Get Out and Ride: August 8-14

Sorry about the lack of content folks, been tough to find the time to write the last couple weeks. I’ll start working on next week’s post today so we get some content with the schedule next week. Anyway, here’s this week’s schedule, check it over, find a ride (or two), and pull out those steeds and GET OUT AND RIDE!

This Week’s Calendar:

Monday (August 8)

• 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 (August 9)

• 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
• Di’s Birthday Ride – GPBC
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Bench by Shopko on Rock Island Trail / Helen Boosalis Trail
  • Route: 15 mi. 12-15mph pace. Out to Pioneers Park, loop around the park, ice cream at C&L Dairy Sweet.

Wednesday (August 10)

• 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 (August 11)

• Food Truck Joy Ride – Joyride Bicycles (on hiatus until Jamaica North is repaired)
  • 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)
• Bike to School – Biking as an Alternative to Driving to School – Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Time: 6pm-8pm
  • Location: Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Info: A workshop for students at the Bike Rack to discuss riding your bike to school.

Friday (August 12)

• No rides on schedule for Friday

Saturday (August 13)

• 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

Sunday (August 14)

• 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.