Pittsburgh Randonneurs

200K RUSA Brevet 200K
2025-11-01 07:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | North Park Boathouse, 10301 Pearce Mill Rd, Allison Park, PA, 15101, United States
The McConnell’s Mills 200K route has undergone a bit of revision since its inception: one of the controles (the Creighton Sheetz) no longer exists, and the final leg of the route passes through an area that has become quite trafficky and unpleasant later in the day.
So, we’ve moved the start to North Park, allowing us to get through the Glenshaw area early in the day (as well as to stop using RBA Emeritus Jim’s house as the start and finish controle).
Once escaping the city, we follow the Allegheny River upstream as far as Tarentum, before heading north through Butler on the way to West Sunbury. There, the traditional country market stop is now more, and has been sadly replaced with a photo control. Then we strike out westward through Liberty to Portersville and skirting McConnell’s Mill State Park. In Ellwood City, we make our first formal Sheetz stop of the day, before heading back to North Park via Brush Creek and Cranberry.
Route notes:

While there are plenty of supply options as far as Butler (around mile 50), there is little available on route until 45 miles later in Ellwood City. If you find yourself caught short, there are truck stops on 422 15 miles earlier, just off route(stay straight on Curry Rd at mile 80.5 instead of turning R on Fisher Rd)

Registration closes: Thursday October 30th
Inspection opens: Saturday November 1st 6:45 AM
Ride start: Saturday November 1st 7:00 AM (13:30 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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North Park Social Ride
2025-11-15 12:00 - 16:00 | North Park Boathouse, 10301 Pearce Mill Rd, Allison Park, PA, 15101, United States
We had intended to offer a 100K populaire, but attendance has been low enough that we’re canceling it in favor of an informal social ride out of North Park with drinks and food at OTB afterwards.

The plan, such as it is, is to assemble at noon and figure out where we’re riding from there, based on attendees’ preferences and the weather forecast.

Near City Paved Trails 100K
2026-03-08 09:00 - 15:40 | 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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Kittens and Puppies and Beaver 200K
2026-04-19 07:00 - 20:30 | Beaver River Trailhead, 2900 7th Ave Ext, Beaver Falls, PA, 15010, United States
Introduced just last year, this is an homage to our long-departed flat riverside K&P route on Rte 51.
Unlike the original route, this one starts in Beaver Falls and heads west into Ohio.
Although the first 4 miles are almost entirely uphill, it’s a gradual climb, with a strategically placed Sheetz just a couple miles from the start and shortly before the first turn.
Parking at the trailhead itself is *very* limited, but there is plenty of street parking nearby.
Registration closes: Friday April 17th 2026
Inspection opens: Sunday April 19th 6:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Sunday April 19th 7:00 AM (13:30 time limit)
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Crush the Commonwealth 2026
2026-04-24
Informational: Crush the Commonwealth – A Cross Pennsylvania Adventure by Bike

Ohio Fleche 2026
2026-05-02
Informational

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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North-South Battlefields 1000K/1200K 2026
2026-05-23 - 2026-05-26
Infiormational: Northern Virginia

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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AMCUP 200K Brevet
2026-05-23 07:00 - 20:30 | Ohiopyle Visitors’ Center, 7 Sheridan St, Ohiopyle, PA, 15470, United States
Running in conjunction with the AMCUP 100K route, both events leave Ohiopyle at 7 AM and share the same initial route over Sugarloaf into Confluence.
After Confluence, we’ll climb Mt Davis (the highest point in PA, in theory) before dropping back down through Salisbury to Frostburg and the turnaround in Cumberland. From there, it’s overland through Meyersdale to Confluence and a return to Ohiopyle via Sugarloaf in the other direction.
Make no mistake: this is a hard 200K. Fun, though, and we’ll earn some spectacular views.
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
Inspection opens: Saturday May 23rd 6:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday May 23rd 7:00 AM (13:30 time limit)
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Garden State Clover 1200K 2026
2026-05-28 - 2026-05-31
Informational: New Jersey

2026-06-20 166K Populaire
2026-06-20
Tune-up Century
Details TBD

Ohio 1000K
2026-06-27 - 2026-06-29
Informational: Ohio

Meanville Greenville 200K
2026-06-27 07:00 - 20:30 | Zelienople Park, Zelienople, PA, 124 N Main St, Zelienople, PA, 16063, United States
One of our oldest active routes, the Meanville Greenville 200K (A two-Sheetz ride, for those keeping score).
Starting in scenic downtown Zelienople, we’ll head north, skirting New Castle and pausing in New Wilmington on the way to our first Sheetz stop in Greenville. Then, we head southeast through Mercer to our second Sheetz in Slippery Rock, before heading south through Portersville to return to the start.
Note that there are several long stretches with no services, especially in the first half of the route.

Registration closes: Thursday June 25th
Inspection opens: Saturday June 27th 6:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver
Ride start: Saturday June 27th 7:00 AM (13:30 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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Castleman's Run 300K
2026-07-25 | Noble J. Dick Aquatorium, Monongahela, 200 Railroad St, Monongahela, PA, 15063, United States
This expansion of the Castleman’s Run 200K extends the southeast leg to Morgantown, then skirts the Laurel Highlands to Connellsville. A short flat respite on the GAP Trail leads to Perryopolis and a return to the start via Belle Vernon.
Registration closes: Thursday July 23rd
Inspection opens: Saturday July 25th 4:30 AM
Requirements: current RUSA membership, signed waiver, headlight/taillight/reflective gear
Ride start: Saturday July 25th 5:00 AM (20:00 time limit)
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2026-08-01 100K Populaire
2026-08-01
Recovery 100K
Details TBD

2026-08-15 ACP 400K Brevet
2026-08-15 - 2026-08-16
ACP Series Brevet
Details TDB

2026-08-22 100K Populaire
2026-08-22

2026-09-19 600K ACP Brever
2026-09-19 - 2026-09-20

2026-10-03 166K Populaire
2026-10-03
Century
Details TBD

Endless Flat 1000K/1200K 2026
2026-10-08 - 2026-10-11
Informational: Northern Virginia

2026-10-10 200K Brevet
2026-10-10
Foliage Ride
DEtails TBD

2026-11-14 100K Populaire
2026-11-14
Wind-down/social 100K
Details TBD
