Best of Awards 2025 Results

Thank you very much for participating in the 2025 GIVE UP Best of Awards. Thank you as well to East End Brewing for hosting our End of Season event where we announced the winners. See you again in 2026!

Best Wreck of the Year

1 Live Fast (but thankfully didn't actually) Die (but it still nonetheless) Awesome 33 votes
2 Jeff 21 votes
3 Jeff (but another choice) 4 votes

Best Pittsburgh-Area Annual Cycling Event

1 GIVE UP Trash Bag Century 22 votes
1 PedalPGH 22 votes (tie) 🔗
1 Pride Mass 22 votes (tie)

Best Place to Eat After a Bike Ride

1 Spak outside somewhere/anywhere 21 votes 🔗
2 Sidelines 16 votes 🔗
3 Page's Dairy Mart 13 votes

Best Place to Meetup After Critical Mass

1 Trace 21 votes
2 Titty Sphinx 11 votes
3 Two Frays Brewery 9 votes 🔗

Best POGOH station location

1 The one by my house 26 votes
2 The Color Park 14 votes
3 Eliza Furnace/Swinburne (adaptive station) 10 votes

Best Regular Group Ride

1 Critical mass 31 votes 🔗
2 GIVE UP Friday Coffee Ride 13 votes
3 GIVE UP Mix Up City Ride 10 votes

Best Ride With A View

1 Riding from Milvale Riverfront Park to the North shore at night 19 votes
2 Hot Metal Bridge 17 votes
3 Birmingham Bridge during Critical Mass 15 votes

Best Snack Person - The James Memorial Award (he ain't dead, he just got a job in Philly)

1 Trash Bag Century aid station organizers 20 votes
2 Ryan Maine's off brand Cheez-its 15 votes
3 Jessica 13 votes 🔗

Best Street Art To Bike To

1 The Sinclair Dinosaur (Dippy Jr?) 18 votes
2 "Black Flowers" on the Heritage Trail under the Ft. Duquesne bridge 14 votes 🔗
3 The Memorial Mural by the Spooky Old Jail 12 votes

Best (Worst) Hill in Pittsburgh

1 Liberty 23 votes
2 That one hill that goes up to the science center along the north shore trail 18 votes
3 Mt Troy Road (Hill that goes to Ridgelawn Cemetary) 14 votes

Best Non-Alcoholic Beer Stop in the City

1 Two Fray's 30 votes 🔗
2 Jackworth 14 votes 🔗
3 Open Road 7 votes

Most Bike-Friendly Local Politician

1 Bobby Bikes (Mayoral Candidate) 35 votes 🔗
2 Sara Innamorato 7 votes
3 Ed Gainey 5 votes 🔗

Most Dedicated to the scene

1 Bingo 21 votes
1 everyone at critical mass 21 votes (tie)
3 Wacha 12 votes

Friendliest Bicyclist

1 Adam Cary 19 votes
2 Miche 14 votes
3 Mary Gangska 13 votes

Best and Most Bike-Friendly Pittsburgh Brewery

1 East End Brewing Co 38 votes 🔗
2 Trace Brewing 9 votes 🔗
3 Two Fray's 7 votes 🔗

Best Local Bike Shop

1 Thick Bikes 20 votes 🔗
2 Kindred 14 votes 🔗
3 Kraynick's 8 votes 🔗

Best Coffee Shop to Ride Bikes to

1 The one by my house 19 votes
2 Warplace Coffee (Mexican War Streets Commonplace) 11 votes
3 Happenstance 10 votes

Best Local Bike Club

1 GIVE UP 37 votes 🔗
2 Critical Mass 20 votes
3 Coffee Outside Pittsburgh 3 votes 🔗

Overall Best Bike-Friendly Business

1 East End Brewing 34 votes 🔗
2 Trace Brewing 15 votes 🔗
3 Kraynick's 9 votes 🔗

Best Mechanic (Include a shop if they're associated with one)

1 Ike (Ike's Basement Bike Shop) 24 votes
2 Paul (Thick Bikes) 10 votes
3 Jenny @ Kindred 9 votes

Best Local Non-Profit

1 BikePGH 25 votes 🔗
2 Free Ride 14 votes 🔗
3 POGOH 14 votes (tie) 🔗

Best Local Bike Instagram Account

1 @stolen.bikes.pgh 19 votes 🔗
2 @pgh_critical_mass 19 votes (tie) 🔗
3 @bikepgh 10 votes 🔗

Best Long Ride Snack

1 A Rip From the Weed Pen 17 votes
2 Nerds Clusters 15 votes
3 Advanced Cycling Nutrition - AKA Swedish Fish 15 votes (tie)

Best Kit/Bike color Coordination

1 Sarah Woshe 27 votes
2 Mike (Yinzer Chic) 9 votes
3 Bingo (City Paper's 2024 Best-Dressed award winner, fyi) 6 votes

Best City Park

1 Riverview 21 votes
2 Frick 18 votes
3 Friendship 10 votes

Best Bike-Friendly Ice Cream Stop

1 Page('s)s's 34 votes 🔗
2 Swissvale Dari Delite 10 votes 🔗
3 Twister's 7 votes 🔗

Best Bike Shop Employee

1 Katharine at Kindred 18 votes
2 Paul at Thick Bikes 9 votes
3 Rocky at Kraynick's 9 votes

Best Bike Photographer

1 Furda 22 votes 🔗
2 Walt Haim 20 votes
3 Murphy Moschetta 6 votes 🔗

Special Competition Winners

🐍 Secret Snake Competition Winner: Harland
🧱 Secret Tetris Competition Winner: Leah

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