cumpleaños bike posse

lis, gina, kate and i heading for dinner. the best way to spend an evening for sure is riding bikes with a few friends, followed by stuffing ourselves with delicious indian food and going through a few bottles of good wine. thanks ladies for a nice birthday evening :)

hey kate

kate came down from omaha to ride bikes and help me celebrate getting old.

lady roadies

while at oso i saw gina and lis riding by. they had just got back from a ride out to branched oak lake. keep it up ladies!

ode to P-R

though it's been many many years since i've been in a road race and have no desire to do so again, and am quite content being a recreational rider just who rides for fun, i still follow the sport, though mostly just the european scene. this sunday one of the most storied one-day races of the calendar takes place. apart from the tour de france, paris-roubaix was one of the first big races i learned about when i was a teenager just getting into cycling, probably because it's always on or very close to my birthday. so along with everyone else i'll be watching the 'queen of the classics' with keen interest on sunday. p-r is a great race with a lot of drama and history. one of the best ones i think, with the greatest show of bravado... was the one and only edition the great bernard hinault raced it. it was 1981, he was world champion and made no bones about how he hated the race. but to honor the rainbow striped jersey he decided he needed to do it once, win it, and get it over with. as always it was one hell of a race, and he dominated it in a way the likes of which we don't see anymore. he always rode at the front and dared anyone to attack, and if they did he'd chase them down on his own. toward the very end though he was almost done in by a black dog, and yet he still managed to chase back on and get right to the front to lead the sprint in the velodrome. so this sunday i think i'll go ride some gravel (i wish we had a few cobbled paths here in nebraska like they have in france) for a few hours and then maybe open a bottle of wine afterwards.

rogue chocolate stout

perfect for a rainy day.

heading for dinner

after checking out the centurion (unfortunately it was a bit too tall) we headed for some dinner. the north 48th street el chaparro got the nod, and off we went into the sunset.

then there were four

holly and i were still downtown when lis called. she wanted to go check out this nice old centurion she saw on craigslist, so we arranged a rendezvous and headed east. gina came too.

hello holly

yes, yours truly likes to ride with the ladies. my friend holly came down from omaha and she brought her newly acquired late 80's vintage bianchi axis with her so she could try it out on the lincoln streets. she named her new steed selena. we headed downtown so she could buy a good lock at mwc and then ride around a bit. holly also was wearing her new boots that she bought at the blackmarket the day before. i thought they looked super hip, and she said they were super comfy for riding too. we had to get some pics (... for fashion purposes ofcourse) so we went down to the old RR station in the haymarket for some rugged urban ambience.

thursday bike stroll

though i really wanted to jump in with the ladies on the inaugural GBN, i went on a spin on my own through some neighborhoods. it sure looks like they had fun... waytago lis and gina for starting it up. i hope they get more girls on bikes to join them.

12 miles to go

big ringing it back to lincoln before it gets too dark.

here comes the rain...

...and snow? forcast says maybe snow tomorrow. what happened to the in like a lion out like a lamb?

moscow mule?

local bike hobbiest guy richard brought this in. it's an old trek frame that he had custom plated locally. i think he calls this one 'penny'.

tgif

hooked up with gina and lis again, we went for some vietnamese food on N. 27th at pho nguyenn. gina was rocking her new helmet.

62cm

met up with gina (aka supah G) downtown for some beers at yiayia's with lis. afterwards we headed over to la mex for some good food. nice socks there supah G.

did you bring enough for everyone?

doing a lap around the lake and avery breaks out some sport beans. i mooched some off her ofcourse.

yo avery

i hooked up with avery for a ride tonight, we ended up riding up to branched oak lake for a lap.

lazy tuesday

this cold blast has made me lazy.... which means it's a good time to stay inside and work on bikes. i'm resurrecting celestina with some new parts.

sat night at the B & N

out enjoying the nice evening. i rode to the B&N to get my dose of magazine reading in (cyclesport, velonews... and a few art, photo, and design mags thrown in for good measure).

jacqay's del norté

jacqueline's swobo del norte sure looks sweet. she had it custom painted locally by a friend who usually paints cars.

happy st. patty's day

tnmwr... st. pats edition

riding to a bar ofcourse.

we love indian food

after eating a delicious dinner at the tandoor we made our way home. there's no better way to spend a late afternoon than to be on bikes with friends for a few hours and then going for some great food and drink afterwards. thanks to lis for calling us out for a ride today.

old silo

we had planned to get a few beers at the roca tavern but when we got there we were surprised to find that it was closed. bummer. we were hungry so we headed back to lincoln in search of some good food (indian cuisine was the unanimous choice). but before leaving roca we saw this cool looking old silo nearby and decided to check it out. lis and gina waited while brent and i had a closer look.

sunday ride to roca

lis, gina, and brent and i headed out in the afternoon to enjoy the weather, and perhaps reward ourselves with a few beers in roca.

shellac friday

nate hard at work.

good morning kate

heading for morning tea. kate, thanks for coming to visit. i hope you come back to lincoln soon... and bring your bike again. :)

friday femmes

my good friend kate came into town to visit and she brought her bianchi too. we saddled up and headed downtown to meet up with some other gfs on bikes and hit some galleries.

lis, jennie, and kate... on our way to el chappy's ofcourse!

di shows how much she loves her volpe.


and petra dusted off her green klein and joined us as well.

getting closer

with these mild temps the black campus wild kitty can now be seen in it's natural environment more often. one of these nights if this little guy lets me get close enough i'm gonna grab him and take him home with me.

nate wants coffee

the proprietor of the shop does just ride his bike to the mill on occasion.

quesadilla grande

after the bars close there is no better place to grab a bite with friends than el chaparro (on south 13th and F). my personal fav is the quesadilla grande. jennie and mart had the same. mart is from belgium and he was eager to try out some good mexican food. turns out that he's also a friend of bart wellens. super cool!