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Day 1 Pittsburgh to Perryopolis
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Tampabiker from Tampa on 6/5/2017 1:58:12 PM:
We are flying into Pittsburg 11:20 am. We have someone meeting us at the airport and dropping us off with our rental bikes at mile zero in Pittsburg. I figure we should be on the bikes by 1:30 pm. We couldn't get a place in West Newton so we are riding to Perryopolis (48 miles to our lodging). Hopefully, this is doable before it gets dark. I figure it gets dark about 8:30 pm so we have 7 hours to do our first day. Hopefully, the plane won't be late. I have never ridden on anything except pavement so, I am a little nervous. Can anybody give me a perspective on how much difference in speed the crushed gravel makes versus the road on the same type of bicycle? That is, how fast do you normally ride on the street compared to how fast you ride this part of the trail? Thanks in advance.
 
Peter Sheridan from Santa Rosa, CA on 6/5/2017 8:04:26 PM:
My wife and I got to Perryopolis in a day. We stayed at The Inn at Lenoras because it was close to the trail and it was a good choice. Would stay there again. It is a long climb up to the town but not to bad. Just something I'd rather not do at the end of the day. The biggest headache was navigating out of Pittsburg. The trail is marked but while your watching the sights and wayward cars you might miss a turn. The paving is solid and hard packed for all of the GAP trail. I would recommend cross tires about 30mm with some nubs on them. The more you go for mountain bike style tires the slower you'll go. You should average about 10 miles an hour and that's conservative. The turnoff isn't clearly marked for Perryopolis so watch for the bridge overpass and soon after that is the turn. Figure everything that could go wrong. You may be cutting it close but it is doable.
 
sergio from oc, ca on 6/14/2017 9:13:39 PM:
The turn off is hard to find, but Whitsett is right before it and you'll see the signs for that. It was pouring rain and muddy for that part of the trip on our first day last week which slowed us down a lot. We started in McKeesport and went to Connellsville, which is about the same distance you'd do. Be sure to stop at the Trailside in West Newton to eat!
 
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