August 1, 2010

(Sunday)

8:00 a.m.

It's time for another bike ride. We'll be riding this Sunday, August 1st. Start time: 8 a.m.  We're starting at the Wabash Trace trailhead in Council Bluffs (red star on map), but will be riding west and north around Lake Manawa, then west along the new Route 275 trail to the rebuilt Veterans Memorial bridge (which now has a bike path), then across the bridge to 13th and L streets in Omaha, then back. 
The ride distance is about 9.75 miles each way, or 19.5 total miles.
We'll eat breakfast afterwards at Perkins if people are hungry.

August 3, 2010

(Tuesday)

6:30 p.m.

Board Meeting

at Petrow's, 5914 Center Street,

north side of Center St between 59th and 60th St. 

All members welcome.

August 5, 2010

(Thursday)

7 p.m.

RSVP to Mary at vp-activities@omahaskiclub.org, She’ll order the tickets a few days beforehand and distribute them when we meet outside the stadium at 7 p.m. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

If we can get 20 of us the ticket price drops from $10 to $8.

August 7, 2010

(Saturday)

8 a.m.

On Saturday , August 7, we're invited to be part of the "Wear Yellow" charity bike ride, supporting cancer research.
Five ride lengths are available: 6, 12, 26, 40 and 50 miles.
Starting location:  Peak Performance, a little N of 78th and Cass St. 

Start time: 7 a.m. for the 40 and 50 mile rides, and 8 a.m. for the others.
Most of our riders will probably be on the 26 mile ride, which starts at 8 am. Most riders get this done in two to two and a half hours.
Cost: $25 for early registration (postmarked by July 15,includes a pancake breakfast and T-shirt) or $30 after July 15.  Participants can also register at Peak Performance on the day of the ride. The registration form includes further details about the ride.

August 15, 2010

(Sunday)

7:45 a.m.

Last year, a group from the Omaha Ski Club participated in the annual
Corporate Cycling Challenge.  We'll be participating again this year.
We'll be entering on an individual basis in the Open division.
The Corporate Cycling Challenge is Nebraska's largest one day bicycling
event.  Normally, several thousand riders participate. It starts and ends at the Heartland of America Park (8th and Farnam St) in downtown Omaha.  Three different ride lengths are available - 42 miles, 25 miles and 10 miles.  The 42 mile ride is a challenging, hilly adventure from Omaha to Fort Calhoun and back, which starts at 8 a.m. and which most participants finish around 11 or 11:30.  The 25 mile ride is from Omaha to the Forest Lawn Cemetery and back; some hills, but easier; it starts at 8:30 a.m.  Most riders get this done in about two or two and a half hours.  The 10 mile ride is an easy, flat ride around Carter Lake and the Omaha riverside which can be done in an hour or less; it starts at 9 a.m.  Registration for all of these rides is $18 before July 31, $23 afterwards.  Proceeds from the ride benefit the Eastern Nebraska Trails Network.

Link to registration form
Further details about the ride can be found at
http://www.corporatecycling.com.
Our riding group will meet on the southwest corner of 11th & Farnam at
7:45 a.m., then head down to the start area shortly before 8 a.m.

August 29, 2010

(Sunday)

7:30 a.m.

Last year, a group from the Omaha Ski Club participated in the annual
Heatstroke 100 century ride.  We'll be participating again this year.
This ride has many shorter ride lengths available; the ride lengths
for people to participate in are 25, 36, 42, 67 and 103 miles.
It's sponsored by the Great Plains Bicycling Club, from Lincoln.
Last year, several hundred riders participated.
It starts and ends at the Strategic Air and Space Museum,
next to Mahoney State Park, 1/2 mile west off exit 426 of Interstate 80.
All the ride lengths start at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 29.
Registration is $20 before August 1, $25 afterwards.
Links:  Registration form   Map of the various ride lengths

September 7, 2010

(Tuesday)

6:30 p.m.

Board Meeting

at Buffalo Wild Wings,  3701 Metro Drive in Council Bluffs,

on the west side of I-29, exit 47, north of Rt 275.

All members welcome.