The Great Plains Bicycling Club is Lincoln, Nebraska's recreational bicycling club. We organize rides in and around Lincoln, promote cycling and bicycle safety, publish a newsletter, and much more. We welcome all recreational riders to join us on our rides and in our other activities.
We want this to be a website that people in Lincoln and Nebraska can rely upon for information about recreational cycling. We want to know of any Nebraska-area rides that aren't in our listings. If you are aware of a recreational ride that is not listed, please contact the webmaster and provide a description and other details.
Heatstroke 100 Public Ride Sunday, 28 August 2011
Whoopee!! What a day!! 320 riders, hundreds of cookies, hundreds of brats, gallons and gallons of water, untold numbers of bananas--and numbers of folks who did their FIRST Century ride. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you for making this a great day! People were pleased with the t-shirts and the watermelon, with the Bike Rack guy, who had a line before the start (just like the porta-potties!), with the weather (whoever ordered the morning's weather, we think she/he should get a tip!).
Ride of Silence, Wednesday May 18th
On the third Wednesday of May, at 7 PM local around the world, cyclists took to the roads to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while riding on roads and streets. The Ride Of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph for no longer than an hour, and remain silent during the ride. The ride hopes to raise cycling awareness among motorists, police, traffic engineers, insurance companies, and city officials. About 45 to 50 Lincoln riders met at Sawyer–Snell Park, 1st and South Street (West of Gooch’s Mill) for an 8-mile ride through central Lincoln. www.rideofsilence.org
Among the riders being remembered in the Ride of Silence are:
Myles Davis, Jr., Lincoln, died 6 April 2009
Richard Germain, Lincoln, died 11 June 2006
Arthur Bandars, retired police sergeant, Lincoln, died 31 May 2006
Rodney Oestreicher, Kearney, died 4 November 2005
James Derr, Lincoln, died 29 May 2003
Jim George, firefighter, Lincoln, injured April 2003
Timothy Helms, Lincoln, died 13 November 2001
Matthew Brown, age 11, Plano, Texas, died 1998
Jean Dockhorn, died 17 May 1996
Ann Brown, Lincoln, injured 18 August 1994
Shanda Dixon, age 11, Lincoln, died 4 April 1986