Woohoo! The commuter has breached the 100 mile mark with ease. Nice tail wind home has me rolling at 22mph spinning my brains out. Keep thinking about gearing it up to a 45t in the front but those pesky headwinds make me wonder if i can roll the pedals over or not....

Got out to mow a bit tonight. Tons of people out riding on a beautiful evening. Everyone was in a great mood for sure. Rolling high fives and lots of positive comments on our trail. Good work guys! I think that sucker is about done with the exception of trimming a few trees.

WNR is @ tranq tomorrow. Come on out and join in the fun!

Ramble, ramble, ramble...

More of the usual... Mowed wed, thurs, sat and sunday. Got a nice surprise when i found out that the city had removed a section of the trail and left a large, blind drop off in it's place. Ran out Sat morning and made a quick fix. Talked to people Sun and all seemed to like it. Best quote of the day..."I hope the city keeps messing with the trail. Everytime you guys fix it, it gets more fun!" I got to ride it tonight with the kiddo. Very rollercoastery, i like it. As long as the rest of the crew agrees, it will stay for the race.

Rode Sun @ Platte for the bacon ride with Paul. He did great for a first run at a challenging trail. He did have a little altercation with a tree but remained in good shape minus a little skin. Ran into Mod and Martin on the trail and the usual crew rolled in from Lincoln. Weather was perfect...

Got to ride a lap with K tonight @ Tranq. She hasn't seen dirt all season and she thought she better get out before the race. She did great for not riding the trail sense the race last year.

South climb and ice loop need to be trimmed yet. Still need to burn the bypass down to dirt, as well as the south creek re-route and the ice climb re-route. Maybe this weekend...

Got to play roadie again fri night for the boys show @ rebels. They did much better and the show was alot more fun with everyone loosened up a bit. Another show next weekend. Same place, same time...

happy Fathers Day to all. I was supposed to hit the bacon ride at platte with some others but we got rained out...

busy, busy as of late. Big D had his first gig at Rebels this weekend. They had some first show glitches but things went very well i thought. Had a crowd of around 30, hope they can pull in more next weekend. Between the music, the hardcore dancers and one very metal gramma in a wheelchair...it was a load of fun. Next show is this Friday. It will be nice when he can drive and i don't have to play roadie anymore...

I've almost rolled 70 miles on the commuter. No dirt in 2 weeks. Kinda sucks but at least i'm getting more mileage than i have in years. Weird observation on the trails. I give a morning/hi or a wave to everyone i pass. I rarely get any response. The young girls/guys all have their ipods cranked and seem to ignore everyone. The middle aged guys give a nod sometimes. The older gals respond almost always. Weird. Passed this gal on a tri bike all kitted out and in aero position on papio. Pretty funny to get smoked by an old fat guy on an ss bike in shorts/tshirt just riding home from work...

the heat wave has finally hit and i'm not sure if i'm going to ride in or not this week. Supposed to be a heat index of 105 mon/tues. After working in the heat all day, the ride home might be a bit much till i get used to it.

That's aboot it. Time to go fix a tire on one of the ex's kids bike and work on her dad's gto for a bit. fun, fun, fun...

got a bit of commuting in this week. Hope more if the rain holds off. Got around 14 hours of mowing in the last 3 days. I'm done, no more mowing for me for a while...

norfolk cancelled/postponed due to muddy conditions...

Mtbomaha.blogspot.com or necyclingnews.com for more info..

sweet, i had a crappy week and couldn't really afford to go anyway. This will give me some more time to get ready...

man, makes me miss the old days on abbott. 1K buy in, winner takes all. Of course we were running mostly 12 sec cars. there a few wicked fast ones but not a field of 8 sec cars like these guys. First vid is from the finish line, second from the starting line. No way i'd be standing at the finish watching how squirrely some of these cars get...




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Well, i gotta a couple days of commuting in this week. Got a whole 30 miles on the bike and i'm kinda liking it. The bars are a little funky and i'm just a tad under geared for the flats. It is a pretty easy spin at 16mph on the flats. I need to either start wearing my contacts or get different glasses. I have to crank my neck up to see thru my glasses and i get a sore neck pretty quick. Also climbing with the bars feels weird. I have to climb with my butt way back or my shoulder starts to ache. Then again, i haven't spent any time on a roadie in several years and maybe i should shut the heck up and just let my body get used to it. Definetly not ready for fixie mode yet...

Norfolk race is coming up this Sunday and i'm hoping the rain holds off so the kiddo and i can go play. We were going to roll out with another group so she can pre-ride the course before the race. Start time isn't till noon, so it should be all good. My race isn't till 2, going to be a long drive home...

Tranq trail day is Tues. Even with mowing every weekish, the trail is still overgrown and will need alot of work. Seems like it rains for a week then a day or two of sun to make everythinh grow like crazy.

Kids are doing well with their driving practices. No one has scared me yet and they are getting better. It is getting hard to find an unpopulated place to let them practice. I found an area where the streets are in but they are still building houses. It is working out pretty good. If both can get their licenses this fall, i can continue riding to work when school time starts....

so cool....

Fun weekend. Almost 7 hrs of mowing in muddy conditions. Trail is looking decent tho. Still plenty to do for the trail day, especially with all this rain. Gave the new bushwacker a good workout. 4 tanks of gas later, i called it a day.

My ebay commuter showed up today. Got it all built up and going to give it a shot in the morning. Redline 925 single speed/fixed. Didn't notice in the auction. It is a black fade to grey. Not too shabby. Geared 42/16 free and 42/15 fixed. Not sure i'm ready for the fixie part yet...



Now i have something to do when it rains....

wnr tonight at Platte. man that place is tough but sooo much fun. Definitely riding out there more often. Just 4 of us tonight. Had a gent on a rigid ss on his first ride with us and he kicked ass. Dude was wearing skate shoes and just rocking the place.


Bacon ride anyone? I'd like to get a decent group of non-fast peeps out to ride a couple laps and then go grub our brains out on the buffet.

Other than that, not much going on. Tranq needs some more trimming. Need to continue with our driver training and summer school schedules. Fumbled on the quiting smoking already. Tonight was good motivation to get back on the wagon. My lungs still hurt....

Next week wnr is at Schram state park. Short, sweet and a great place for beginners. Come on out!