About Us
 
Pedal PA is a bicycle touring company, founded in 1995, with the goal of providing cyclists with a vacation featuring beautiful scenery, fantastic food and accommodations, full support and a challenging tour.

From lightly traveled roads, challenging climbs and ribbons of rolling roads to stunning scenery, historical sites and creature comforts, our goal is to have you focus on enjoying the scenery and the ride, while we worry about all of the details involved in truly pleasurable bicycle touring.

Most of our bicycle tours are based in Pennsylvania, showcasing the commonwealth’s natural beauty and history. Cyclists vacationing with Pedal PA live all around the United States and Canada. We’ve had people from Alaska, Florida, California, Ottawa—and even Pennsylvania! And many of our riders use our bicycle tours to raise funds for their favorite charities and we support them in their efforts.

Bill McCoach, owner of Pedal PA, takes an active role in planning and executing each Pedal PA bicycle tour. An avid cyclist, Bill has been riding and otherwise involved in cycling for 25 years, including co-founding bike clubs—such as Suburban Cyclists Unlimited (SCU)—and organizing and helping at community events. In addition to serving as past president of SCU, he earned an award from the League of American Bicyclists for best century when he served as SCU’s century coordinator, designed the club’s new Quad County century and was instrumental in growing nightly bicycle club rides at two of the club’s major ride locations. He is the logistical wizard behind each Pedal PA bicycle tour, including scouting and planning routes. When he’s not on the road for Pedal PA, you can find Bill at Indian Valley Bikeworks—the bicycle shop he and his wife, Michelle, own in Harleysville, PA—or spending time with Kevin and Kimberly, his two children.

The folks that help make Pedal PA bicycle tours happen you may see on any of the tours include: John Dzubinski, website, routes and logistics; Ed Hall, Jason Meyers and Rich Mayberry, mechanics; Linda Jamison and Emilie Atkinson, masseuses; Pat Joyce, SAG and rest stops; and Fred Vielhauer, baggage and transportation. The Pedal PA team been working to make our tours a success for our participants for a long time. It’s because of their experience with both the company and cycling that they are instrumental in creating the atmosphere of calm, competent support that helps to signify Pedal PA

Riding with Pedal PA on a fully supported bicycle tour means all you need to do is pedal and enjoy the scenery. Leave the rest to us…