Near City Paved Trails 100K
2026-03-08 09:00 - 15:40 (America/New_York) | Millvale Riverfront Park, 70 Riverfront Dr, Pittsburgh, PA, 15209, United States
Sunlight!
In honor of the 7th year of the International Women’s Day Together We Ride , we’ll enjoy a tour of the trail system near Pittsburgh. Only one climb of note, and a simple, pleasant way to explore the city environs without needing to duel with traffic.
There’s some limestone, and the vast majority of the route is offstreet on paved trail.
UPDATE March 2nd: There are a couple of minor route changes in the first leg out and back to the observatory, as a result of construction by the river and at the base of the park. RWGPS route has been updated accordingly.
Registration closes: Friday March 6th 2026
Inspection opens: Sunday March 8th 8:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Sunday March 8th 9:00 AM (6:40 time limit)
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Kittens and Puppies Monaca 100K Populaire
2026-03-28 09:00 - 15:40 | Pump House Park, Monaca, 600 Atlantic Ave, Monaca, PA, 15061, United States
This simple route is a pleasant jaunt into eastern Ohio and back.
The ride starts and ends in Monaca, PA, at Pump House Park. (Note that there is parking at several locations scattered around the park, all within a few hundred feet of one another).
Registration closes: Thursday March 26th 2026
Inspection opens: Saturday March 28th 8:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday March 28th 9:00 AM (6:40 time limit)
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Rough Diamond 166K Populaire
2026-04-11 07:00 - 18:45 | Millvale Riverfront Park, 70 Riverfront Dr, Pittsburgh, PA, 15209, United States
A new populaire route for 2026! (Big thanks to RBA-In-Waiting Steve Kunsak)
This Pittsbugh-traditional century route takes us on a riding tour of the Allegheny River valley as far north as Freeport, before heading overland to Saltsburg and returning via the Monongahela River valley. Lots of pavement, some limestone, and the bulk of the more trafficked sections will be cleared in the first hour or two of the morning.
Registration closes: Thursday April 8th 2026
Inspection opens: Saturday April 11th 6:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday April 11th 7:00 AM (11:45 time limit)
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Hickory Hills 100K Populaire
2026-05-02 07:00 - 14:00 | Carnegie Park-n-Ride Lot, 338 Logan St, Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
Okay, first off, let me be clear…it’s actually 108K, if that deters anyone 🙂
This one has a majority of smoothly paved roads (but a few miles of unpaved dirt and occasional gravel to keep it interesting).
Starting at the Park-n-Ride lot in downtown Carnegie, PA, we take advantage of the early hour to avoid the worst of the crazed shopper traffic on Rt 50 in Heidelberg, before taking classic cycling roads Thoms Run/Presto-Sygan/Millers Run to rejoin 50 in Cecil Township. After crossing under the Montour Trail in Venice, we’ll gradually climb to Hickory before enjoying a long fast descent to our first controle at the Avella Uni-Mart.
We’ll then do our best to avoid roads with any paint on them for the next twenty miles or so miles, until we join Steubenville Pike and head east to our next controle at the Florence Grab-n-Go.
After a very brief stint on trafficky Rt 18, we’ll try to avoid consistent pavement entirely as we pass through Hillman State Park, with a pause at the Lyle Covered Bridge for a photo controle.
Continuing eastward, we’ll pass through more country roads (as well as an enormous Amazon distribution facility) through Imperial PA to a short stint on the Montour Trail and another photo controle, this time at the Enlow Tunnel.
Finally, we’ll climb back up the ridge, then make our way to Carnegie via the reverse of our classic Ewing Rd/Ridge Rd/Bayer Rd route.
Registration closes: Thursday April 30th
Inspection opens: Saturday May 2nd 6:30 AM
Ride start: SaturdayMay 2nd 7:00 AM (06:45 time limit)
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
EPoP: Due to abject laziness on the part of your humble RBA, we default to electronic proof of passage (e.g Strava or other GPS track) in the Pittsburgh region brevets. That said, if you prefer olde-schoole printed paperwork such as cue sheets or brevet cards, I’m happy to provide them…just let me know at least three days in advance of the event, so that I have time to prepare and print.
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AMCUP 100K Populaire
2026-05-23 07:00 - 14:00 | Ohiopyle Visitors’ Center, 7 Sheridan St, Ohiopyle, PA, 15470, United States
Running in conjunction with the AMCUP 200K, both events leave Ohiopyle at 7 AM and share the same initial route over Sugarloaf into Confluence
After Confluence, we’ll make our way north through Kingwood and New Lexington before heading towards Normalville via the dreaded Jim Mtn Rd climb. Finally, after cresting Laurel Ridge, we’ll enjoy a multi-mile descent into Connellsville, where the GAP trail will provide a flat, albeit limestone-covered and likely busy, respite on the way back to Ohiopyle.
This is NOT a gentle 100K…be ye warned…
NOTE: The descent on Sugarloaf has some very poor stretches of road, starting around mile 6.2. Use extreme caution!
Registration closes: Thursday May 21st 2025
Inspection opens: Saturday May 23rd 6:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday May 23rd 7:00 AM (07:37 time limit)
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Lazing through Layton 100K Populaire
2026-07-04
Notable for the elevation profile, this route leads off with 20 miles of riverside riding, then an overland climb across the ridge, followed by a flat and easy return on the GAP.
Registration closes: Thursday July 2nd
Inspection opens: Saturday July 4th 06:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday July 4th 7:00 AM (6:45 time limit)
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