First full week of riding in 2010 yeilds 200 miles.

I rode the trails to the office this morning, then met up with Craig at Lincoln cyclist's favorite hangout for Sunday lunch, at Pepe's in Havelock.

After some great grub we headed west on the Superior St. Trail, rode around the Highlands loop, past Oak Lake then West on the Mopac. We then split up and I went South on the 84th St. Trail to Wal-Mart on Hwy 2, then back on the Billy Wolff. After some food and a break at home I rode West on Pioneers to the Rock Island Trail and took it to the Zoo before coming home on the Billy Wolff. Today's miles = 47.3 making this week a 200+ mile week. This week was so much fun! Here's hoping you'll make time to enjoy the outdoors in the days to come.

Bike partay on the new balcony.

A couple of Lincoln bikes moved into a new place and invited other bikes and their riders over to celebrate. The bikes spent the evening on the balcony while their owners were inside having a great time.

I rode there getting 9.9 miles in tonight. Including the afternoon road ride I have 40.5 miles for the day.

Aspire to one day become a local cycling blog celebrity.

Other Lincoln cycling blogs are featuring shots and stories on this local biking legend. Due to liable laws I'm abstaining from sharing inside information regarding his personal life and riding adventures. But, not wanting to be out of the loop I am posting this blog entry because, we all need a hero.

An afternoon road ride to Bennett and the Roca rollers.

I met up with Kent and a couple of other guys at Home Depot on 70th & Hwy. 2 for a late afternoon road ride.

Even though he claimed to have taken the winter off I struggled to hang with them. It was a fast ride and a heck of a workout. A fun way to add to this weeks mileage and get some early season road time in.

Rode Trusty Rusty to the First Friday Art Show.

I left home on TR and headed to The Cup for a little sugar then went on to The Parrish Project on 14th & O St. To check out the art, entertainment and see some friends.

The art and atmosphere were really cool and the ride downtown on TR was so fun. I love riding that bike! Downtown and back is about 10 miles. Add in today's work commute and I racked up 26.9 miles today.

Work continues on the Antelope Valley Project.

Went by the construction on the commute home today, can't wait till it's finished and we don't have to wait for traffic. The new bike trails will go under the streets making the commute faster and safer.

I took 48th St. To work and had a really strong tail-wind. I flew there! 7 miles in 26 minutes. This afternoons trip home was spent down in the drops and took 55 minutes to go 9.9 miles.

1/2 a commute and a ride after work.

I rode to work and got my first flat of the year on the way. More like a slow leak actually. I aired it up a couple times and made it in without having to change the tube out.

I already had my pick-up at the office, I drove it to Columbus for a meeting and stopped off at Nebraska Cycling and Fitness (great bike shop! Stop in sometime) and picked up a few things. After I got back to the office this afternoon I switched out the tube, but wanted to join a ride at 6pm and didn't have time to ride home, so I drove.

I then rode from home to Cycle Works on 70th & Pioneers and met up with about a dozen others and we headed out for an 'urban assault' riding down the Billy Wolff to the Rock Island, then around the South Point loop and back on the Hwy. 2 trail, I broke off to go back to the house at the end. We had a great time, I got to meet several cyclist I hadn't rode with before. And it felt great to burn the cobs out tonight. We rode 18.8 miles. Including the 7 mile commute into work I got 25.8 miles in today.

A commute and a half.

Today the trails are still wet and grimy. But don't let that keep you from the fun a ride around town.

Tomorrow I have a meeting in Columbus, but didn't want to waste a day of riding by driving to work, and I knew I'd have to go back to the office late in the afternoon, so I rode there and back, then put the bike in the pick-up and drove from home to work and rode home again.

It was good to see a couple of friends on the trails today and many other cyclist. Everyone is loving this weather.

But remember drivers are not in the habit of watching for us again. I had a lady on her phone in a SUV pull into the bike trail crossing (cross-walk) when I had the light, cutting me off, once she noticed me I could see her mouth "Sorry, Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Even with her window up I could tell what she said. So, pay attention, and have fun.

Today's miles = 26.4

Back in the saddle again.

It feels great to be riding regularly again. I've been on the bike 5 out of the last 6 days and don't see an end in site as temperatures are expected to continue to rise.

I again rode 48th to work and took the trails home. With the ground frozen the melting snow is drenching the bike paths and not soaking into the ground making for a damp afternoon ride and icy conditions for anyone on them in the mornings.

Workers were clearing the drainage areas of volunteer trees near the Billy Wolff trail. There were also a couple dog walkers, several other cyclist and joggers out enjoying today's 42' high. It was a welcome change from lastweeks highs in the low 20's! Today's miles = 17.1

Finding a way to bike to work.

Yesterday's ride just made me hungry for more. And today was gorgeous! The bike trails I take on my work commute have ice in a lot of spots, so I decided to leave for work about 45 minutes early and take 48th St. (a major street that's not good to bike on) Trafic was almost non existent, it's shocking how bad that street clogs up starting around 6:30am and stays like that till evening.

The ride to work was fast, uneventful and short coming in at just 6.9 miles since it's a pretty straight shot. It's really not a bad route, if I can get my butt out of bed early enough to beat the traffic.

After work it was warm and I knew the ice would be mostly gone, so I rode the trails home and logged another 10 miles even. The trails had a lot of standing water on them, and my bike was a mess by the time I got home. But it was great to be out riding instead of sitting in trafic! I also rode around the neighborhood a little bringing today's total miles to 18.0

Now, time to clean the bike.