As the days get longer, the races and rides are already piling up. The Nacho rides begin May 7, though the trail and temperatures are fine now. People are even bike packing to area lakes already. Last week was mountain bike racing and gravel grinding. Before that was road racing and a new event called Trash Time Trials, which sounds pretty great. It’s part of the RRR (Randy’s Ritual Ride) Gravel Series. It’s too late […]

Nebraska Weather is not Slowing These Cyclists Down. On March 30th and 31st, cyclists representing numerous teams and eight states toughed the weather conditions and converged on Lincoln, NE to participate in the Tour de Husker hosted by the University of Nebraska Lincoln Cycling Club. The event hosted collegiate, amateur, professional, and one world class athletes to participate in an omnium event which included the following: a road race around Branched Oak State Park, a 14.6 mile time trial, and […]

News and Photos have been trickling in over the past week or two of the damage to the mountain bike trails and trail bridges along the Platte. The word on the street, er bike shop, was that there is massive damage, missing trails and damaged park infrastructure. You’ve probably seen some of the pictures. Other parks and trails are fine, though, or the damage is limited. BikeWalk Nebraska has posted photos and video on their […]

It was great to go to the Great Plains Trails Network annual meeting last Saturday and hear more about the progress of trail expansions and new projects. Projects at the fringes of the city are on-going, such as from near 56thand Pine Lake towards 70th and Yankee Hill, and the Stonebridge trail in the area of Humphrey St. and N. First and Alvo Road. The new projects beginning this year are the Rock Island to […]

Those of you who have gotten out on your bikes know what I’m talking about. It’s been glorious out there this past week, except of course on the limestone trails and dirt. Stay away from those for awhile. The gravel I was on today was perfect. Saturday it was still a little like peanut butter in places, but generally pretty good. The mornings will be a little cool, but mainly above freezing. Here in Lincoln […]

You could feel the warmth and hear the running water of snow melt today. No face mask or goggles, no over-layer of wind pants, thermal boots or Bar Mitts! Spring is close at hand, but first the ice has to melt. Sunday and Monday’s temperatures were great, but parts of the Billy Wolfe were not. Snow melt, freezing overnight temperatures, and shade had created some really treacherous stretches of trail. I didn’t fall, but that’s […]

Like the gardener looking at seed catalogs in the middle of winter, cyclists register for summer races, rides, and tours. It’s actually too late to register for some of them, but many are still open, and a few of the races are already past. Just about every weekend from May to September has at least one event in the mid-west. You can choose from Gravel, Road, Off-road, Touring, Cyclocross, Gran Fondo, Recreational, Time Trial , […]

The neighborhood streets were quite passable this morning- when they were just snow packed and not driven on too much yet. A few hours later that wasn’t the case. It was the opposite once I got to the trail, the second half of today’s first commute. Instead of the 50% more time I’d allotted myself to get to work, it took twice as long. I was glad to see that a couple of hours later […]

I would venture to say that when it comes to winter cycling deal-breakers, the hands and feet come out on top of the list. After that, it’s probably the road conditions, meaning snow and ice. So what have you learned to keep your hands and feet comfortable? There are quite a few options available, ranging from from expensive to free. First, hands. A lack of pogies kept me from having more fun on the fat […]

If January gave us anything, it was variety. With temperatures ranging from a high of 60 degrees F (Jan 5) to a low of -9F (Jan 30), commuters really had to think through their apparel. Many did and BICYCLINCOLN tops the NATIONAL chart for the most commute days! Great job, Lincoln!!!!