By Marty Levine
Unicycles, tandems and electric-assist bicycles are just some of the styles people can check out at the Try-A-Bike Jamboree, says Scott Bricker, leader of cycling advocates Bike Pittsburgh. And that’s just one of more than 80 events (Bricker says he has lost count) at the 8th annual BikeFest August 5-19 all over the city.

“One of the things we keep hearing from people, especially those who are new to biking, is that they don’t know what type of bike to buy,” Bricker says. The Try-A-Bike Jamboree, Aug. 12 at the Bud Harris Cycling Track (a half-mile loop along Washington Boulevard), will offer a chance also to try mountain bikes, cross bikes (built for racing and the street), commuter bikes, tandem bikes, tall bikes, and cargo bikes.

Some of the activities joining BikeFest are weekly, while others are one-time events new even to the festival this year, and most are free and open to the public. “Part of the fun of Bike Fest is that anyone can put a ride on the schedule,” Bricker says.

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Get ready for BikeFest, a fifteen-day celebration of bicycling, August 5th-19th. The activities kick off with Pedal Pittsburgh on August 5th’ which includes a car-free section and a finish line festival. On August 10th the Bike Fest Party returns to the Pittsburgh Opera in the Strip District.