Nov 15, 2018
The Great Allegheny Passage is arguably one of the premier
bicycle touring routes in the eastern half of the United States. It
stretches from Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, MD over a gloriously
mountainy 150 miles of crushed limestone paralleling some of the
great rivers of western Pennsylvania. My plan was to grab a cheap
bus to Pittsburgh and grab the train home at the end of my ride. On
this edition of the Journal we follow along on Days 0 and 1 of the
adventure as I ride the bus from DC to Pittsburgh, and get rolling
through the industrial parts of western Pennsylvania.
Statistics Day 0-1
Bus miles logged: 288
Bike miles biked: 31 (half day)
Pittsburgh overnights: 1
Beers: 2
Poutine servings: 1 (it was enormous)
Mocking pro-Syracuse University pictures taken outside
Pittsburgh Panthers training facility: 1
Little Clown Bikes: 1
Water bottle refills: 0
Flats: 0