The Halloween Jam

Join us on Friday, October 27th and get ready for some Halloween fun at The Wheel Mill! From 6:00-9:00pm, we will be throwing a Halloween Session including a best costume contest,  riding contests and trick and treat! What? Trick AND Treat? We put our on spin on things and riders will go around to different rooms where guest pros will be hanging out, the rider has to do a trick to get candy or a prize!

The event is free with paid park admission or monthly pass!

SCHEDULE:

– 6:15pm – Trick and Treat (All over the park)

– 7:00pm – Strider Race 

– 7:45pm – Skid Contest (By the Pump Track)

– 8:30pm – Footdown and Best Costume Awards (Fundamental Skills Room)

Thanks to our event sponsors: Live Jaunt, Shadow, Kink BMX, Subrosa Brand, Cinema BMX, Fit Bike Co., and S&M Bikes

City Cycling Classes

Fundamentals of City Cycling

We’ve teamed up with BikePGH to bring you Fundamentals of City Cycling Class. This class is taught at The Wheel Mill’s indoor practice facility. Veteran bike educators Mike Potoczny, Karen Brooks and Harry Geyer are the instructors.

The Wheel Mill’s indoor venue, and the class’s small-group, allow participants to learn and practice city cycling skills in a controlled, protected environment.  Participants will learn some on-bike skills from the League of American Bicyclists’ Traffic Skills 101 curriculum. Each class’s subject will differ depending on attendance, participant-demand and instructor judgement; but if you come with a particular question, you’ll leave with an answer. Classes will deal with subjects such as:

– Proper body, hand, and foot position, and riding while standing up

– Skills for starting & stopping in traffic

– Using proper hand-signals to convey your movement

– Techniques for handling common obstacles such as railroad tracks, potholes and curbs

– How to perform a pre-ride safety check and select the right gearing

– How to adjust your bike for better comfort and control

Riders will have time before and after the class to practice new skills in The Wheel Mill’s Warm Up Room and Fundamental Skills Room.

CLASSES OFFERED: Class are $25+tax per class.

To sign up stop by the park or sign up online HERE.

Frigid B*tch Night

Frigid Bitch Night

We’ve Partnered up with Babes on Bikes to host a night for all the participants of the Frigid Bitch on September 26th, 2022. Frigid Bitches get free entry to the bike park, free mountain bike skills clinic led by the indomitable Karen Brooks & Carley Young, and free MTB rental from Venture Outdoors* 

A women & underrepped gender identifying individuals skills clinic for those of any skill level:

– Never been to the Wheel Mill? This is a great time to come get a tour of the massive, cavernous facilities with a group of rad, supportive humans

– Need to get a basic understanding of the skills involved in mountain biking but afraid Frick Park will eat you alive? The Wheel Mill hosts a load of obstacles, ramps, pump tracks, flow tracks that you can try out at exactly your preferred level of gentle–aggro, without having to worry about collapsing bridges, giant snakes, and off-leash dogs

– Already really good at mountain biking and just want to come hang out and ride? Yeah, absolutely do that, for freee

Schedule for Sept. 26th

6pm – bike rentals start and free entry for 2022 Frigid Bitch racers begins

6:30 – tour of the park

7pm – Skills clinic with Karen Brooks and Carley Young 

10pm – Park closes. Tired yet?! 

Non Frigid Bitch racers who also would like to participate are welcome! The Wheel Mill hosts weekly women+nonbinary nights on Mondays, featuring $5 off park entry fee (=$20) and free entry to the women’s+ clinic. 

HELMETS REQUIRED

*Free rentals are limited and on a first-come first-serve bases. If you have a bike, bring it!