Get Out and Ride: August 1-7

Three’s not a lot going on this week, so I’m gonna keep it brief and just get the schedule out to you after I fill you in on some tidbits of information. First, sounds like Food Truck Joy Ride on Thursdays is on hiatus until Jamaica North Trail is repaired. My guess is that crews are going to start working on it soon, thus making it even more difficult to traverse. And lastly, there’s only one oddball event happening this week, and it’s a Nutrition Clinic going on at Cycle Works this Wednesday. Sounds like it’d be great for all types of cyclists, and there will be some samples of goodies to try while you are there. Sounds like my kind of party (the free food kind). Anyway, I’ll leave it at that this week, and remember, GET OUT AND RIDE!

P.S. Congrats to everyone that’s been working hard to take the lead from Madison, we’re currently up by over 20,000 points and our lead is climbing everyday. KEEP IT UP, LINCOLN!

This Week’s Calendar:

Monday (August 1)

• Chit Chat Ride – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: 6pm (meet at 5:45pm)
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Varies (usually south)
• Friendly Road Ride – Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Route: Varies (1.5-2 hour)

Tuesday (August 2)

• Tuesday Night Nacho Ride
  • Time: 5pm – ??
  • Start: Trailhead at 84th and Mopac
  • Route: Eagle and back
• Hit the Trail – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Varies

Wednesday (August 3)

• Wednesday Night Ride
  • Time: Meet at 5:30pm, Roll out by 5:35pm
  • Start: Varies
  • Route: Varies
• Midweek MTB – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: Time varies, check Joyride FB Page or Angry Cow Adventures
  • Start: Varies
  • Route: Varies
• Family / New Rider Trail Ride – Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Bike Rack (Lincoln)
  • Route: Varies (trails around town)
• Chit Chat Ride 2 – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: 5:45pm (meet at 5:30pm)
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Varies (usually south)
• Girls Ride Out – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Varies
• Nutrition Clinic – Cycle Works
  • Time: 7pm – 8:30pm
  • Location: Cycle Works
  • About: Head down to Cycle Works for a crash course in nutrition to get you geared up for all your bicycling adventures.

Thursday (August 4)

• Food Truck Joy Ride – Joyride Bicycles (on hiatus until Jamaica North is repaired)
  • Time: 6pm – ??
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Roca Tavern and back
• Thursday Night No Drop Road Ride (ThNNDRR) – Cycle Works
  • Time: 5:30pm – ??
  • Start: Cycle Works
  • Route: Varies
• Thursday Nite Gravel
  • Time: 6pm
  • Start: Jamaica North Trailhead at Park Blvd & Speedway Circle
  • Route: varies, 35-45 miles, 15mph average  (akin to 19-20 mph on pavement)

Friday (August 5)

• No rides on schedule for Friday

Saturday (August 6)

• Saturday Morning Gravel
  • Time:  7am
  • Start: Jamaica North Trailhead at Park Blvd & Speedway Circle
  • Route: varies, 35-45 miles, 15mph average  (akin to 19-20 mph on pavement)
• On the Road – Joyride Bicycles
  • Time: 8am
  • Start: Joyride Bicycles
  • Route: Varies
• Loma Tavern Ride – Monkey Wrench Cycles
  • Time: Get to Loma between 9am-11am, tavern open 9am-1pm
  • Location: Loma Tavern, Loma, NE
  • Info: Unorganized ride to Loma and back, multiple route options or make your own. More details on the MWC website.
• Saturday Morning No Drop Fat Bike Ride (SMNDFBR) – Cycle Works
  • Time: 9:30am
  • Start: Cycle Works
  • Route: Varies

Sunday (August 7)

• Old Cheney Road Farmers’ Market
  • Time: 10am-2pm
  • Location: 5500 Old Cheney Rd
  • About: Ride to the Farmers’ Market and show your BicycLincoln Helmet Sticker to get entered into the monthly drawing.

Get Out and Ride (GOAR) is a Sunday night blog post that we’ll do our best to consolidate all the bicycling events, rides, and races coming up in the next week into one easy to digest list of details and links with a different featured event each week. The plan will be to update these posts with more events and details as the week goes on, and help get more people in the know about cycling related activities around Lincoln. Feel free to email us at [email protected] with events we may have missed, updates to events we have listed, or future events in the coming weeks.