2-Wheel'd Freakz -- 2008

Mountain Biking Weekends

Although this group is ‘roadie’ dominated, I’d like to invite everyone to mountain bike rides. You never know who might want to explore their adventurous-side. Both road and mountain riding have it’s own lure. I originally resisted road-biking in order to be a pure mountain biker, but the two compliment each other completely. The road bike allows you to get more miles in with no wasted drive time, and increase your endurance. Road biking has an uninterrupted cadence and flow. Mountain biking has all the elements: mud, rocks, roots, logs, switch-backs, and water-crossings.

Sunday rides might be best so they don’t conflict with the “Crack O’ Dawn” rides. There are many locations to choose. Most are 45 min. – 1 hr. away. Kennerdell is very scenic and the trails are never ending. Moraine has some good technical sections, great flow, and you can go for a swim afterwards on hot days. There are a variety of great trails around Pittsburgh including Brady’s, Hartwood, Schenely and Apollo.

It’s nice to get an early start. With drive time, parking-lot time, and ride time, you are looking at 4-6 hours. We can set a departure location and time in order to share rides. If you have an interest, you can e-mail me at paula_bittler@hermitage.k12.pa.us. As with road riding, everyone is very thoughtful and groups make ‘check points’ to collect and check on everyone. There are a few riders outside of our area that are interested in getting together. If we have enough interest and variety of ability levels, we can branch into two groups.