LOL on the Pittsburgh Montour Trail - a Smart-guided DT or OT Bikeway Tour

Experience Pittsburgh's scenic mountainous terrain by rail-to-trail. Do the tour as a near century or as an overnight e-bike-friendly adventure!

You have options on this LOL (Long One-way Loop) DT (Day Tour) or OT (Overnight Tour) adventure!

1. Ride it as a 1-day near-century.
2. Get your traveling bags on for an overnight tour with a comfy midway hotel stay.
3. Pack your camping gear for an overnight stay at a primitive trailside camping spot.

This tour has all the bells and whistles you have come to expect with a CycleNuts Selfie Tour

• bikeway focused
• expertly designed with fun in mind
• points of interest and tasty spots along the way
• very sensible options for both long and short-distance riders

The cycling adventure begins in Pittsburgh and takes you

• through the beautiful surrounding Alleghany Mountains
• along the banks and over the Ohio River, Allegheny River, Youghiogheny River, and Monongahela River
• through three railroad tunnels – the Enlow, Greer, and National
• over several scenic bridges including Hot Metal Bridge, McKeesport Connecting Railroad Bridge, Jerome Street Bridge, Whitaker Bridge, Clairton–Glassport Bridge, Coraopolis Bridge, Fleming Park Bridge, McKees Rock Bridge, The Bridge to Nowhere - Fort Duquesne Bridge, Smithfield Street Bridge - Pittsburgh's oldest bridge, and Bridge Over Piney Fork.
• through the western edge of downtown Pittsburgh, and Point State Park featuring the Great Alleghany Passage (GAP) Trail Western Terminus, historical Fort Duquesne, and the Fort Pitt Museum (bring a camera - this is a selfie tour... right?)

The Smart-guided 84-mile route (81 miles for the 1-day near-century option) is 83% bikeway and comes with CycleNuts' 50% downhill guarantee. The route is a mix of asphalt, crushed stone rail-to-trail, paved community bikeways, and roadways. The segments that are not bikeways are predominantly low-traffic and Google bicycle-approved roadways. If you are more comfortable using sidewalks in these areas you will find some of the roadway segments have sidewalks.

Look at this nice list of 5 bikeways your wheels will roll on

• Montour Trail
• Ohio River Trail
• Arrowhead Trail
• Three Rivers Heritage Trail
• Great Alleghany Passage (GAP) Trail

The route follows the topography of Pittsburgh, which is nestled in the Alleghany Mountains on the banks of three rivers. There are segments off of the rail-to-trail where you will use your deepest bike gear, e-bike muscle, or be bike-hiking (no shame in that - it is a pro tactic often used to save the legs/energy reserves). Sweating is optional, but probably unavoidable - the humid Alleghany terrain is ribboned with rivers, streams, and creeks. Nevertheless, this is a Selfie Tour, and you set the pace, starting time, and touring agenda.

This is a perfect weekend destination adventure! If doing the tour as an overnight 2-day tour, see the instructions included in your purchase for overnight parking of your vehicle at the starting spot. Also, the overnight stay hotel suggestion in the route directions is CycleNuts-approved based on zero-bedbug complaints.

WHY CHOOSE a Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tour?

You get all the benefits of a guided tour without the drawbacks of a tour guide, other tourists, time restrictions, and a rigid tour agenda. With this smart-guided tour, you can go when you want, at your speed, and hang out at a spot as long as you wish. You can even wander off the planned route and the smart guide will get you back on track when you are ready.

HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide links! You will receive an expertly designed tour route via email. Click the emailed link and follow the Selfie Tour route using your smartphone as your smart-tour guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.

SHORT INSTRUCTIONS: From your location, using your cell phone click on the starting spot link and follow the Google Maps directions. When you arrive, click the emailed tour navigation links to begin the tour. The navigation links will be either Google Maps, Ride With GPS (RWGPS), or both. For more complex tours, there may be several links to click with additional instructions. With Google Maps, the navigator will prompt you at each checkpoint to continue navigation.

BUY NOW AND RIDE WHENEVER AND FOREVER. The route links do not expire. Buy now and plan your adventure - invite your favorite peeps or ride solo; make overnight accommodation reservations; reserve a sitter for your pets. Many tours include dog-friendly tasty spots, as noted in the tour instructions. Here are two CycleNuts tested and approved sites for pet owners: Bring Fido for those touring with dogs; and Rover for those needing pet sitters. The purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route links and instructions. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included.

CYCLENUTS SELFIE TOURS tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway-focused tour route where you ride at your pace and pleasure. You are the tour boss. You choose the date and time - the tour is good for any day or time.

With these Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tours, you bring the bike, and the smartphone - CycleNuts provides the smart-guided links. The smart guide gives voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the smart guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

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