Riding With Billy and Dusty

Although we are still a few weeks away from the official start of fall, it definitely is starting to feel more fall like lately. This morning was no exception with temps in the 60s before the ride, since we were riding Wilderness Park I decided the bike of choice should naturally be the Bucksaw. Such and awesome bike, might have to find time to do a bit more single track before the cold and snow come.


With the Pony Express 120 going on in Marysville Kansas today, a good portion of the usual group were absent but we still ended up with a really good group for the ride.


Since we were staying in town this week we decided to take the always awesome N Street Cycle Track through the downtown area.



First few sections of Wilderness Park were in great shape, a few leaves and a few sticks but overall way better than I expected considering the storms lately. As a bonus we even got to ride with two thirds of ZZ Top, Gary definitely had some beard competition today from Ed.





The last section on the east side wasn't as good though and we started encountering downed trees which we had to go over, under or around. There was a group of folks from Friends of Wilderness Park that were out there with a chainsaw clearing the trees however so they are probably all gone now. Much appreciated to the guys and gals out there making sure that the trails stay passable, thank you for all that you do.





We took a bit of a break at the 14th Street parking lot and discussed which way to head back, we figured that the west side was probably in worse shape than the east and we didn't want to be a nuisance for the group clearing trees so we opted to take the Jamaica North trail back into town.




Back in Lincoln we made a B line for Banwhich Cafe and some tasty Vietnamese food and bubble tea, it was only my second time ever being there but I've not been disappointed yet. Once lunch was in the bag it was just a very short spin back to Cycle Works and the end of another Saturday Morning No Drop Fat Bike Ride. Thank you to all who made it out today, it was a fun change of pace to get back into the Park and have a bit of a shorter but fun ride. See you all next weekend.