Hi Bob. I'll put in a strong vote for Kindred Cycles on Penn Avenue in the Strip District. Despite the concentration of students and universities there are not the tier of bike shops near campus you'd expect.One was Iron City Bikes on S. Bouquet but have consolidated into their Butler St. location. Catherine and Aaron are top class. Catherine build my Coast rando last year and handled all the custom built frame issues with aplomb. They stock RH tires, fenders, generator hubs, lights, etc. The things that many shops stare back blankly at you when you asked. Looking a little cluttered as they cope with both demand and product availability.
A plethora of cool places to ride and see the city are around here. Where have you explored on you bike so far? One feature of Team Decaf rides is the they are all urban and explore interesting features and make use of the infrastructure you noted. I'm lucky to have both the. coffee. shop and the ride around the corner from me in my neighborhood but as you are probably discovering, they are all fairly proximate and accessible by bike. The kind of town where you see your favorite bike mechanic while you are both walking your dogs. Spring has sprung and I'm getting around on my bike again after shoulder surgery in December. I have puttered around for a few weeks and my legs are coming back, I'm trying not to outrun my upper body conditioning. Back to work tomorrow, hope to get a chance to ride (appropriately distantly) with you while you're in. town. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 3:19:48 PM UTC-4 robert....@gmail.com wrote: > Hi folks! I'm visiting Pittsburgh for a few weeks and I've been enjoying > biking around town on my 62cm Appaloosa. The bike infrastructure here is > world class. If anybody else is interested in the group ride Andy mentioned > above, they're called Team Decaf and you can find them at > https://teamdecaf.tumblr.com — looks like group rides this year start > June 1. > > Anyone have a recommendation for a local bike shop? > > Bob > > On Monday, 22 March 2021 at 07:21:10 UTC-4 ascpgh wrote: > >> Josh, >> >> A riding group in Pittsburgh, although yet to declare a start to the >> usual Tuesday rides beginning in April. They've met at the coffee shop on >> N. Highland Ave. in Highland Park. All sorts and levels of riders. Neither >> a lycra drop ride, nor a tweed, sandal and sock ride either. All of the >> above. The group's been around so long that it's not absurd to be called >> out by bystanders far from the start point as we ride through neighborhoods. >> >> Links to maps of many of the routes in and around town there, length >> varies based on available light from April to end of September. I've >> enjoyed participating in the rides since moving here in 2000 and have been >> on all of the mapped routes. >> >> team-...@googlegroups.com <http://team-de...@googlegroups.com> >> >> Andy Cheatham >> Pittsburgh >> >> On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 2:38:54 PM UTC-4 joshuamarx wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the welcomes! >>> Roberta: bite-sized GAP rides sound like a good idea. My wife and I are >>> thinking of doing a one-night ride on the GAP this summer. I had assumed we >>> would just leave from town and try to make it to Ohiopyle, but maybe we >>> should consider driving out and starting somewhere on the trail rather than >>> spend 1/4 of our miles getting out of town (and familiar miles, at that). >>> I'm sure this group would generate some decent recommendations... >>> >>> Andy: I hope you heal up soon. I've noticed some of your PGH posts in >>> the past, but don't think I have come across you IRL. >>> Josh >>> On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:22:24 PM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: >>> >>>> Welcome Josh, from another orange Rivendell rider in Pittsburgh. I >>>> usually commute year round east end to CHP but have been off all winter >>>> following some non-bike related shoulder surgery. >>>> >>>> I'll contribute to finding some non-commuting rides this spring as I >>>> get back on the bike. It's bountiful and always possible to provide fun >>>> day >>>> or night around here! >>>> >>>> Andy Cheatham >>>> Pittsburgh >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 4:12:27 PM UTC-5 joshuamarx wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello! >>>>> I've been spending time on this group for years, for inspiration and >>>>> information, and for general entertainment. It's high time I join the >>>>> group >>>>> properly so I can contribute every once in a while. >>>>> >>>>> I'm a proud owner of a 60cm 1st gen (I think) Cheviot, and a 59 cm MIT >>>>> Atlantis--one of the demo completes that Riv sold a while back. Links to >>>>> pictures are below (crossing my fingers that they come through properly). >>>>> >>>>> Pre-COVID, 99% of my riding was commuting (downtown Pittsburgh) and >>>>> errand running. The non-commuting of COVID has really cut into my bike >>>>> time--I may need to figure out how to work recreational rides into my >>>>> life >>>>> this spring! >>>>> Best, >>>>> Josh >>>>> >>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N8pdNanpBNGSY7fOQjHTdaXfIaXPgwP7/view?usp=sharing >>>>> >>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eghSVYdTjSB2zc3nzY9X8cz8dgQvIbLl/view?usp=sharing >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/71e8a593-d5d3-474d-b1cb-4c1182a9ccb3n%40googlegroups.com.
