year’s Artist of the Year is internationally acclaimed animator James Duesing. Emerging Artist of the Year is painter Adam Sipe.

When: Thursday, September 30th
When: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: 6300 Fifth Avenue (corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues)
Suggested Donation: $25, (Students $10)

The artists’ work will be available for viewing October 1st through 24th on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Noon until 4:00pm.

MONTOUR TRAIL SUFFERS AT HAND OF IVAN

The following has been provided by the Montour Trail:

Floodwaters from Hurricane Ivan have heavily damaged some sections of the Montour Trail. For the safety of the public, the Montour Trail has been closed from Mile 0 (at Montour Road and Route 51 in Moon Township) to Mile 9.5 at North Star Road in North Fayette Township. The trail is open from mile 9.5 to mile 29 at Hendersonville in Cecil Township except for a 0.4-mile road detour at mile 22. Also open are the previously completed sections in Peters Township, Bethel Park and South Park Township. The inspection of the Large to Clairton section will be completed today.

Volunteer crews spent the weekend assessing damage to the trail. The worst devastation occurred in the lower sections along the Trail’s namesake Montour Run. In Moon, Robinson, and Findlay Townships numerous washouts of several feet deep extend for hundreds of yards. Fortunately, all of the bridges survived, but several cannot be crossed due to large washouts adjacent to them. Damage estimates are being compiled and funding sources are being investigated. Repairs will begin as funding becomes available.

It is hoped that some less damaged sections can be restored and re-opened within a few weeks. Trail re-openings will be announced on the Trail’s website.

“Numerous offers of help have been received from volunteers,” said Dennis Pfeiffer, President of the Montour Trail Council. “Information on volunteer work parties will be posted on the trail website (www.montourtrail.org). Also, monetary donations can be sent to the Montour Trail Council at 304 Hickman St, Suite #3, Bridgeville, PA 15017.”

The second annual Tour the Montour bike ride will be held as scheduled on September 25th. However, the start of the ride has been moved to the Boggs Trailhead at trail mile 11.5. Please see the Trail’s website for more details.

The Montour Trail is one of Western PA’s most heavily used recreational resources, with 39 miles of active trail in use in Allegheny and Washington Counties. When complete, it will extend from Coraopolis to Clairton. It is part of the Great Allegheny Passage network of trails that will connect the Pittsburgh area to Washington, D.C. Additional information about the Montour Trail can be found at: (www.montourtrail.org) or: (412) 257-3011.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Here is a short listing of upcoming cycling events in the Pittsburgh Region. For complete details, visit the Bike Pittsburgh website: www.Bike-Pgh.org and click on the “Events & Activities” section.

September 25th – Bike Maintenance Clinic
October 3rd – Mountain Bike Sojourns
October 3rd – Rail Trails Lite
October 5th – Urban Bike Tour of Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Trails
October 9th – Mountain Bike Sojourns
October 9th – Bike Tour and Train Ride
October 10th – Bike-Kayak Trip: Class II

Post the miles that you ride on the Bike Pittsburgh website in the Community & Classifieds area! Just send us your monthly mileage, and if you want your name to be available as an email link to: miles@Bike-Pgh.org

Become A Member! Bike Pittsburgh is Western Pennsylvania’s only cycling advocacy, awareness, and safety organization. We rely on your support for many of our activities and initiatives. You can help us to continually transform the Pittsburgh Region into a better place to cycle by becoming a Member starting at $25 per year ($15 for Students). With your tax-deductible Membership Donation you will receive a Membership Card good for discounts with participating organizations that share Bike Pittsburgh’s vision, priority invitations and/or discounts to special Bike Pittsburgh-sponsored events, and the satisfaction that you really are helping to make a difference for all of us. For complete details, go to the Bike Pittsburgh website: http://www.Bike-Pgh.org and click on the Become A Member! section.

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