Category: Routes

Public Lands Ride – 2020: Moshannon State Forest Routes

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Editorial Note: This post covering the Public Lands Ride - 2020: Moshannon State Forest Routes is one in a series. Start by reading what the PEC Public Lands Ride is all about. Parker Dam State Park/Moshannon State Forest Route To Shagger's InnShagger's Inn Lean The Hub's Quick Take As one of the "easiest" routes, most of the terrain in Parker Dam State Park and the surrounding Moshannon State...

Public Lands Ride – 2020: Laurel Ridge State Park/Forbes State Forest Route

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Editorial Note: This post covering the Public Lands Ride - 2020: Laurel Ridge State Park/Forbes State Forest Route is one in a series. Start by reading what the PEC Public Lands Ride is all about. The Hub's Quick Take Although biased since the Laurel Ridge State Park/Forbes State Forest route traverses our home turf, in our opinion, it rolls on the best terrain, gravel, and dirt in western...

Public Lands Ride – 2020

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The Public Lands Ride - 2020 was the highlight of the season! For those unfamiliar, the Public Lands Ride is an annual mixed-surface event hosted by the good folks at the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. By way of background, PEC is an organization that has been shaping environmental and conservation policy in Pennsylvania for over four decades. Check 'em out and considering joining...

Keystone Gravel – 2019

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Keystone Gravel is the ultimate PA gravel cycling event. Donnie, along with his wife, Andrea, family, friends, and Jersey Shore, PA-area crew do it right! It is evident how much time, effort, and love go into Keystone Gravel. These folks know what it is about and how to put on an event! Professional where needed, grassroots for the remainder - pure perfection. The Unpaved Hub's JB rode in the...

Claysville Gravel Route

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The Claysville Gravel Route takes riders on the roads near or a part of the Whiskey Rebellion Gravel Race. The Hub wrote an article describing the race. Take a look at the article for additional information about the area and race. The Unpaved Hub's JB rode the 2017 25k, the inaugural year of the Whiskey Rebellion. Due to the pandemic and scheduling conflicts, JB has been unable to ride any of...

SweetWater Whiskey Rebellion Gravel

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The SweetWater Whiskey Rebellion Gravel Race commenced in 2017, just before the full-on gravel road cycling boom. It is apparent that the visionaries of the event, Laura and Don McKee of SweetWater Bikes, were in the gravel cycling know when they created the event and are still all-in on western Pennsylvania gravel. The Whiskey Rebellion Gravel Race is but one example. Another example is...

2021 unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley Format and Course Changes

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unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley recently announced the details and routes for the 2021 edition of the event. In the the event coordinators’ words, aking what we did (and loved) in 2019, adding in some of the changes we made for 2020, sleeping on it (see below) and voila!” Please take a read of The Hub's article on the 2019 unPAved to get the skinny on the weekend of festivities,...

unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley – 2019

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"Easy on the eyes. Hard on the legs." This is how the event organizers describe unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley. No truer statement could describe the 2019 unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley (or any year for that matter). The fall foliage in central Pennsylvania in mid-October during unPAved is exquisite. However, the climbing that takes place while taking in those sights sure is...

Bavington 50 Gravel Route

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The Bavington 50 gravel route includes some of the best and most accessible gravel roads in the Pittsburgh area. The route center is Hillman State Park, colloquially referred to by local mountain bikers as Bavington (the name of a town near the park). The route takes you on many of the wonderful gravel, farm, and country roads in northwest Washington County, PA and some in the northern panhandle...

Mountain Biking and Trail Running the North Park Trails

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About North Park is the largest park in the Allegheny County network, consisting of just over 3,000 acres. The next closest park in size is South Park, which is approximately 1,000 acres smaller. North Park was dedicated in 1927. The Park has not stopped growing since, including the construction of miles and miles of North Park Trails. Three crown jewels taking up large chunks of the 3,000 acres...