Trail Ramblings: Have A Light?
This is an “encore” post, because it’s getting to be that time of year again. The weather is still fine for riding, but sunlight is in increasingly shorter supply. Lately, …
Trail Ramblings: Do You Know Someone Who Rides One?
It’s the hot-button topic this year, and regulation and education has been trying to catch up. I’m all for more people riding bikes. If legal e-bikes get people who otherwise …
Trail Ramblings: The Latest On The Gap
The following information is the latest from the MoPac East Connector Trail Project. The MoPac project team recently worked with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on a feasibility assessment …
Trail Ramblings: All Aboard
If you have a child in school, and they like to ride their bike, it’s time to make plans for them to do that. Lincoln’s bike bus principal, Joe Dauer, …
Trail Ramblings: Re-Visiting Jen Schmidt’s Crash And The New VRU Law.
If you haven’t seen it yet, the Lincoln Journal Star featured an article in the July 19 Sunday edition about cyclist Jen Schmidt’s crash June 12. Jen suffered many broken …
Trail Ramblings: A Local Tour Through The Countryside
So you’d like to tour the beautiful countryside on a typical August day just south of the Platte River? And you want to give the gravel a try? And you’d …
Trail Ramblings: Are You Getting Acclimatized?
It’s time for me to go over the annual list of do’s and don’ts of riding in the heat. Heat, and how to ride in it hasn’t changed much, so …
Trail Ramblings: Those City Rating Scores
About a week ago People For Bikes released their annual scoresheet on cities and towns in the U.S. I’m sure many of you have seen it, but I’ll go over …
Trail Ramblings: The Prairie Corridor, That Much Closer To The Finish Line.
As many of you are now aware from the Saturday Lincoln Journal Star article, another piece of the needed land has fallen into place. I’m including it here for those …
Trail Ramblings: What IS That Plant?
I know I’ve posted this before, and there are a lot more plants out there there I could cover, but here is a collection of some of the most common …