Critical Mass Friday night at 6:00 on the North side of the Capitol.

More info here.

Tom Knapp will perform for free in G.I. Saturday!

This is an awesome sharp shooter show, we went to Norfolk years ago and saw it, he seldom is in the area, and I highly recommend making the time to go. Click here to find out more about this weekends event and click here to see his site. Very, very cool!

Last "official" Nacho Ride is tonight.

The GPBC is calling tonight the last "official" Nacho Ride of the season. With darkness coming on earlier and earlier for safety reasons the Nacho Ride will transition into "unofficial" mode following tonight's ride.

Feel free to Nacho Ride year-round, just know that it's only endorsed during times when it's light well into the evening. But with lights on your bike and a little extra caution the Mopac Trail Nacho Ride can be enjoyed well into the fall and winter months.

Unfortunately I scheduled my wedding to take place 9 years ago today, not knowing it would land on a Nacho Ride night, so I will be Nacho Riding tonight only in my mind. I've done the Nacho Ride 19 out of the last 20 Tuesday nights giving me a total so far of 380 Nacho Ride miles down the Mopac to Eagle and back, and the One Eye'd Dog Saloon has served up 57 tacos and around 40 Mountain Dews to fuel me back home. I've made countless friends and look forward to continuing to Nacho Ride into the fall season. Click here to read about my past Nacho Rides. And be sure to check the official Nacho Ride site by clicking here. Have a great time tonight and continue to check back for more unofficial Nacho Ride reports as well as a big upcoming event at the One Eye'd Dog Saloon that'll be great to ride to.

No "Bike Rest Stop"?

I ride by this piece of art every day on my commute to and from work, I noticed today that it was missing, hope it'll be back soon.

Today's miles to work and back = 19.85.

A bike wedding procession?

I ran across this large group on the corner of 14th & South Sunday evening. How cool is that? Was it a wedding? Anyone know?

GPBC Heatstroke 100 ride 2009

Today was the Great Plains Bike Club's annual Heatstroke 100 ride. It began at the SAC Museum near Ashland and had distances from 24 - 105 miles. There were reported to be around 400 riders.

I met up with some friends from TDN and we did loop 1 and 2 and a couple of them continued on to also ride loop 3 for a total of 105 miles.

The first SAG stop was on the North end of the Lied Bridge.

Very scenic!

Tough hills, but so much fun to go down!

An Airboat on the Platte.

All smiles while crossing the Platte in Louisville. (that's before we knew about the big hills we had to climb going into the wind on the South side of Louisville!)

SAG food included Hot Tamales incase you weren't warm enough! Ha!

A cemetery SAG stop. (is this a mean joke?)

A country church is a focal point in the rolling farmland.

Yes, that's a skirt the lady on the left is riding in.

The wind was strong and the hills were memorable, but the route was scenic and the crowd was fun. I started at 7:40 and finished the 59 mile route at 12:20. With some extra riding around I got in 60.09 miles today. And a total of 222.09 for the week making this my strongest week since the TDN in June.

Family afternoon at Holmes Lake.

Our youngest biked a couple laps on the trail around the lake with my wife and I while our daughter walked around it with a friend.

This morning's discovery ride and our ride at the lake got me 21.68 miles today.

GPTN Discovery Ride.

I met up with a handful of folks from the Great Plains Trail Network for their discovery ride this morning. We gathered on the banks of Holmes Lake then rode S.E. To Hwy 2 near Wal-Mart and back. It was a very casual ride and a great chance to hob-knob with some of Lincoln's most proactive cyclist.

Another uneventful commute.

A strong west wind made going downtown slow, but the ride east was fast and easy! Today's miles = 19.69

Scenes from the Iowa Taco Ride.

Views of the trail.

Riders get a chance to talk while headed to Mineola.

Margaritaville!

Now I've seen it all. A blue matching Mag Lite Duct tapped to the top tube. And a big styrofoam cooler tied on with bailing twine! (is that red-neck or what?)

Never too young to Taco Ride. Here a toddler is helped out for a break and chance to stretch at Margaritaville.

This sign is overrun with bike team stickers.

Riders take a breather and have a drink at Margaritaville.

Old ford tractor for sale on the side of the trail in Mineola.

The Mineola Steakhouse! It's taco time!

I'll bet this good ol' boy didn't bike to Mineola.

'Watch my wife' sign posted above the bar.

Another 5 minute rain storm has Taco Riders using their menus to stay dry in the beer garden.

The Taco Ride is every Thursday from Council Bluffs to Mineola Ia. It's 10 miles each way and a ton of fun. Check out http://www.tacoride.com/ to find out more.

Today's miles riding Omaha's river front, the Bob Kerrey bridge & the Taco Ride = 30.29