Butler Wobble

Photo by Emily Walley for Open Streets PGH   We've still been riding. Have you? Friday nights have been beginner/hang out sessions at Riverfront Park with  Thick Bikes   from 6:30-8:30pm (weather permitting). We also are part of  Open Streets PGH . The May date has come and gone, but you can join us on June 26th from 9am to 1pm. We're moving a couple of doors down the street this time from our usual location.  Bar Marco  has been a big supporter of Open Streets and has graciously provided us with their nice flat parking lot for try a uni demos! We're also doing some muni too.  Several of us raced the 6 Hours of Brady's Run  at the beginning of May as solo unis.  We're going to be racing the Fat Tire Challenge in Sigel on June 18th as well. We've had several people over the past few weeks tell us that learning to unicycle is on their bucket list.  We can help you scratch that one off.  Join us!

In order: July 4th Monroeville with Chas and Pro Bikes and Kids! We meet at Pro Bikes Monroeville at 8am. If that's too far to ride your uni, meet at Lisa and Dave's at 7am and we'll carpool. Parade starts at 9am. July 8th: Downtown Butler Ride. Meet at the usual spot- in the parking lot across from Pizza Joe's (and those crazy cool bike/uni racks.) Rumor has it that the Butler Eagle will be taking pictures and doing a story on downtown rides. 36" unis especially welcome! July 9th: Emlenton parade. See the blog post below for details. Check the Fat Tire Challenge homepage for a couple of write ups on the June 18th race in Sigel. Scroll down and click the links. The unicycle article is also on the Post-Gazette site- specifically here . A HUGE thanks to Shannon (PG) and Liz (JCN) for covering the race. Thanks for not making us out to be a bunch of clowns!

June 11th Autism Benefit at Mazzanti's: Isaac makes it look easy. Rick has only been riding since last winter! He's be become quite the climber and uses his uni a lot. Yes, we were allowed to ride around the car show! June 18th Fat Tire Challenge in Sigel (earlier I mistakenly said Brookville): We had 6 in the Uni Class (an off road record for at least Western PA!). In the pic are: Claude, Isaac, Andy, Connor, Dave, and Buzz. 7.78 mi of good racing times. Look for a race writeup (including some uni info) in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this coming Saturday (the 25th). Thanks Shannon in advance for the article! You might not recognize Claude, Connor, or Buzz. They aren't from around here. Claude made the trip from Germantown, MD; Connor from near Erie, PA; and Buzz from Rochester, NY. Good times. An especially huge THANK YOU goes out to Michael and Mindy White for being the race organizers who were completely willing to not only accept, but embrace the concept of MUn...

First item of business, ride. You will be able to find us all over the region in June. June 4th we will be joining with our biking brethren for the inaugural Butler-Freeport rail trail ride. Although this won't be the first time it's been ridden, it will be the first time the trail is DONE! 45 miles of goodness round trip. You don't have to do the whole thing, but if you want to- pack a 36er (or Schlumpf) and we'll start from Butler at 9am. We'll do the downtown ride the night before (6pm) if anyone wants to make a weekend of it. We were originally going to muni all over that weekend, but the rail trail ride is too important. We can still ride on Sunday this weekend, but it will be a bit less formal than the next bit. MUni weekend has moved to the 10th-12th. Muni, polo, maybe some trials. More details to follow. You won't want to miss it! The 18th is the Fat Tire Challenge in Brookville, PA. Check the entry form- there's a UNI CLASS!!! Lots of ridi...