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Links Worth a Look – September 24th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Boyd & Blair Vodka Distillery | Dave and Dave’s Excellent Blog – Dave and Dave blog about their visit to a Pittsburgh vodka distillery.
  • Pop City – Luke & Eloy Gallery joins Lawrenceville's Butler St. commercial district – New gallery opens in Lawrenceville!
  • Dirt Rag Magazine Blog » Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Seeks New Team – Thanks to Dirt Rag Magazine (based in Pittsburgh but covering biking all over the country and beyond) for posting a link to this amazing job opening! Do you think they want a blogger to come and write about the trip!
  • Apartment reopens! – Normal store hours: Tuesday thru Saturday : 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m..

    It has been near one year since we've been closed our ZETO's Flagship store, "APARTMENT" on East Carson Street.
    Some of you may have noticed the resident artists Brian Holderman's work through Sprout funds project, Three river arts festival, and
    Down town partnership murals etc. and ZETO brand to be discovered in other cities. We've been extended our wings for national distribution
    channel, but we are finally calm and ready to re-connect our favorite clients in Pittsburgh!

    APARTMENT has many new HOT styles (designed by Nami Ogawa made in Pittsburgh) are lined up and offering for 30 – 60% discount price
    from retail price*. You can only find ZETO clothing at APARTMENT in Pittsburgh, and prices are exclusive.

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Wheeling Through History

View of the Senator John Heinz History Center ...Image via Wikipedia This is a steal, maybe I should say steel, of a deal – plus they even have bikes and helmets for you. The Young Preservationists are a great group – looks like an awesome way to spend a Saturday morning in Pittsburgh. I like that they have 3 different tours – a great opportunity to check out a neighborhood that may be new to you.

Young Preservationists Association (YPA) Wheeling Through History bike tours, which take place this Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

There are three tours from which to choose (tour descriptions are at the bottom):

  1. North Side
  2. South Side (with Rivers of Steel)
  3. Strip District-Lawrenceville

Developed by YPA members Lee Ann Antol and David Wohlwill in 2005, YPA’s “Wheeling Through History” Bike Tours feature Pittsburgh neighborhoods, history, and the progressive sport of cycling. YPA will stage these tours on Saturday, September, 20, 2008, in partnership with Venture Outdoors and Rivers of Steel. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is the sponsor. Continue reading →

3rd Annual Mountain Bike Festival

Part of BikeFest 08 is the Mountain Bike Festival organized by PTAG (Pittsburgh Trails Advocacy Group).  The Mountain Bike Festival will be traveling to all of the county parks.  Helmets are required and rides will be about 2 hours.

Mountain Bike Festival
July 4-8, 2008
Click here for full info

  • Friday, July 4 – South Park
  • Saturday, July 5 – North Park
    • Ride and Party
  • Sunday, July 6 – Bavington
  • Monday, July 7 – Boyce
  • Tuesda, July 8 – Hartwood

Post Gazette Article on the Mountain Bike Festival (via BikePGH)

Photo: South Park Ride 2007, PGHmtb on Flickr

Bikes and Beer

Yes, That is a keg in that child carried.  Scott from East End Brewing is very serious about the Pedal Pale Ale.  For the third year in a row they will bike the beer to the tap spot and all bikers get a free beer from the first keg.

If you’re just joining us, here’s how this works: You show up here at the brewery on Friday, May 23rd at 6:30pm (Yes, we’re still open for Growler Hours that day, but I’ll warn you that car parking might be
tight with all the bicycles… nice!), get signed in with someone who looks like they’re in charge, collect your token – a very important step, and be ready to follow the bouncing keg(s) that I’ll be pulling,BY BICYCLE to this year’s mystery tap spot.  We’ll take a low-speed, family friendly, meandering, human-powered, beer delivering, two wheeled tour of Pittsburgh’s greater East End.  Upon our arrival, we’ll get the keg(s) into position, and for everyone who made the trip, the first round of Pedal Pale Ale, from the very first keg of the year, is on me!

Yes, the pace will be gentle.  And no, there won’t be very many hills….need I remind you that I expect to be pulling at least one 160 pound keg of beer behind me.   Besides, I spend all my waking hours brewing these days, which leaves very little time to train for a ride like this. We’ll also be using a much nicer trailer than the  poor thing I dragged along last year – or so the guys at Bike Pittsburgh (www.Bike-Pgh.org) tell me.  Less roadside bungee cord wrangling should be involved this year, and all that time can be better spent with a pint of fresh beer in hand!

Check out the pictures from previous years here:
2006 http://www.eastendbrewing.com/image/tid/18
2007 http://picasaweb.google.com/mike.vindler/PedalPaleAleRide61507 and http://mtnbiker.smugmug.com/gallery/3009403