Husker Cycling

This Saturday is the State Championship Road Race at Branched Oak, right outside of Lincoln. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND racing, as it's a great experience for anybody. We have guys of all categories already confirmed and at least 4 girls as well!

Start Time-----Category--------Distance/Laps-------Prizes-------Entry Fee
9:00am---Men Cat. 1/2/3---------72 miles/6---$500/10 places---$30
9:03am---Men 4--------------------60 miles/5---$250/5 places-----$25
9:06am---Women (1/2/3 & 4)---49 miles/4---$250/5 places-----$25
9:09am--- Men 5-------------------38 miles/3----Merchandise------$20

Complete details at http://www.nebraskacyclingnews.com/events/details/85-nebraska-state-road....

Registration is pre-registration only on www.sportsbaseonline.com. If you haven't made an account with them, you'll need to create one before you register, and you must register by Friday at 6PM.

Please feel free to join us at the downtown Lazlo’s (8th and P) at 7:00PM for an ‘End of the Season’ team dinner. For those who haven’t been there, it’s a casual restaurant with dinner prices generally between $10-15 for meal and drink. They have great burgers, great prices, and a great atmosphere. If you don’t want to spend money, either split a dinner, just get an appetizer, just get a drink, or just come by to enjoy the company of our well accomplished 2008-2009 club!

We won’t really be going over any boring team formalities, although feel free to bring pictures to pass around from our season this year!

Please RSVP to myself before 10:00AM Friday morning if you intend on going!

farnham.matthew@gmail.com

So...I'd like to address the weather concerns people have brought up. Our forecast is looking rainy for Saturday...just rainy. They're not forecasting thunder and lightening, they're not forecasting hail, and they're not forecasting snow. The temperature will be 55-60 degrees when we start racing, and rain and 55 degrees is not bad weather at all. The only thing that will cancel our race is snow/ice, or consistent lightening that would delay our race past sunset.

Bottom line...don't be a whimp, throw on your vest/jacket, and COME RACE LE TOUR DE HUSKER!!! :-)

Be sure to click 'Read More' so you are able to read all information!

A few notes for potential racers:
-All races are open to USCF and collegiate categories, we have one race flyer for collegiate and one for USCF so make sure you're looking at the right flyer!
-All USCF races are ‘day-of’ registration only.
-ROY points are being awarded for the 2 crits.
-We also have a juniors category that will be riding with the Mens 5 and Womens 4 race.
-Parking may be a little sketchy for Saturday's race, please use the *free* (after 12 noon) parking meters if the designated and marked race parking lots are full. We have no liability for parking tickets if you don't park in our designated race parking lots or if you forget to put change in the meters before noon.
-Merchandise primes/prizes may include: Chipotle/Jimmy Johns/Runza gift cards, massages courtesy of Ancient Arts Massage, and best of all: homemade cookies and brownies!
-For the TTT at Pioneers, there are 2 sections of 3% grade per lap FYI when considering which bike to bring.
-ROY points are not being awarded for the TTT.
-The East (normal) entrance of Lincoln Southwest High School will be closed, so look out for signs to direct you to the South entrance.
-For more information on race courses, parking, etc please be sure to check our our 'Race Map' below!
-Lastly, the UNL Cycling Club looks forward to seeing you at the races!

Le Tour de Husker Race Flyer

Le Tour de Husker Race Map

We had an awesome turnout for our first 53X11 Trail CleanUp last Saturday! After chowing down on some bagels and sipping/chugging some 53X11 Coffee, we headed out to clean up the Rock Island Trail between the Lincoln Zoo and Joyride Bicycles (3.75 miles). Before we began, we were a little concerned with not finding enough trash, as a few people rode the trail the day before and didn't detect a particularly high amount of rubbish along the trail. Soon after beginning however, we were proved very wrong. The trail was littered with cigarette butts, food/drink containers, and a strangely high number of alcohol containers! Sure makes me wonder if it's even safe to be on that trail...

Anyways, after 2 hours, 4 photo breaks, and dozens of random 'thanks!' from fellow trail-users, we arrived at Joyride Bicycles with 8/10 of our kitchen sized trash bags full of trash! Not a bad way to give back to the community in our book.