Anyone want to meet up for coffee tomorrow morning?

I'm going to head over to Crane Coffee at 78th and Cass tomorrow morning around 7:30am. I need to pick up some Bike Omaha Commuter Challenge buttons for my team and Activate Omaha will be there. See

Nothing formal. Just show up and drink some brew (of the coffee kind) before heading to work or wherever.

thanks for working on the trail

Tuesday was the monthly scheduled trailwork day for TP. (Click here for THOR's calendar) We had 10 people turn out! 8 of the 10 came from the 13 on the MNR the night before. Riding together is cool. Riding and working on the trail together is very cool. Thanks to all who worked: Steve, Marc, Chris, Paul, Nick, Dave, Greg, Brian, Mike, Dale. Their volunteer service on God's creation shapes the high quality trail experience at TP.

mnr ready to ride

Another fun ride at Tranquility. Nice pace with several regroupings. Nick rode with us for the first time. Only his 2nd or 3rd time at Tranquility, and no motorcycle background, he rode very well. Some of us were feeling rides from Sunday, while Dave was feeling from Monday, having rode two laps before the rest of us started. Most did a lap or two. Chris #3 stepped it up staying in the middle ring much more and climbing short hills out of the saddle. And Greg rode the camelback (southhill blue section) for the first time. Great job you all!

BTW, someone stopped the other day and said he rode the camelback for the first time. He thought they were so bad-*ssed, he looped around and rode them three times in a row. He had not tried them before because he thought it bypassed the ice loop. That blue section contains the most difficult ttfs (technical trail features) in Tranquility, then drops you back onto the ice loop. Give them a look-see, you can always get off your bike if it's beyond your comfort level.

monday mtb ride at tranquility 07.13

Looks like nice weather for mtb ride at Tranquility today.

Leave shop at 6, ride by Fort St parking lot around 6:05.

trail and bacon morning

First time out for bacon ride this year. Trail was in great shape, thank you Platte trail crew. Coming out of the trail we saw the Lincoln crew heading in. Nice morning of riding, talking, and eating.

warm ride at tp

Was thoroughly soaked from sweat during Monday's ride. Had a first timer, Andreas, who came to the soccer matches and saw riders, checked out the trail via walking, and brought his bike to ride. GA Chris was back putting some miles into the legs, and trailcouncil Chris was out with his daughter trying to stay on her wheel. It was Rich's turn to ride while mom watched the baby. Marc and Paul got to see their mowing from the saddle, while Eric and Craig were pushing the pedals well last night.

On the ride back to the shop, Andreas and I stopped at Paul's for a cold recovery drink.

Heard the Wednesday Bike Way ride will be at tp this week. A few of those like to pick up the pace a little from what I hear.

monday mtb ride at tranquility 07.06

High 80's and sunshine forecasted for Monday. Checked the trail earlier today and the south hill and ice loop were recently mowed by Marc. Heard Paul mowed the south creek loop this evening. And I know Chris has put in big hours mowing. Let's enjoy their hours of maintenance with some riding.

Will leave the shop at 6 pm.

monday at tranquility

Nice group out with a couple new faces. Chris hadn't been out there since last year. Nick's first time and he suffered on the hills from years of supporting Phillip Morris.

4th of july century

Our shop will be closed on Saturday, July 4.

I will be doing a ride starting at 7 AM. I plan to ride 100 miles, but we will do an out and back course, so you can do as much as you want.

Direction based on wind.

Meet at Bike Masters at 7 AM if you want to go.

There will be no extra support, so it will be like a long Saturday ride with stops along the way.

Dave

adventure race at fairbury

Just heard that Rich and Debbie's team tied for 1st at the Adventure Race in Fairbury last weekend. 8 hours and lots of prairie mtb'ing dodging cow pies. Congrats you two!

congrats to the Ponca Revenge participants

Thanks to Micah, Jesse, Devan, Craig, and Ryan for representing Bike Masters at Ponca's Revenge.

Ponca is a hard trail but one of my favorites. The number of sustained climbs are balanced by the number of descents with bermed corners and the contour sections that continually bend out of sight. Though no wind, you were in the shade 99% of the time.

Results without times are here: http://www.siouxcityvelo.com/?q=node/1526. Hopefully, the results on NCN will have times.

Juniors did one lap. Congrats to Micah who won 10-12 and Jesse who was first of 4 in 13-15. Juniors, Cat 3, and Marathon all started together and Micah and Jesse finished the first lap before I did. Great rides, guys!

Cat 3 did two laps. Devan had some mechanical issues with his chain rings and finished 5th of 11. But that wasn't enough, he went out and rode the Cat 2 race and came in 10th of 18! I bet his pain at the start of the cat 2 was pretty intense. His lap times were faster in cat 2 b/c no mechanicals. I believe it was Devan's first time riding Ponca.

Craig came in 2nd of 10 in 45+. Again, a first time for riding Ponca. The hills separated his class much more than the previous races.

I did 5 laps in the marathon and came in 11th of 13. The first 3 laps were pretty similar with pushing the same hills. On the 4th lap I had to walk more hills and on the final lap I was walking the longer hills with even small grades. I was toast.

Ryan was hitting on all cyclinders and took the win in Marathon! Congratulations! He passed me twice and got in 8 laps. Heard he's been doing 300 mile weeks getting ready for the Firecracker 50 in Breckenridge, CO July 4.

Thanks to Soiux City Velo for hosting and manning the road crossings; and Ponca State Park for wanting us to race there.

The next Nebraska Lottery Psycowpath race is at Tranquility Aug 8.

monday mtb ride at tranquility 06.22 - cancelled

Believe it or not I'm cancelling the ride tonight because of the heat advisory! Forecast of 99 with heat index 105-110 at 6pm.

For those who have thought this spring/summer was too cool, I hope you enjoy the ride today!

thanks to all that came out to ride Monday

There was a decent crowd at Tranquility, and the dirt was really good! Much thanks to those that are doing the trimming work!

monday mtb ride at tranquility 06.15

Just checked the north loop at tp and she is good to ride before the t-storms tonight! The sun was hot and humid when I was there.

We leave the shop at 6 p.m.

Heard Roxy will be having the chica ride at Tranquility tonight also. I believe they leave the Fort St. parking lot at 6 p.m.

Enjoy the ride!

Maskenthine mtb race this Sunday

The April Maskenthine race is rescheduled to this Sunday, June 14.

Junior, Cat 3, and Marathon start at noon.
ss, cat 2 and 1 start at 14:00.

See http://www.nencycling.org/ for uptodate news, trail map, and directions. I think its about a 2 hr drive. I plan to finish my prerace meal and be on the road by 09:00.

For those who haven't been there, Maskenthine is similar in topography to Tranquility. There are pine needle/cone sections that can be soft and pull power. Also with the rain they have received, the ground will probably be a little softer like a spring race. I think its a 6+ mile trail with a reported 600' of climbing, but it doesn't feel like that much. Tranquility has about 400'. I will probably run a 32x21 for the Marathon, a slightly lower gear than Tranquility.

Its worth the trip up there. We use to stop for post race meal at the Wolf's Den in Stanton, but I don't know if its open Sundays.

Enjoy the ride!