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The 33rd Annual Dirty Dozen Bicycle Race is Saturday

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Just a quick reminder that the annual Dirty Dozen bike race is Saturday, November 28, 2015.  Cyclists pedal around the city and tackle 13 of the steepest hills. It is an exciting race to watch. If you go, please be very careful and stay out of the way of cyclists and support vehicles. It is best to go to a hill way ahead of the pack, park out of the way and wait. I wouldn’t plan on trying to drive to all of the hills. Pick one to start and then skip the next few and head to another hill.… Read the rest

The Hills Are Alive…

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Image via Wikipedia not with the sound of music, but with the sound of cyclists and Rick Sebak brought some video cameras along.  Tonight (Wednesday, January 26) and I am sure many other times because these things do get repeated – Rick Sebak’s show Its Pittsburgh takes a look at The Dirty Dozen.  The Dirty Dozen is an “unofficial” bicycle race that goes something like 58 miles up and down 13 of the steepest streets in Pittsburgh, including Canton Avenue, arguably the steepest public street in the world). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ7akznx-p8[/youtube] Make sure you check out the The Dirty Dozen website here… Read the rest

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