Last Chance for Bacon Ride in 2010

Bacon Ride anyone?

This Sunday, September 26, is the last day that the Platte River State Park restaurant will be open for visitors. That means that it's the last chance for a Bacon Ride until next season.

Who? Anyone who wants to ride 74 miles of mixed bike paths, street and gravel for an all-you-can eat breakfast. Bring $10 for the buffet and a tip.

When and where? Meet at 6:30am Sunday at the Wohlner's in Aksarben Village. We should be back in Omaha by 1pm.

How? See the following maps and cue sheets for the routes:

• 33 miles from Omaha to PRSP
• 41 miles from PRSP to Omaha

The pace will be relaxed, and we'll try not to leave anyone behind. However, know your route and have a contingency to get home, just in case. Be prepared to fix a flat. Bring nutrition and hydration in case the ride goes long. It may be cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon.

Despite the Bacon Ride name, there are many options for vegetarians. :)

Thanks to MOD for the original Bikely map, on which this route is based.

Hey EB?

You there?

tap, tap, is this thing on?

Bacon anyone?

Anyone down for some bacon tomorrow?

bacon

Bacon Ride. 6:30 Sunday @Wohlners you know the drill. This is self supported ride be self sufficient.
See ya there

Sunday Bacon Ride

Ivan Basso Likes bacon, the reason he smiles has nothing to do with enjoying biking. It's his love of pork belly that has him going tough. yes it's true. Do you want to be like him or do you want to be like him and eat some bacon. Now is your chance. Sunday will be the first bacon ride. Meet at wohlners around 6ish am. Leave 6:30 am. Here's the route . Anyone is welcomed the weather looks perfect we should be back noonish.

Mills County Gravel Adventure

I forgot this is going down this saturday
With DK coming up time to ratchet up the gravel miles. If you are interested in 100 miles of gravel and some casey goodness. Guess what you in luck. Here is the route. Meeting place will be scooters downtown on 12 and howard. Meet 7:00 am roll out 7:3o am. The mileage from scooters will be about 110 miles or so nothing crazy on the docket.

• You can turn around anytime
• Bring enough stuff to fix your bike in case of failure
• Bring enough food/water for yourself

EB is 26

Come hang & drink beer from a keg with me.
Bicycle hill sprints up alleys,blvds & a whole lotta fun as the night wears on!

Starts: 8ish
Where: 523 N. 33rd St. (in the back)
Why: You only live once

RSVP here

Movie Night v3.0

Bummed I'm going to miss this one. 23 Days in July had just come out when I was really getting into racing. Great film, hope everyone can make it out.

Sunday, May 16th
The Waiting Room, Benson
7:30PM

Tip you bartender...

Thanks again James for getting all this together

Hey It's May

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Interesting things happening this week-

Bus Challenge Meetup
Thursday, May 6, 2010
4:30 p.m.
Parliament Pub in Midtown Crossing
Come in a bus, on foot, or on a bike (you can drive your car too. We'd just like to see you anyway you can get there)

...and...

Bike Commuting Clinic
Saturday, May 8, 2010
2:00 p.m.
Greenstreet Cycles (Mike Fahey St. in North Downtown)

...followed by...

Courteous Mass (similar to a Critical Mass, but nicer. And legal. And not religious in nature)
5-mile, family-friendly bike ride through downtown
Starts following the Commuting Clinic (probably beginning at 2:45 or so)

Swanson trail conditions

Anyone been out to Swanson to check trail conditions?

TIV6= EPIC

Personal Blogging is coming Back...

SKULLCRUSHER

Garage sale

Got a pile of bike parts that need to be thinned out.  Check out the link to see if I've got anything that you need.

Bicycle Delivery is Back

AFK Bicycle Delivery begins Friday April 16th 8pm-2am
This year we're teaming up with Dundee Cycles
Check em out http://dundeecycles.com/

Tour of Dirt Roads 4.18.2010

Tour of Dirt Roads III

The first 75 folks will receive a limited edition PCL ToDR III magnet (ToDR II magnet pictured above)

Date: Sunday April 18th
Start time: 8 AM
Start location: Meadowlark Coffee

The ride will leave at 8 AM sharp. Please try to arrive by 7:45. If you want coffee I suggest 7:30 AM.

The route was pre-rode today and it is currently in flux. We will post the route soon.

This is a ride, not a race, but expect some folks to ride fast'

Lets bring a crew from Omaha

Perhaps pedal there Saturday. Hang. YiaYia's.Crash @ D st.

Or drive early Sunday morning

Whaddya think boys?

-All of the above words were issued by the moist -n-tasty Cornbread and lifted directly from the PCL.

omaha-lincoln-omaha

So this has been bouncing around in my head for about a month now. And I was inspired by MOD's century club posting as well as trying to get some more miles in for DK200. I would like to put out there an Idea that I have. 130+ miles in one day between two cities. Object is to get to yia yia's and have some sweet pizza and bread and comeback.
The tenative date for the even would be April 24th info

• Wohlners 8 am start.
• Follow bacon route and gravel along mopac
• Rain date well if it rains then this might have to be put off fore later during the summer
• This will be long day affair
• All welcome*

* All are welcomed yes but you are responsible for yourself. Golden rule is in effect if someone needs help help him out.

Turds for Gold Update

So did anybody send any shoe to Chromes Turd for Gold shoe swap? If you did here is an update on the progress. Kinda cool what they are doing with them. Read and enjoy.

I sent in a pair and can't wait to get my new kicks!!

Daily Grub to offer half off one single item if you pedal there.

Some of you may remember back in August there was this fantastic vegetarian eatery at the Empty Room in NoDo, called Clean Plate. Clean Plate is now the Daily Grub.

According to their website,Daily Grub is a farm to table vegetarian diner and juice bar. French press coffee, freshly made juices and smoothies, homemade soup, bread and daily special tacos are served during the week with a waffle heavy brunch menu on the weekends. It’s all your favorite food cart fare in one neighborhood place.

Daily Grub is located on the Northwest corner of 2oth and Pierce Streets.


Hours of operation Wednesday-Friday 8am-2pm
Sat/Sun Brunch is offered from 10am-3pm


Now all you eager puppies will have to wait until April 21st ya here, because that's when they open.

Dear Member of the Omaha Metro Active Transportation Community

We just posted this over at the Omaha Bikes blog.  You may want to take a look if it interests you:

Many of you have noticed that almost no new trails have been opened on the Nebraska side of the metro area for a long time. Many major trail projects are designed and fully funded, including the West Douglas County Trail from Waterloo to Valley, a major part of the Riverfront Trail, the western end of the East-West Trail that will connect the Keystone and Field Club Trails, and Papillion’s 72nd Street Trail. These are very important projects for our active transportation community and would also create millions of dollars of new construction activity. Yet nothing seems to be happening. Why?

Anyone looking for a 26" hardtail?

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My giant XTC is looking for a new home. The details are here. It's listed at $400 but I'll let it go for $360 if you ask nice.

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Busy week at Omaha Bikes

If you haven't stopped by the Omaha Bikes blog or the OmahaBikes twitter lately, you may want to pay a quick visit. Several of the Activate Omaha and Omaha Bikes team are in DC this week at the National Bike Summit. Omaha has received several awards and mentions during the summit. Omaha was even mentioned on the BikePortland blog...sweet. Julie and Matt have also been reporting in from the summit via the blog and they plan to post a bunch more stuff in the coming days.

Good times!