Yes, I’ve been riding in it, but so have some of you, I’ve seen you. I haven’t been uncomfortable, how are you managing? My boots are sitting on a heat vent, gloves and jacket are spread out trying to get dry. If I keep my hood up under the helmet while it’s raining I can keep my head dry, and not arrive to a job looking half drowned. Yes, my legs get wet, but with […]

2018 NBC T-Shirt Just a quick reminder, we are continuing to take orders for the 2018 National Bike Challenge T-shirts. These orders and any orders that were not picked up at the NBC party will be available for pick up at the next Bike Club on October 26th. After that, they will be delivered to Cycle Works and will be available for pick up until the end of November. Any shirts not collected by November 30 will be appropriated […]

So the bike challenge is over, it’s chilly and wet, and the resolve you had to continue bicycling into the fall has left without you. Cool season riding is arriving, though it’s supposed to be back up to 90 degrees later in the week. Much ink is spilled every fall writing about how to cope with cycling in cool and even cold weather, but by far the biggest obstacle is your own mindset. If you […]

By Ashley Why do alarms provide the option of snooze? Has the spare five minutes ever allowed one to wake fully rested? Probably not, but I fell into the trap not once but twice on the morning in question. By the time I built enough motivation to begin the morning routine, I was running quite late. The thought occurred to me that I could jump in my car and make up the lost time. All […]

This September has had some of the best riding and one of the worst anniversaries. Many of you have taken advantage of the great weather and enjoyed group rides on the Homestead trail, ridden gravel to the Kansas border, gone bike packing on the Wabash Trace, gone mountain biking and ridden in remembrance of Randy Gibson. I remember how I often crossed paths with him riding through the Haymarket or next to the First Street […]

  I found myself riding gravel and limestone back home after dark a couple of times this past week and was reminded yet again how great night riding is. I’m not talking about riding in traffic and facing headlights and sketchy road surface. I mean having the road and trail to yourself accompanied by a sliver of moon, intensely bright stars, and strangely glowing clouds. Outside the cone of your headlight is inky darkness. The […]

After so much rain, we are being rewarded with cyclist dream conditions, so I hope you’re all taking advantage. I’ve never understood this “cycling season” talk, when some people hang up their bikes after Labor day, just when the temperatures get good. Many trails are dried out now, and even the mmr’s (dirt roads) only have a few muddy sections left, at least where I was on Sunday. There are still cycling events on the […]

It’s difficult to know just when it’s going to rain, so either you have to be prepared for it or not worry about getting wet. Where to ride is a consideration, however. If you’re commuting in it, you probably already know where to avoid or have your alternate rain route, if necessary. I decided to do a sort of trail survey of some segments I hadn’t ridden in a while, partly so that if it […]

After a couple of hours of testimony from mostly 13th St. neighborhood residents about how dangerous it is crossing and using 13th Street, the city council voted unanimously against the resolution to stop the proposed improvements. The street re-design from four lanes to a two-plus-one with bike lanes will go ahead as planned. Many of the residents who spoke said that they primarily bicycled, or drove and bicycled, but everyone focused on how dangerous it […]

First, thank-you to everyone who came out to view and give feedback for the on-street bike plan unveiling today at Turbine Flats. The plan showed proposed connections and identified plans for the future growth of an on-street bike network. Many staff consultants were there to answer, and ask, questions of Lincoln riders. I believe that the future belongs to us, but we have to speak up and work with infrastructure planners, workplace health educators, law […]