text: Well with some unexpected dry weather, I decided it was time to get my road bike out, pack some snacks (and my insulin kit), strap on my helmet, and get a decent ride in.  I tell ya, when you haven't been on your bicycle in a few months, you work out leg muscles you forgot you had!  \n\nI basically rode from Squirrel Hill, through Schenley Park, down to the Eliza Furnace Trail, then over the Hot Metal Bridge to the Great Allegheny Passage Trail over to Station Square and then to the North Shore.  I used the North Shore Trail to return.  \n\nThe North Shore Trail runs between the Velspar Corporation on Westhall Street and Herr's Island, going past the stadiums.  It's really still a connector trail, paralleling the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers.  It's a fairly pleasant ride, not overly exciting nor exerting, but still pleasant.\n\nAll in all I got about 20 miles in--not too shabby for my second ride of the season.