The Western PA Bicycle Club (Wheelmen) joins with over 500 other bicycle clubs and over 400 advocacy organizations annually via the League of American Bicyclists in a pooled insurance buy of general liability and accidental medical insurance insurance. General liability insurance provides insurance from third-party liability claims of bodily injury, property damage, and personal and…
Trek of Robinson is hosting a memorial ride for Cheri Williams today (Sunday October 30). Details HERE. We Need Active Members to Volunteer (or be Nominated) to the Board of Directors for 2023 It’s time for our annual nominations for board members and officers. The main obligation is 4 quarterly Zoom board meetings. To be…
Club Picnic – Saturday September 10th We return to Cecil Park on Saturday September 10th for our annual fall picnic. Ride and lunch is free to members. If you are not a member, you are welcome to become one and ride and eat with us. Either join or renew online on our website. We will…
We return to Cecil Park on Saturday September 10th for our annual fall picnic. Ride and lunch is free to members. If you are not a member, you are welcome to become one and ride and eat with us. Either join or renew online on our website. We will accept cash payments ($20) to join…
The Pittsburgh Randonneurs are celebrating De’Anna Caligiuri’s completion of the Trans Am Bike Race Saturday, July 30th at 4 PM at Voodoo Brewery. RBA Dan Blumenfeld announced: “In honor of De’Anna’s Trans Am completion, let’s have an informal get-together on Saturday July 30th…we can ply her with belated rehydration beverages and demand stories of her journey.”…
We are in peak club riding season. In July a lot of riders out for the weekly rides. Sweetwater Bikes hosted a gnarly gravel ride north of Kittanning. President Jim led a hardy crew over Mt Davis and back. Dave Kasperik and Jim Logan did engage in a bit of Trail Bingo, riding the Redbank…
Weekly Rides The bulk of our published rides are the weekly group and shop rides. Club members actually do ride on weekends – they tend to organize weekend rides informally among people they know for the weekly rides. And they don’t tell President Jim, for fear he will leak their ride details to you. Monday…
Club 2022 Trail Bingo! Fred Zelt is executing an apparently highly successful “22 in ’22 Guided Trail Rides” for Venture Outdoors, since they are mostly sold out. He is leading short weekly rides, and is also providing info on the geology and history of the region. We are a riding club, so let’s shamelessly copy…
The board met tonight (April 7), and we are planning 1 club event per se: A Fall club picnic in Cecil Park like last year. Details to follow. As to social rides, at least once a month, we plan a ride that combines a rail-trail and a brewery, pub, or restaurant. Starting the season in…
Announcing Western PA Bicycle Club 2022 Trail Bingo!
Fred Zelt is executing an apparently highly successful “22 in ’22 Guided Trail Rides” for Venture Outdoors, since they are mostly sold out. He is leading short weekly rides, and is also providing info on the geology and history of the region. We are a riding club, so let’s shamelessly copy his his success. Though…
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