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Hot Metal is here!
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November 2007
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Reach thousands of bicyclists in and around the city by advertising with Bike Pittsburgh. Contact info@bike-pgh.org for info on rates.
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Hot Metal Bridge Grand Opening
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Come Celebrate the long awaited car-free crossing!
 Come ride your bike across the brand new bridge that will connect the South Side trail to the Eliza Furnace Trail and serve as a key connection to the Great Allegheny Passage! There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and a celebratory walk and ride over the bridge and to REI where guests are invited for coffee and hot chocolate. When: Wed. November 28, 12:00 noon Where: Hot Metal Bridge, Second Ave side *While we're on the subject of bridges, be sure to check out the brand new buffered bike lanes on the Birmingham Bridge and the new bike/ped sidewalk on the 31st Street Bridge that just opened last week! |
Free Ride Holiday Bike Build-a-thon
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Help build bikes for the needy
 Come help Free Ride build bikes for children this holiday season for our annual give away.
All experience levels welcome.
Volunteers will be tuning up bikes at our shop.
Snacks will be provided.
Dress warm as the warehouse is a bit cold.
There are two opportunities to help:
Sun Dec 2, 1pm-6pm
Wed Dec 5, 5pm-10pm
Questions?:
freeride@bike-pgh.org
www.freeridepgh.org 214 N. Lexington St. (inside Construction Junction) Point Breeze |
| Give the Gift of Cycling this Holiday Season |
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Need some unique gift ideas for that cyclist in your life?
Check out the Bike Pittsburgh Website!
What better gift is there for a cyclist than the gift of safe cycling? Bike Pittsburgh offers a Gift Membership that not only helps support our work of making the streets safer, but will give your favorite cyclist discounts at most local bike shops. After becoming a member, just send along an email to membership@bike-pgh.org with the giftee's name, address, email, and phone number if you've got it. We'll get the membership to them before the holidays, and we'll even include a card that it's from you!  Also, don't forget to check out our Gear Section. Inside you'll find some classy looking Bike Pittsburgh Shirts as well as links to locally made (sometimes handmade) cycling goods and gear.
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Dirty Dozen 2007
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129 riders competed this year!
Pittsburgh's legendary Dirty Dozen bike race up the thirteen steepest hills took place last weekend. One of the hills includes Canton Ave, arguably the steepest street in the world at 37% grade.
Congrats to Steevo Cummings (our T-shirt model at the end of this email) for finishing in first for the fourth year in a row!
Check out some of Brad Quartuccio's photos of the race here.
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Make a Statement in a BikePGH T-shirt!
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 Front: Logo, city-scape, and "bicycle advocacy, safety, and community" Back: 3 Rivers, 2 Wheels, 1 Voice! with our website We have every size available from Youth Large to Men's XL. Price is $12 + shipping Also, we only have a couple dozen BikeFest '07 T's left. Sale price of $8 + shipping. Can't beat that! Sizes are limited so order today!
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Logging Your Bicycling Complaints is as Easy as 3-1-1
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Non-emergency Response Line is a great way to make your bicycling concerns known
Always have to swerve to avoid that dangerous pothole? Cars going way too fast on a certain stretch of road? Is the lack of a safe on-street connection into Oakland from Downtown getting you down? Call 311!
311 isn't a magic bullet, but it does create a paper trail and complaints will get sent to the appropriate department to be addressed. It's easy, and only takes a minute of your time. Personally, we've had a decent amount of success with 3-1-1 especially getting dangerous potholes repaired and having debris removed from trails. If you want to go the extra mile and you have a specific need that should be addressed in the neighborhood in which you live, don't be shy - Contact your Councilperson.
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Pittsburgh Cycling Calendar of Events
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All Things Cycling and More!
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to view our full calendar of events. For
details click on the individual events. Our calendar is syndicated so
be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed. If you have a Google Calendar you can also subscribe to our events listing.
If you have a
bike event you'd like to submit, just email us at submit@bike-pgh.org.
Be sure to answer all the typical questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how much.
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Bike Rides:
If you're looking for some fun and easy rides in the city, be sure to
check out Team Decaf (every Tuesday evening) or Team Caffeine
for some more intense riding (every Thursday evening). Both rides leave
from Enrico's Tazza D'Oro Cafe at 1125 N. Highland Avenue in Highland
Park at 6:15pm sharp. For more information please contact John
Strait. Every Friday a group leaves from Pittsburgh Pro at 6:15PM: confirm with JasonMore rides can be found at WPW, P.O.R.C., and Venture Outdoors. Or schedule your own ride with folks on our Ride Board.
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Wish List
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40G ATA hard drive - we have an old Mac at the office that's a bit sluggish and could use a new hard drive. If you can donate one, please email david@bike-pgh.org. David will be doing the installation. Thanks!
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Meet local cyclists, ask questions, schedule rides!
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Get linked in with Pittsburgh cycling using our online forums!
Ask bike or commuting related questions, find out about Pittsburgh cycling events, meet other cyclists, peddle your wares, or just hang out and have a laugh on the Bike Pittsburgh Forums.
It's FREE, fun, and a great way to get involved.
Click here to get connected today!
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Become a Member of Bike Pittsburgh
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 Invest in Your Community!
Imagine Pittsburgh as a city where the choice to ride a bike is an
easy one. A vibrant city where the roads are less congested, the air is
cleaner, and folks are healthier. A place where we can all safely get
to work and the grocery store while burning calories not fossil fuels.
Bike Pittsburgh works every day on behalf of our members to make to
make this vision a reality. Invest in your community - become a member
today!
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Every cyclist knows at least one other person who rides. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to get involved with Bike Pittsburgh by scrolling to the bottom of this email and clicking the "Forward email" link. Once your friends receive the forwarded eMessenger they can easily subscribe by clicking the "Join our mailing list" button on the left side of the email.
The eMessenger is THE best way to find out about local cycling events,
and opportunities to make the Pittsburgh region a safer, better place
to ride.
Thanks for helping to spread the word!
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Bike Pittsburgh gratefully acknowledges the
Richard King Mellon Foundation and the Heinz Endowments for their generous support.
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