Crazy weekend and a funday Monday

Friday went to a fashion show at the Q with the proceeds going to help a fellow cyclist recover from a recent accident, the fashion show was something else but it was a good time none the less.



Broke out the SpongeBob costume for the Halloween party on Saturday, epic party and I am super glad it wasn't my house... they might still be cleaning up yet today.




Sunday was the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Omaha... free, well free for me. It was an awesome concert, opening act sucked but the Peppers put on a awesome show.

Took Monday off to recuperate from the weekend and man was it a good Monday to take off, 60s and sunny... hit up Wilderness Park for a little quiet time.

Leaves have all fallen now... I swear there IS a trail in there somewhere. Luckily most of the trails are not only visible but also clear of leaves, couple more weeks of steady riding and they should be awesome. 

74 and tacky

Temps are in the 70's today and tomorrow and then drop into the 40's for the next few days after that with a good chance for liquid sunshine so riding is now or never... or at least not for awhile. Hit up Wilderness Park and then took the long way home, got in a good 20 miles which isn't bad for October in the evening.


Trails were fast where the leaves hadn't fallen, that brown thing in the middle of the trail is a squirrel getting in a little singletrack. Luckily he ducked off to the left before he became Squirrel McNuggets.


With the impending inclement weather that is sure to come it was time to put a little meatier tires on the cog, worlds of difference from the small block eights that are usually on her.




Fall colors and mirror like reflections.


All down hill from here...


Tracks usually have a train parked smack dab in the middle of them lately, pretty rare to see it clear.


Lost bikes or a mid park rendezvous?


Capped the night off with an awesome sunset, not many of these days left. Hope you all got out and enjoyed the night.

Park was busy tonight

Took a spin through Wilderness tonight, other than the early sunsets riding in these temps is awesome. It was also the most people I have seen in the park at one time all year, I attribute it to the oppressive heat finally breaking.

Pretty quiet out there tonight except the occasional passerby.


Love all the colors.


Even had to break out the light on the way back... speaking of which, almost forgot that the Wednesday night Flatwater Cycling CX races had started in Van Dorn Park. Stopped and watched for a bit before heading home for the night.








Little black blurs... point and shoot camera's are definitely not intended for night action shots.

9-2-5

Still not sure how I like the "new" bike, the skinny tires are something to get used to for sure. One of these days maybe I'll even bike another bike with gears...



It feels a lot quicker although the stats say if anything it's only marginally faster than the cog.



Stopped and snapped a few pics of the Arena, starting to look like something now.




Road Closed

Days are getting shorter and temps are getting colder, on one hand it makes me a little sad but after the oppressive heat all summer it will be nice to have cooler temps.

Heatstroke 100?

Had the heatstroke 100 today and thankfully it was anything but, temps were in the 60-70s and overcast which made for perfect riding weather. It was supposed to be a group ride but the "group" bailed and since I had already registered and paid I decided to go anyway. 

Lots of skinny tires...

They're after me...

Linoma beach...

Lots of fog...

Sweet dual suspension tandem

Where is all the water?

I-80 speedway...

Trusty cog comes through again, best bike eva...

Rained but didn't pour

We got a little bit of rain last night but it didn't get enough to fit the saying "When it rains, it pours", more of a lazy sprinkle but at this point any moisture is better than none. Hit the park the morning for a little dirt, rain didn't do much to the singletrack except maybe cut the dust down a bit. 

Trails were in great shape!

Except maybe this section... biker didn't do that, just another obstacle to tackle on the fly. Actually there were lots of flies on the obstacle as well. 

Crossing even had a little bit of water trickling through it, last week this was bone dry. Damn bike thinks it's a super model or something, sneaks into quite a few pictures... a couple of innocent compliments and you have a monster on  your hands. 

Who am I kidding, red on black, shiny and dead sexy!

The sun doesn't always shine

Tried to get a ride in this morning, got up looked at the forecast and promptly went back to bed. Temps were good but 23+ mph winds and 50-60% chance of rain wasn't quite what I had in mind. So I ended up with plan B, a ride at night.

Didn't really have anywhere in particular to go so I decided to check out the new Lincoln Amtrak station... not too shabby.

Arena is coming along as well, might be open by 2014. 

Bridge over 27th is finally open though so there's that, only took them the majority of the summer to get er done, thank god nobody uses it in the summer time or it would have been really inconvenient. Temps in the mid 60's and just a gentle breeze made for a heck of a night to ride.