I'm SO disappointed.

This is the stone picnic shelter at the intersection of the Rock Island and Billy Wolff trails on the North side of the zoo.

Their turning it into a storage unit for the parks department. They'll keep tools and such for the Sunken Gardens and Rose Garden in it. It'll save them trips back to the shop when they need something, but that shelter was always a good meeting place for cyclists to meet for group rides.

I rode my loaner Surly Cross Check from Bike Pedalers to work and back today and got 20.0 miles.

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The misses test rides another bike.

She deserves some new wheels and has been looking for something in the right color, weight, and component group.

She has that 'new love' look in her eyes. Watching her and Ruby reminded me of her and I during this week all those years ago. They looked to be smitten with each other and seemed to be giddy as they danced down the trail.

We put it through the paces on the Rock Island to the tune of 5.2 miles.

A St. construction sends cyclist on a detour around the zoo.

Trail users are now being directed around the zoo and through Antelope park as they start to tear out and rebuild A St. Get your bike out and take a spin down there to see the work for yourself. Today's miles on the work commute = 19.7

He cheats, and they promise not to.

I rode to work, then took the pick-up to get our youngest from camp. Tonight I went for a spin on the bike paths and ran across this wedding rehearsal at the rose garden in Antelope Park. Farther down the Rock Island I spotted this guy on his two wheeled skate board being pulled by his dog. That's cheating.

Today's miles = 21.2

The First Annual NSFW Lincoln Tour Ride. Wednesday April 21, 2010.

I'm hosting a GPBC ride and hope you'll join us for the first annual NSFW Lincoln tour ride.

Not Sorry (for) Forgetting Work

Put in now to take April 21st (rain date 4/28) off as a vacation day to celebrate spring on a casual ride around Lincoln with like minded friends. Spend the workday riding, while your co-workers toil away.

Meet at 9am ride ends at 2pm all on city trails. 40-50 miles. 12-14 mph average speed.

Ride starts and ends at the intersection of the Rock Island Trail and Billy Wolff Trail on the North Side of the Zoo at 27th & Capital Parkway.

No fee to ride, but bring lunch money, lunch will be at your choice of Havelock restaurants.

Several Lincoln Bike Shops will have free refreshments, giveaways, discounts and prizes for NSFW riders! The route will include stops at these shops giving riders a chance to refuel, visit, shop, register for prizes, and use bathrooms or have mechanics make adjustments.

Bike Pedalers: Free Cultiva Coffee & Espresso, Recovery/Energy drinks, Bike adjustments, drawings for a $50, $30, & $20 Bike Pedalers gift certificate & a drawing for Lunch at Pepe's. All entrants get a coupon via email for 15% off any item or bike.

Cycle Works: Free Tire lever & Patch kits for NSFW riders, light bike adjustments, bathrooms & water plus 20% off nonsale clothing and accessories.

The Bike Rack: Free Water bottles, Energy drinks, bathrooms & water plus discounts on merchandise to NSFW participants.

Joyride: Planet Earth water, Sobe Lifewater, Gatorade G2, Rockstar Energy Drinks plus 20% off coupons.

The NSFW Ride will be a fun chance to meet other cyclist, check out new bikes and biking gear, as well as a great way to get in some miles while everyone else is stuck at work. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Rain stopped so I got the new Felt out!

I rode late this afternoon at Holmes Lake then went South on the 70th St. Trail to the Old Chenney trail then around the South Point trail then North on the Rock Island and East on the Billy Wolff to home.

love my new Felt, it's so light and nimble and seems so much easier to pedal. Breaking in the new Brooks saddle left me in no pain so far, thanks in part to how little weight is put on the seat compared to my Comfort Series Marin.

Today's ride was perfect totaling 18.5 miles.

Staightnin' the curves, Flatnin' the hills...

Nothing like a great fall bike ride in the country to bring back old memories!

I had the day off work, so late this morning I derailed into the little ring and spun into the wind. I took the Billy Wolff to the Rock Island then South to the Jamaica North then down the Homestead about halfway to Cortland before turning back to Lincoln. Then some effortless sailing in the big ring all the way back. Back on the edge of Lincoln, I tried some single track in Wilderness Park before heading home.

Then, tonight our youngest and I took our bikes to church.

One of my most vivid childhood memories was laying on my side with one elbow on the floor and my head in my hand with the Dukes on the RCA and my orange Matchbox General Lee straightnin' the curves and flatnin' the hills of our green shag carpeted living room floor.

Then, riding my orange bike the next morning through autumn leaves as fast as I could at our rural Hall County farm, trying to get them to fly up in the air like Bow and Luke did as they tore through rural Hazard County. Yes, I would yell "Yee-Haa" too!

Today's ride reminded me of those early fall boyhood adventures. And while I denied yelling "Yee-Haa" today, I admit I did look back after plowing through drifts of dry leaves on the trail to see if they would fly up behind me like they did over 25 years ago... Sure enough, they did! "Yee-Haa!" (Oops! Did I say that out loud?)

Sure the weather is a little 'iffy' this time of year, but here's hoping you'll find some time to get outdoors for a little nostalgic fun, just be sure to get home in time to watch 'The Dukes'. Today's rural ride and trip to church = 39.94 miles.

"Rock On" on the Rock Island Trail

Our 11 yr old makes the "Rock On" gesture as we ride down the Rock Island Trail.

I came home to eat and take a short nap, then recruited our youngest for some company.

We went across the Holmes Lake Dam Trail then south down the 70th St. Trail to the Old Cheney Trail and took that to the Hwy. 2 trail till the Rock Island trail then took the Billy Wolff home. That loup was nearly 14 miles.

His riding has sure improved and he dosent get tired nearly as fast as he used to. Riding with the kids is always a blast.

Bike has no wipers, so took the Chevy to work.

Things were pretty wet early this morning. But cleared up later and made for some cool looking clouds this evening. I took a great ride before supper.

I took the Billy Wolff to the Rock Island to the Tierra Williamsburg to the South Point then back.

Talked to a couple I found on the trails about tomorrow's big Nacho ride and found out their going on the Tour De Nebraska too. I'm getting really excited and can't wait. But I feel like I've got to get some serious miles in by then so I don't die out there.

Keep checking my blog, its encouraging to see the hits add up and keeps me motivated.

A couple of miles into tonight's ride I turned 2500 miles on my bike's odometer. That's 2000 miles during 2008 and 500 so far this year. Got in 18.24 miles this evening.

Hope to see you tomorrow on the Nacho Ride!

Take the kids out to a Easter Egg Hunt. Here are a couple that are on the bike trails.

The John Dietrich bike trail runs right through this park! Pre-school - 3rd grade Easter Egg Hunt On the John Dietrich bike trail. A great family activity!

Description:For pre-school through grade 3. Sponsored by the University Place Community Organization, First United Methodist Church and University Place Business Association. Time:10 a.m. Date:4/11/09 Location:University Place Park Address: N. 40th Street & Adams Street, Lincoln, NE, USA

The Rock Island Trail runs right behind Leon's! Here is one for 2 yrs old - 6th Grade.

Description:In-store hunt at 9 a.m. for pre-school through kindergarten; 9:30 a.m. for grads 1-6. Baskets are encouraged. Live Easter bunny petting available. Time:9 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. Date:4/11/09 Telephone:(402) 488-2307 Location:Leon's Food Mart Address: 2200 Winthrop Road, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA Phone:(402) 488-2307

I found God! & The new Bike Pedalers. (not in that order)

This afternoon I started riding at the South Point Mall and went west to the new bike pedalers location just south east of the corner of 14th & Pine Lake. It's a very cool store, really spacious, clean and modern. I only wanted to stop by and check out the building, but found a hot deal on a 2008 Felt MTB for our 11 yr old. We might have to make another trip out there to test ride it.

After Bike Pedalers I went north on the South Point Trail to the Rock Island Trail. Guess who I found out on the Rock Island Trail? God! Feeling guilty about skipping church to ride? Well, brethren, put your mind at ease. You can now get the good word while outside enjoying our city. Someone was cool enough to bare their soul on the bike trail, and with colored chalk wrote a handful of uplifting spiritual messages from at least behind Shopko on 27th & Hwy 2 to the North end of the Zoo. How cool is that? Then I turned east and cruised back on the Billy Wolff Trail.

Nice ride, felt good to get out one more time before this bad weather is supposed to hit. Today's Score - 10.98 Miles.