Moraine Trail Maintenance Sunday November 1st.

Time: 10 AM sharp.
Where: Moraine State Park, Davis Hollow Marina
What: 3 hours of work, then a ride (unless everyone wants to just work, but plan on riding).
Bring: Snack, water, Boots, gloves, work clothes, riding clothes, and your bike.
Working: Up on the new loop and two other small projects if we have enough people.
Tools: We will have all of the needed tools, but bring what you like. We will be doing rock work, and benching a small climb.
Contact: switchtartn at gmail dot com
Heads up: If you normally come via slippery rock or bypass the long road through the park there is a bridge out over I-79. Coming through the park is probably recommended unless you know your way around the back roads.

Food: We are working on getting food for everyone working, but I don't know who is providing it yet. I will have a 5 gallon jug of water on hand.

City begins installing 200 bicycle racks

City begins installing 200 bicycle racks

Blazing a New Trail

Blazing a New Trail Your NorthHills.com

I good article on the trails at North Park and the efforts to make the trails better.
Really good PR for PTAG and the park stewards.

upcoming events.

Sunday Oct. 25, 2009:

Annual PORC/LHORBA Ride:



We will meet at the PW&S parking lot for our traditional October ride with PORC. We will meet at 10:30AM for 11:00AM rides. There will be several rides of different length and pace. Feel free to hang out in the parking lot after the rides.

Please try to join us for this annual fall ride at Laurel Mt.

Directions: Coming from Jennerstown on Rt.30 West, make a left on Summit Road, or make a right if you are on Rt. 30 East coming from Ligonier (signs for the Ski Resort ). Two miles from Rt.30 the road will turn to dirt as you pass the entrance to the ski resort. Stay on Summit Road for another 3 or 4 miles until the road makes a 90 degree right. Do not make the right. Go straight into the gravel PW& S parking lot.



And........



November 1st,

Moraine State Park is worth the trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time: 10 AM sharp.
Where: Davis Hollow Marina
What: 3 hours of work, then a ride (unless everyone wants to just work, but plan on riding).
Bring: Snack, water, Boots, gloves, work clothes, riding clothes, and your bike.
Working: Up on the new loop and two other small projects if we have enough people.
Tools: We will have all of the needed tools, but bring what you like.We will be doing rock work, and benching a small climb.
Heads up: If you normally come via slippery rock or bypass the long road
through the park there is a bridge out over I-79. Coming through the park
is probably recommended unless you know your way around the back roads.
Food: We are working on getting food for everyone working, but I don't
know who is providing it yet. I will have a 5 gallon jug of water on hand.

PORC • COUNTY APPROVES NORTH PARK FREERIDE TRAIL

PORC • COUNTY APPROVES NORTH PARK FREERIDE TRAIL

Wow. This is huge news.

Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake - Spooklight accelerometer Light - Gizmodo

This is a pretty cool idea.

Clever LED Bike Light Has an Accelerometer to Sense When You Brake - Spooklight accelerometer Light - Gizmodo

Morning rant.

What is it with Pittsburgh’ers and driving in the rain. The parkway west was screwed up this morning as usual when it is anything, but sunny. Crumpled cars littered on the side of the road.

I was lucky enough to get stuck behind the woman chain smoking like an assault rifle, every few minutes she’d eject another butt out the window like a used brass. You know the type, broken tail lights and various body damage to her Hyundai. Driver side is 5 inches lower the than passenger side, because she is hanging her chubby arm out the window. She can’t afford to replace those windshield wipers that she has on high in a drizzle so she can see, but she can afford to smoke cigarettes like she probably sucks down sausage links at Denny’s.

OK I’m done ranting. Good Morning everyone!

Hartwood Acres Trail Maintenace Sunday Oct 4th

News from the wire.....

Hartwood Acres trail maintenance on Sunday October 4th.
"Meet at the Hartwood Mansion parking lot off Saxonburg Blvd at 10:00a.m. and we will continue working together on drainage issues and trouble some wet spots around the Five Corners area.

Bring work gloves,eye protection and boots.
All necessary tools will be provided (Tools will be parked up closer to the trailhead).

Thanks to J.D.'s Pub and Dirt Rag Magazine for supporting the Hartwood volunteers with free and discounted stuff! We’ll be enjoying some sweet deals on food and beverage after we get some work and play action under our belts!
Maurice Tierney"