Archive for May, 2008

Manawa Cancled! No race Saturday or Sunday

Manawa is cancled and no new date has be announced yet, my guess would be in 2 weeks the week before Ponca.
I will be riding on the road both days. Looking at riding as much as possible.
Saturday I would like to start around 12:30 and meet along 370 between HWY50 and 48th Street. Would like […]

Coasting in Omaha.

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is coming to Omaha, and we’d like to invite you to join us at an event on June 1st. We will be in town with the Shimano Coasting Tour, where bicycle lovers can test-ride seven different brands of Coasting bikes—including models from Trek, Giant, Schwinn, K2 and more—in exchange for a donation to […]

TUESDAY NIGHT HIGHGEAR ROAD RIDE CANCELED 5/27/08

I won’t be riding tonight, too cold and a 50% chance of getting wet.
Going to try and ride the Trek Store Wednesday Night ride
Feel free to meet and ride without me, I’ll be at cycle class.
-Kev

Time Trial Training Series

Midwest Cycling Community Team Members will be starting a weekly training time trial starting on June 3rd at 6:00 pm, this is a training race on open roads so you will need to use extreme caution. There is no fee at this point, and the club will be providing timing. 
The start will be at the entrance to […]

Nebraska State Time Trial Recap

Congrats to our Nebraska State Time Trial medalists who survived the “Road to Hell” this past weekend and earned a medal in the process!
1st Noah Burke Junior
1st Lindsey Heim Womens Cat 4
2nd Troy Krause Cat 3 
2nd Don Raskey Cat 4
 3rd Craig Schmidt Cat 3 35+

Tuesday Night Road Ride from Highgear of Omaha

Just a quick reminder that we have a 6:00 pm ride every Tuesday night form Highgear. There is now 2 groups, one with a average speed of 18+ mph, and is a 43 mile loop.
And a new recreation ride with a 14+ mph average and will very from 25-35 miles.
Both rides will regroup as needed, […]

Robidoux Roundup

Midwest Cycling had a great showing at the 1st Heartland Series XC race in St Joe Sunday. Near perfect temps and a great new course were a great combo for racers from across the Midwest to test there hard work over put in over the winter and spring.
Omahas Midwest Cycling crew had a great day […]

Follow the adventures.

Follow the lucky winners of the Go By Bike challenge.
Trek Bicycle Store of Omaha
Highgear Bicycle Store of Omaha
Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City
Trek Bicycle Store of St. Louis

Interview with Kent McNeill

Kent McNeill took a few moments out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about local advocacy efforts that he is involved with in Omaha.
1)       Why were you out riding with the mayor of Omaha? 
      We were riding to promote the Mayor’s ride which is our ceremonial kick off to our Metro […]

KC and STL hill rides.

Thursday night in STL = Our first weekly ride will be packed with climbs of all sorts so be prepared to push the limits of your early-season fitness. “The Thursday Hills Ride” will be lead by our sales manager Geoff and will leave at 5 p.m. from the shop. Bear in mind that this isn’t […]

Adventure Racing Clinic: Intro to Map Reading & Compass Basics

Here’s an opportunity to gain some practical insight into map and compass techniques as used in Adventure Racing.  This Classroom Clinic will cover very basic skills including:
    -Reading and understanding the map legend
    -Using scale measurements
    -Using grid coordinates
    -Plotting bearings (headings) on a map
We’ll also have several examples of maps and instructions from previous […]

New Group Rides Forming

As the weather slowly, but steadily warms, there are new group ride opportunities popping up!  Brand new this year is a ride for Adventure Racer-types in and around Omaha.  Starting this week May 14th, our ride will be every Wednesday evening (See MCC Calendar for details).  Ride leader will be yours truly, Brian Kerl.  To keep this […]

Midwest Cycling Community Kids Dominate Podium


Clothing has arrived.

Midwest Cycling Community clothing has arrived and is in-stock at all stores.

All Aboard!

Looks like the MWCC train is leaving the station.

Psycowpath Race Pushed to Sunday May 4th

Psycowpath Series

 

Friday, 02 May 2008

At 7pm Friday May 2, THOR and race volunteers completed an assessment of trail conditions.  While a muddy race *might* be possible Saturday, a dry race Sunday is way more fun.  Current trail conditions are damp enough such that any more rain would make the Saturday race miserable.  The […]

Bicycle Commuter Challenge.

Take up the challenge and click here.

Bike to Work Week KC.

Click here to register on ACTIVE.COM before midnight May 29th!

Monday Night Rides have started in Kansas City.

Kansas City Monday Recovery Ride
This ride takes a route through the neighborhoods at a relaxed pace. This is a no-drop ride. (No one will be left behind wondering where to turn)
6:00, Meet @ Trek Store of Kansas City


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