A family ride to the zoo and Ivanna Cone.

It was a busy day with the family and this afternoon we took a ride to the zoo to see the new penguins. We even got to visit with John Chapo who said visitors had complained about finding parking and that he thought it was cool that we'd biked. Afterward we went to Ivanna Cone for a treat. We also got to see runners finish the Market To Market Relay. It was a great day for a ride and tomorrow is packed full of tons of biking events in Lincoln. Hope to see you out tomorrow! Today's miles = 14.9

The former Holdrege street overpass is being replaced with a connecting path.

This'll connect the John Dietrich bikeway with the Antelope Valley Trail that connects cyclist to the rest of the city paths. The trail has been poured, now we just wait for the new bridge. Today's miles on the work commute = 20.0

The unofficial fall Nacho Ride started today.

I was running behind and had to catch up with everyone in Walton. We had a good night for the ride and a nice sized crowd biked out for food, drinks and fun. We'll continue to Nacho Ride on Tuesday evenings as long as the weather holds out. With today's commute and my shortened Nacho Ride I totaled 34.6 miles today.

Dam construction guys blocking the Antelope Valley Trail.

They were set up on the trail to work on the dam as I went home from work this afternoon.

Yo playa, go ride your bike!

I forgot to blog yesterday's commute lastnight, but I logged 19.7 miles going to work and back on Monday.

Super Sunday Century - Lincoln to Nebraska City and back.

Patches recently had the idea that we ride another century yet this year and wanted to go to Nebraska City. I was game and invited others to come along for part of the way, or the whole day. Six of us met up at Holmes Lake at 7:00 this morning even though it was only 35'F.

We took the Antelope Creek Trail out to Highway 2 and turned east. By about 9:00 all but Patches and I had peeled off to ride to Eagle or back to Lincoln.

Patches and I rode into a light headwind to Nebraska City and made a b-line for downtown. We found a great restaurant and had dinner (not to be confused with supper). Then we rode around Nebraska City a little. We made our way to Arbor Lodge and the Lied Lodge then rode down some of Nebraska City's bike path.

We got back on Highway 2 and with a breeze at our backs we rolled back to Lincoln. We got back a couple of miles short of a century so we rode a lap around Holmes Lake to hit 100 miles for the day. It was Patches 3rd century after the one on TDN and Gravel Worlds earlier this year. Today was my 2nd for 2010 after the one I got on TDN. This was the first time either of us had rode to Nebraska City. It was a great day to spend on bikes and definitely the easiest century I've ever done. Today's miles = 101.3

Toss the car and give biking a try!

Today's ride to work and back was a bit slow after last nights race but as always it beat the heck out of driving. When you head to the garage for your next trip, grab your bike off of the rafters rather than fire up the money burner. You'll be glad you did. Today's miles = 19.9

The Buffalo Hustle.

I rode to work and back today. And tonight was the Buffalo Hustle. We met at 7:30 at Van Dorn park and the race began at 8pm. There were 3 check points that could be done in any order, they were: The live buffalo in Pioneers Park, The Rock Island train crash site on the Jamaica North Trail and The stone drinking fountain on the east side of the zoo. The finish was at O'rourke's downtown. There were challenges at each checkpoint including a gunnysack race, hackysack and dressing up.

Quite a few of us began by going to Pioneers Park, from there Tim & I took Coddington to W. Denton Rd, then carried our bikes down the side of the overpass down to the Jamaica North Trail and went South on that to the crash site.

After that we went East across the tracks and onto the Rock Island Trail then North to the zoo and from there we hurried downtown for the finish. Everyone got prizes. Tim and I went through the 16.8 mile race together and I came in 10th out of 21, my average speed was 16.1mph. As always, it was a great race! Today's total miles = 45.2 And that puts September in the books with a total of 772.29 miles.

CX practice at Van Dorn park.

I rode to work today. And this evening I rode with our boy to church then continued on to Van Dorn park to check out the cycle cross racers. Bike Pedalers paid for everyone to ride free tonight! How cool is that!?! They even had a bike mechanic on duty. Even if you don't race it's fun to go and watch, cheer on everyone, and visit with other cyclists. Today's miles = 22.1

2010's last "official" Nacho Ride. The "unofficial" Nacho Ride starts next Tuesday. Yeah!

The Nacho Ride is listed with the GPBC and tonight's ride was the last one on the schedule this year. But that doesn't mean cyclists have any intentions of quitting. Make plans to Nacho Ride in the weeks to come.

I rode to work and back today. Counsel is still complaning about the wall of gnats that were out on the trail. Other than that, tonight's Nacho Ride was gorgeous! We made good time and Patches and I had time to kill before our curfew so we took the 84th Street Trail to the Antelope Creek Trail to extend the ride a bit before going home. I ended the day with 53.2 miles.