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On Sunday you might see a lot of bikes on the road so be careful you Sunday drivers.

Post Gazette article: 

PNC Pedal Pittsburgh includes a 6-mile ride on paved sections of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail that is ideal for families and children. There are guided and unguided 15- and 25-mile rides. And, for those with the legs and lungs for them, there are rides of 35, 50 and 60 miles

Former CDC President and native Mt. Washingtonian Paul Tellers is quoted here:

Veteran riders Paul Tellers, George Schmidt and Andrew Lang look forward to the event every year.

“Pedal Pittsburgh is a rite of spring,” said Tellers, 58, an architect who lives on Mount Washington. “It’s a time for everyone to get their bikes tuned up for the season, see what’s going on in the city, greet old friends and make new ones. There’s a lot of camaraderie. You meet some of the nicest people on a bike.”

One of those people was a Hall of Fame football player.

A tour Tellers was leading years ago included his daughter, Alice, then 11. At one point, he pedaled back to see how she was doing and found her in the company of former Steelers running back Franco Harris. “They were riding and chatting together and having a wonderful time.”

He has guided the 15-mile and 25-mile rides and enjoys showing riders the old and new buildings that face, shoulder and shade one another Downtown.

“I never tire of the epicenter of American architecture,” he said. “You can feel the energy of an earlier time, the era of [Henry Clay] Frick, [Andrew] Mellon and [Andrew] Carnegie. You know that great things were going on at the time.”

Tellers recommended Franklin Toker’s book, “Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait,” for those who would like to get a leg up on the history of the buildings they’ll see during their ride.

It’s not too late to sign up for this great opportunity to see Pittsburgh and the 15211 in a different way. Click below to learn more.

www.pedalpittsburgh.org