With the exception of the Rock Island and Billy Wulff trail work to be done near the 27th and Capitol Parkway trail hub, the open trails are clear and through. There have been the predictably muddy underpasses at the upper reaches of the Billy Wulff after the last rain, but those were being cleaned the last time I rode by and I gave the city workers a big thumbs up.   Saturday I was one […]

  If you thought you saw more out-of-state vehicles transporting bikes this last weekend in Lincoln, you would be correct. Gravel Worlds, Lincoln’s annual 150 mile bicycle gravel race around Lincoln was Saturday. Participants came from around the country to suffer up some of our local hills and roll down in loose gravel while riding into a 25+ mph headwind. It was fun, really! That might not be the kind of riding that interests you, […]

  If you thought you saw more out-of-state vehicles transporting bikes this last weekend in Lincoln, you would be correct. Gravel Worlds, Lincoln’s annual 150 mile bicycle gravel race around Lincoln was Saturday. Participants came from around the country to suffer up some of our local hills and roll down in loose gravel while riding into a 25+ mph headwind. It was fun, really! That might not be the kind of riding that interests you, […]

It’s great to see so many people out using our trails. This was a banner weekend on the MoPac which was teeming with walkers, runners and cyclists. Black walnuts are starting to show up on the trail looking like lime green golf balls, telling us where those trees are located and the wild plums are beginning to show a blush of color, telling us fall is not far off. The closure of the Rock Island […]

Trails in Lincoln are fast and dry this week, and the small bridge and underpass on the Boosalis trail west of 56th and under 48th are now open, removing a minor annoyance from that path. Be warned that on the (not yet officially open) Old Cheney trail from 70th to 84th there was a large pallet of retaining wall blocks occupying the entire width of the trail recently that you wouldn’t want to come upon […]

Have you ever planned a route somewhere and discovered that when riding it, it turns out different than you had expected? Maybe there’s a detour, but it could be that there’s more traffic, no shoulder, the road surface is not in good condition, new rock has been spread, or you get funneled somewhere you don’t want to be. Chances are good that some of these have happened to many of you, so you have to […]