New Trail!

The GAP trail is open, and all should ride! OBEY!

But seriously, a trail now connects Washington D.C. to the Southside in Pittsburgh; a little fact that would have served my friend and I well when we decided to bike to McKeesport this past weekend.

We left when the sky was gray and mist hung in the air. A perfect day for biking. We raced the whole way out to the industrial abandoned beauty of a town (I find brownfields overtaken by mama nature captivating)and promptly found a dive bar. The ride home would be an easy cruise, although the sun decided to make an appearance by the time the Yuengling hit my brain cells.

While flying through the sketchiest part of the ride, a no-shoulder gem of a highway that connects more fair-weather trails, I felt I could not be peddling much faster. That is exactly when I heard the crash of metal and saw my friend's back tire fishtail in front of me. Gash straight to the tire. No patch kit. No pump. Genius.

Hopping the barrier, we decided to walk to tracks to Southside. Not too far into our haul up the rail we discovered (actually a discovery I can take NO credit for) a trail not 20 from the tracks. After patching the tire with some dolla' billz (because the method is really that badass) we finally made our way home. No better way to celebrate an adventure like that than to bike another 4 miles for Mexican and Avery Brewing Company's Maharajah.

Neglect

Aight yinz...

So I have forsaken my poor baby blog, but all for good cause: BIKE TOUR!
I have so much to share, but I won't wear ya'll out with a huge dialogue. For now, I will simply say this: biked safely from Seattle, up around the Olympic Penninsula, and down to Eugene safely! No serious wrecks.

1st day back in Pittsburgh: doored!

Enjoy the carnage.

-The Velodict