Bethel Park native, Kati Lightholder, co-hosts Season One of Pedal America. Photo: Tribune-Review
Season one features spot on Raystown Lake, other cities and airs locally on WQED
By Bob Karlovitz
Kati Lightholder knows the easy way to take a bicycle trip across America.
No pedaling over the Rockies or across sun-drenched plains — the best way is to drive into seven cities coast-to-coast and settle down with the bicycle culture there.
“We spend a week in each one and find out the best places to bike, shop and eat,” says Lightholder, a Bethel Park native who is shaping the early days of her acting and film career in the Pittsburgh area. She and her husband, Blake, live in Imperial.
Her show, “Pedal America,” distributed by American Public Television, airs on WQED-TV’s 13.2 high-definition channel among other Public Broadcasting System channels.
One of the towns she and co-host Ira David Levy visit is Huntingdon County’s Raystown Lake. It seems to be vastly outsized by Chicago, Austin, or Savannah, Ga.
“It’s the Allegrippis Mountain Bike Trail,” she says of the reason for the visit.
“It’s a great trail, made by mountainbikers for mountainbikers.”
Read the Full article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Be sure to check out:
Episode #102 — “In Search of the Raystown Ray” – Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania
Learn the story of The Allegrippis Trail System at Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania as Ira David introduces mountain biking to beginners while hoping to catch a glimpse of this town’s version of the Loch Ness Monster.
See the Pedal America website for episode descriptions
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