Danny Chew inspires cyclists to tackle Pittsburgh's toughest hills

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Danny Chew inspires cyclists to tackle Pittsburgh's toughest hills

Andrew Russell | Saturday, November 25, 2017 10:21 p.m.

Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review

Cyclists attempt to tackle Canton Avenue in Beechview during Pittsburgh's Dirty Dozen Race on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. The race challenges cyclists to tackle 13 of the city's toughest hills.

Saturday's warm weather helped ease the pain of over 400 cyclists in this year's Dirty Dozen bicycle race.

The annual race challenges the riders to climb 13 of the steepest hills in and around Pittsburgh and has become a destination race for cyclists across the country.

Returning this year to help organize and cheer on the riders was race co-founder Danny Chew, an icon in the local cycling community who was paralyzed from the chest down in a Sept. 4, 2016 bike accident near Lodi, Ohio. Chew spoke to the riders before the race began and watched from the top of several of the races hills. Chew started the race in 1983 with 4 other riders.