The 1st Annual NSFW Ride was a success!

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30 cyclist skipped work and braved a light rain today to ride around Lincoln on the NSFW (Not Sorry (for) Forgetting Work) Ride.

The ride was just over 43 miles and included stops at 5 Lincoln bike shops and lunch.

A special thanks to the Great Plains Bike Club, Joyride, Bike Pedalers, The Bike Rack & both Cycle Works locations, as well as Havelock area restaurants for making the NSFW ride so fun!

Including the ride there and back, and an evening spin with our youngest I logged 60.7 miles for the day.

Tomorrow is the first annual NSFW ride!

I took my Marin out to mark some of the turns on the bike paths with sidewalk chalk for tomorrow's big ride. I didn't get the whole route done, but did get 35.3 miles in for the day. Hope to see you tomorrow at 9 am on the North side of the Zoo for the NSFW ride!

Turds for gold. Thanks Chrome!

I rode to work and back today. And came home to find my new Chrome kicks waiting at the house when I got back!

Our youngest and I headed to Union College with the camera to celebrate and document my good fortune.

Chrome ran a promotion recently on facebook asking fans to send in an old pair of shoes for a free new pair of Chrome brand shoes. How cool is that? I love them!

Later this evening the misses and I rode to DQ for their Blizzard special. Today's miles = 21.7

Loving the work commute.

Took the bike to work today and stopped by Wal-Mart on the way home. It felt great to be riding instead of stuck in traffic If your not already riding to work, give it a try for a week or two, I bet you'll love it! Today's miles = 19.9

Spring is here!

Today was a great day to be out on the bike! Flowers are blooming, the train is running at the zoo again, and besides a mid-day shower, it was nice weather. Remember, the NSFW ride is less than a week away. Hope to see you there! Today's miles = 19.5

Sweet start, bitter end. Ha!

This morning's ride to the office featured a strong tailwind and beautiful sunrise. I made record time and got there in 33 minutes!

I managed to avoid the midday showers. But, the ride home against the wind was SO slow. It took close to an hour on the trip home. The zoo is next to the Billy Wolff trail and now has the animals back from their winter home outside of town. The zoo opens for the season tomorrow! Today's miles = 19.3

The Tuesday night Nacho Ride was windy but fun.

Today had sustained South winds at 30 mph and gusts of 50 mph. I decided to make the most of it and worked on the road today, so while I didn't commute to work, I did get a ride in during the evening.

I met up with Patches at the 84th street trailhead on the Mopac. We made our way to Eagle for 75 cent tacos and found several other cyclists already there including Nacho Ride legend Cletus. The three of us rode into the sunset back to Lincoln. Today's miles = 20.1

Sights on yesterday's commute.

As usual there were cars blocking the bike trails Then I was surprised to find a wild Turkey out for a morning walk on the John Dietrich trail. During the ride home the trails were filled not only with bikes, walkers, and roller bladers, but lots of runners. Yesterday's miles on the ride to work = 19.5

Returned the Mount Vision 5.9 to Bike Pedalers and rode to work.

I took off late this morning on the demo MTB and rode to Bike Pedalers to regrettably return it and then rode my Felt to the office.

My self adhesive patch job finally gave way giving me my 3rd flat of the year. I switched out the tube and headed across town to the office.

I had a brush with fame on the Rock Island Trail when I passed Husker football coach Pelini as he was out for a mid-day run.

Repairs have been made on the John Dietrich Trail in spots where frost has heaved the bike path.

I finally took the pick-up home from work after having sat there since Wednesday. I logged 6 miles on the Marin Mount Vision and 12.2 on my Felt for a total today of 18.2 miles.

Gravel & single track with the bentventure crew.

The good folks from bentventure.com invited me to join them on a ride from Lincoln to Branched Oak Lake yesterday on gravel for some single track riding followed by a stop at James Arthur Vineyards.

This was my first real attempt at mountain biking and I had a great bike to spend the day on.

The group was so fun to ride with and I loved riding off road. It was the most fun I've had on two wheels all year!

I was riding a little beyond my abilities and by the time we were at the vineyard I had bonked like I never had before, so I caught a ride back to town and ended the day with 46 miles on the Marin MTB.