We took a look at the National Bike Challenge leader boards this morning, and it looks like Lincoln stayed strong all week in this wind, humidity, and heat and pulled out ahead of Madison. Now, let’s really put the hurt on them, increase that gap, and leave them in the dust. This week, we’ve got our regular schedule of weekly rides along with the LNK Hustle on Thursday, BicycLincoln’s Commuter Club on Friday, a Mustache ride on Saturday, and a ride to promote the Washington County Fair on Sunday! So, keep cool, keep pedaling, and keep kicking Madison’s booty! Oh yeah, and GET OUT AND RIDE!
Also, remember to log your July miles before midnight on July 31, or risk not having them count towards the challenge / miss out on the July prizes!
This Week’s Calendar:
Monday (July 25)
- Chit Chat Ride – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 6pm (meet at 5:45pm)
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Varies (usually south)
- Friendly Road Ride – Bike Rack (Lincoln)
- Time: 6pm
- Start: Bike Rack (Lincoln)
- Route: Varies (1.5-2 hour)
Tuesday (July 26)
- Tuesday Night Nacho Ride
- Time: 5pm – ??
- Start: Trailhead at 84th and Mopac
- Route: Eagle and back
- Hit the Trail – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 6pm
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Varies
Wednesday (July 27)
- Wednesday Night Ride
- Time: Meet at 5:30pm, Roll out by 5:35pm
- Start: Varies
- Route: Varies
- Midweek MTB – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: Time varies, check Joyride FB Page or Angry Cow Adventures
- Start: Varies
- Route: Varies
- Family / New Rider Trail Ride – Bike Rack (Lincoln)
- Time: 6pm
- Start: Bike Rack (Lincoln)
- Route: Varies (trails around town)
- Chit Chat Ride 2 – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 5:45pm (meet at 5:30pm)
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Varies (usually south)
- Girls Ride Out – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 6pm
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Varies
Thursday (July 28)
- Food Truck Joy Ride – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 6pm – ??
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Roca Tavern and back
- Thursday Night No Drop Road Ride (ThNNDRR) – Cycle Works
- Time: 5:30pm – ??
- Start: Cycle Works
- Route: Varies
- Thursday Nite Gravel
- Time: 6pm
- Start: Jamaica North Trailhead at Park Blvd & Speedway Circle
- Route: varies, 35-45 miles, 15mph average (akin to 19-20 mph on pavement)
- LNK Hustle – Cry-baby Hustle
- Time: 7:30pm (meet), 8:00pm (race start)
- Start: TBD
- Cost: $5
- Info: Urban bike race, fun for all.
Friday (July 29)
- BicycLincoln Commuter Club & National Bike Challenge Rally
- Time: 5pm – 6:30pm
- Location: Ploughshare Brewing Co.
- Info: Come chat with the BicycLincoln team and other Lincoln cyclist at our monthly commuter club.
Saturday (July 30)
- Saturday Morning Gravel
- Time: 7am
- Start: Jamaica North Trailhead at Park Blvd & Speedway Circle
- Route: varies, 35-45 miles, 15mph average (akin to 19-20 mph on pavement)
- On the Road – Joyride Bicycles
- Time: 8am
- Start: Joyride Bicycles
- Route: Varies
- Loma Tavern Ride – Monkey Wrench Cycles
- Time: Get to Loma between 9am-11am, tavern open 9am-1pm
- Location: Loma Tavern, Loma, NE
- Info: Unorganized ride to Loma and back, multiple route options or make your own. More details on the MWC website.
- Saturday Morning No Drop Fat Bike Ride (SMNDFBR) – Cycle Works
- Time: 9:30am
- Start: Cycle Works
- Route: Varies
- 4th Annual Mustache Ride ~ Bar Crawl on Bicycles
- Time: 4pm
- Location: HopCat – Lincoln
- Info: Grow / Glue / Draw on a mustache and go for a ride around downtown Lincoln for drinks, food, and camaraderie. Registration is required, please contact: [email protected]
om if interested in joining the ride.
Sunday (July 31)
- 3rd Almost Annual Washington County Fair Ride
- Time: 8am
- Start: Bennington High School
- Info: 31mi or 56 mi ride from Bennington, NE through Washington County to Arlington, NE. $20 registration and gets you a water bottle, a ticket to the pancake feed, and a free beer token (for 21 and overs).
- Old Cheney Road Farmers’ Market
- Time: 10am-2pm
- Location: 5500 Old Cheney Rd
- About: Ride to the Farmers’ Market and show your BicycLincoln Helmet Sticker to get entered into the monthly drawing.
Get Out and Ride (GOAR) is a Sunday night blog post that we’ll do our best to consolidate all the bicycling events, rides, and races coming up in the next week into one easy to digest list of details and links with a different featured event each week. The plan will be to update these posts with more events and details as the week goes on, and help get more people in the know about cycling related activities around Lincoln. Feel free to email us at [email protected] with events we may have missed, updates to events we have listed, or future events in the coming weeks.