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September 23, 2024

Last PMTCC Slow Roll 2024

join us for PMTCC annual cookout.

September 21, 2024

 Out of Towners

join us for PMTCC annual cookout.

August 7, 2024

 Wednesday Club Ride

Only some of the neighbors we hit – Homestead, Swissvale, Homewood and back to Southside.

July 20, 2024

 The best rest stop at The McDermott 3 State Tour

@sweetwaterbikes, we are so appreciative of all your support over the years.

June 1, 2024

Join us during the McDermott 3 State Tour weekend

We hope to see you there!

May 11, 2024

Major Force Flank by ride leaders

BikePGH Open Streets

March 17, 2024

Blooming Ride

I hope Phil is right – early spring?

March 3, 2024

New member flanked by old heads

First ride of 2024

September 23, 2023

Amachi Pittsburgh Ride for Social Justice

Raise awareness for children and families impacted by parental incarceration

September 8, 2023

PMTCC traced UGRR

3-day Journey

September 3, 2023

PMTCC visits ATL for MACC One Love

Kyle did his first century

August 6, 2023

Underground Railroad sites in Beaver, PA

discovery of a tunnel likely used by fugitive slaves

July 26, 2023

Wednesday Night post ride chill mode

We don’t Just ride.

July 16, 2023

M3ST final rest stop SweetWater

McDermott 3 State Tour 2023

July 15, 2023

McDermott 3 State Welcome Ride

Favorite spot to take a picture.

July 8, 2023

Hooray, Jeff is back!

Jim led and Jeff sag up and down the Mon Valley.

June 21, 2023

Summer Solstice ride

21 riders on June 21

June 15, 2023

Major Force Youth Cycling Program

Finale/Juneteenth ride

June 10, 2023

Kyle’s Ride

B level ride

A tour of sculptures by Thaddeus Mosley

May 30, 2023

Jim’s Tour of Sculptures by Thaddeus Mosley

Ride Date: May 21, 2023

The group viewed Mosley’s sculptures at seven locations.

May 27, 2023

Ride with Anders

The Point, Riverview and Stanton – oh my!

May 17, 2023

Ride of Silence

ROS led by PMTCC Robin

April 19, 2023

Riding thru Schenley Park

Regrouping after a hill

April 13, 2023

Major Force first ride of the season

Training the next generation of PMTCC

April 12, 2023

Hanging after First season ride

Great company

April 9, 2023

McDermott 3-State Tour 2023

Join Us on July 16th, 2023 – Register Now

February 12, 2023

Immaculate Reception

The Great Franco Harris

October 30, 2022

PMTCC Pink-N-Boo

2nd Annual Ride for Breast Cancer awareness

September 25, 2022

PMTCC volunteers

Great Race 10K Race

September 17, 2022

End of the Season Cookout

Getting our grub on!

August 27, 2022

PMTCC help marshals BGDB meetup

200 BGDB members came from all over the USA

August 17, 2022

Riverview with Mike K

Mike K led his first group ride of the season

July 31, 2022

McDermott 3-state Tour 2022

Striking a post at Sweetwater Bikes rest stop

July 4, 2022

4th of July

Medal of Honor ride; speaker Donn

June 26, 2022

Major Force Youth Program

Another successful year!

All Major Taylor Clubs National Ride

June 18, 2022

All Major Taylor Clubs National Ride

PMTCC in Indianapolis, Indiana

May 30, 2022

Memorial Day 2022

PMTCC Ladies Representing

May 21, 2022

Spring Metric Century

Spring Metric Century

May 18, 2022

Ride of Silence

May 14, 2022

Original member helping w/cleanup

Original member helping w/cleanup

First OTB Ride 2022

March 30, 2022

First OTB Ride 2022

First OTB ride 2022. Party!

November 9, 2021

Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Ride

Veterans Day Ride at the site of the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial

Sweetwater Bikes Donates to Major Force

October 11, 2021

Sweetwater Bikes Huge Donation To Major Force!

Thank you sooo much – Big donation from one of our best supporters SweetWater Bikes
– Thank You!

Monday Slow Roll Ride

September 27, 2021

Monday Slow Roll 9-27-21

September 26, 2021

Great Race PMTCC Support 9-26-21

PMTCC supports the Pittsburgh Great Race

PMTCC rides in Cleveland

July 18, 2021

PMTCC in Cleveland

PMTCC visits Cleveland, ride leader Chris T

Tres OTB Ride

June 27, 2021

Tres OTB

Major Taylor visits 3 OTBs. Southside, South Fayette and North Park

Homewood Cemetery

June 14, 2021

Homewood Cemetery

June 2021.

Cheryls Ride

May 10, 2021

Cheryl’s Ride

Cheryl Leads, May 2021.

Major Taylor Bike Ride April 2021

April 9, 2021

First Official Wednesday Ride of 2021

Great turn-out for our first Wednesday night ride of the season. Included an OTB stop at the end of the ride.

Holiday Night Ride 12-11-20

December 15, 2020

Holiday Night Ride

Happy Holidays – Night Ride

Zoom the Tombs 2.0 Bike ride major taylor

August 15, 2020

Zoom the Tombs 2.0

Allegheny Cemetery, Homewood Cemetery and Riverview Park route – 32 miles.

George Floyd Slain Citizens Ride

June 9, 2020

Honoring Slain Citizens Ride

PMTCC organizes a huge ride using George Floyd’s death as a catalyst for change. Watch Video, Click here Facebook Album –>Facebook Album of photos, click here

January 11, 2020

70 Degrees in January – what?

Actaully, the high of the day was 71, beating a 130-year-old record.

October 17, 2019

55th Anniversary Ride – Selma to Montgomery

This trip is open to PMTCC members, non-members, and non-riders who just want to hang-out for the fun and historic value.

More Info, Click here

September 26, 2019

Zoom the Tombs 2.0

New Cemetery – St Michaels on the South Side Slopes. View to Oakland in the distance.

August 17, 2019

New Rider! Starting Young.

Random 3-year-old birthday boy wanted to be on a big bike!

May 22, 2019

Roley’s OTB Ride

Finally getting warm enough for all to wear summer gear!

April 13, 2019

Zoom the Tombs

The last Zoom the Tombs ride. We got kicked out of Calvary Cemetery, they no longer allow bikes!

March 30, 2019

Theresa’s Ride 3-30-19

March 25, 2019

Carvana Ride

“Get the Kinks Out” early spring ride to the newly opened Carvana car vending machine in South Fayette. Click the image for a gallery of images.

October 25, 2018

Major Taylor Birthday Ride

Join us for a celebration of Major Taylor’s Birthday! Ride Saturday, 12/1. 11:00am at Performance

September 23, 2018

First Full Day of Fall – Major Taylor visits Soergel Orchard

Thanks to Bridget for leading on this cool morning and supplying cider and cookies, 35 miles.

Esther & Mikes Bike ride July 1

July 1, 2018

Esther’s Ride

Can you guess who lead this ride? 36 miles on a day that reached 90 degrees.

June 25, 2018

Theresa’s Ride

A partial group from Theresa’s Ride. Klavon’s Ice Cream and Open Streets Day were celebrated!

Zoom the Tombs Bike Ride 5-2018

May 16, 2018

Zoom The Tombs

A favorite ride – Zoom the Tombs – visits Pittsburgh’s 3 largest cemeteries.

April 13, 2018

First OTB Ride 4-11-18

Not excatly warm yet, but all were happy to get out. The Club paid for appetzers at OTB after the ride.

October 12, 2017

PMTCC MS150 Cycling Team Raises $4,915

Congratulations to the PMTCC MS150 cycling team for raising $4,915. The team received an award for their fundraising efforts and were #7 of the highest fundraising cycling teams.

September 17, 2017

Tuskegee Airmen Ride

Robin & Stacy at the Tuskegee Airmen memorial – September 17, 2017

August 28, 2017

30 Miles to Oakmont

August 2017

July 2, 2017

The BBQ Ride

A 33-mile ride to Presto and beyond. All were well-fed!

May 5, 2017

Cheering on the Penguins OTB Ride

Penguins beat the Washington Capitals, 3-2 to move ahead in the series to a 3-1 lead.

April 15, 2017

PMTCC at the Homewood YMCA Healthfair

PMTCC invites the community to “Come Ride with Us!”

February 20, 2017

Bike Building for Major Force

Thanks to all our members and the special mechanics, Mike, Nathan & Rob for doing a great job assembling 15-bikes in less than 2-hours. More pictures, Click here…

January 14, 2017

Steelers Playoff Ride

An appropriate 18% grade was included in the Steelers Playoff Ride. Steelers beat Kansas City 18-16 later that day

November 27, 2016

Major Taylor’s Birthday Ride 11-27-16

Major Taylor’s birthdate: November 26, 1878. 

September 16, 2016

The 2016 Major Force Youth Cycling Program

Click here to watch this video of our 2016 Major Force Youth Cycling Program.

September 14, 2016

Last OTB Ride of 2016

Thanks to Mike at the OTB for providing free appetizers & liquid refreshments to all of our riders!

September 3, 2016

Pedal The Lakes

Nneka, Stacy and Shirley complete their first metric!

July 31, 2016

Open Streets 2016

Open Streets Riders 2016

July 24, 2016

Mike McDermott 3-State Ride

Click for pictures from our Mike McDermott 3-State tour ride. A great day of riding for all!

June 8, 2016

Shawn Leads Juneteenth Ride

A big shout of “Thanks” goes out to Sean Fitzpatrick for leading the Juneteenth trail ride, part of the celebration activities for the Pittsburgh Juneteenth festivities. Thank you David White, Healthy Bike Coordinator for providing bicycles.

May 8, 2016

Steel City Showndown Race

Shay takes 4th place at Steel City Showdown Race. (Shay, 2nd from left)
Congratulations to our own Shay Bailey rallying back after an unfortunate crash in the first race of the Steel City Showdown and recovering to nail 4th place in the 2nd. Great job Shay!

January 1, 2016

Icycle Bicycle Ride

November 29, 2015

Major Taylor Birthday Ride

Newspaper clippings about Major Taylor in the years 1897 to 1904.


The University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh news clippings documenting Marshall W. “Major” Taylor.

September 10, 2015

OTB Wednesday Ride

September 2015

September 7, 2015

5K Race Support Team

September 2015

July 12, 2015

3 State Ride

July 12, 2015

June 7, 2015

Major Force Youth

Major Force – Introducing riding skills to youth twice weekly during summer 2015

April 25, 2015

Tour de Noah

Click for pix of the Tour de Noah. April 2015

January 1, 2015

New Riders, John and Myriam with Mikhail

Click here to see a gallery of images

December 15, 2014

Christmas Party 2014

Click for Mikhails Pix

August 30, 2014

10th Anniversay Picnic

August 30, 2014. 145 more pictures – click here!

July 24, 2014

OTB Ride July, 2014

Chris leads a ride from the Jail Trail to OTB in North Park. 38 Miles. July 26, 2014

May 11, 2014

First Inaugural Cyclofemme Ride

On my May 11th, PMTCC organized and hosted its 1st Inaugural Cyclofemme Ride.

April 6, 2014

Bike 101

Thanks to Kelley for the photos. Click on the image above for a slide show. Or see more images on our Facebook page!

April 2, 2014

First Ride of the Season

April 2014 – first official ride of the season!

December 25, 2013

Christmas Party 2013

Mikhail’s Christmas Party Photos

December 7, 2013

Tour De Cure

December 6, 2013

2013 Riders

Rider images, 2013. Thanks to Mikhail for the great shots!

November 20, 2013

Major Taylor Clippings

Check out old clippings of Major Taylor 1897 – 1904

November 16, 2013

Light Up Night Ride

The Semi Frozen Four enjoy the Light Up Night Ride

October 10, 2013

Over The Bar

Robin and Cheri ride to the NEW OTB at the Boat House in North Park

September 26, 2012

The Bike Bonanza

The Bike Bonanza Gang at the Homewood YMCA

September 15, 2012

The Ohio Century Ride

The Ohio Century Ride on Sunday, Sept. 15th, 2012. Can you name the riders?

September 2, 2012

Cruising the Three Rivers

Cruising the Three Rivers, 09/02/2012

September 1, 2012

PMTCC goes to Mars…PA