Rides Sponsored by Other Organizations
Listed below are rides in Nebraska and the surrounding region sponsored by organizations other than GPBC. To get your ride on the list, please contact the webmaster. For rides sponsored by Great Plains Bicycling Club, see our Club Ride Schedule.
Single Day Rides
| Date | Time | Ride Description | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturdays starting May 22 | 10:00 am | Bancroft Bayliss Loop Ride, Omaha & Council Bluffs The Bancroft Bayliss Loop (BBL) is a community-building bicycle ride and cultural exchange engaging artists and cyclists between the Bancroft Market in Omaha, Nebraska and the Bayliss area of downtown Council Bluffs, Iowa. Artists and cyclists gather weekly at the Bancroft Street Market to depart on a ride of the BBL. The ride, roughly 12 miles, travels a route that explores the Omaha riverfront, the Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge, a beautiful natural landscape along the Missouri River, historic downtown Council Bluffs, and many friendly residential neighborhoods on both sides of the river. Midway through the ride, we stop at Bayliss Park in downtown Council Bluffs, Iowa to picnic, or eat lunch at the Bayliss Bistro, a coffee shop and deli, or La Carreta Rosa, a great mexican restaurant. For more information call Bill Seidler, Jr. (402-651-2327), e-mail the Bancroft Street Market or visit the BBL Facebook page. |
12 mi |
| September 26 (Sunday) | 8:00 to 9:00 am | Wish Ride 23, Percival, Iowa Experience fall colors, crisp morning air, and warm sun from miles of hard-surfaced country roads while you benefit Make-A-Wish of Nebraska. All routes start at the Fire Station on Road L-31 in Percival, Iowa, just east of Nebraska City. The two shorter routes stay on the flat Missouri River floodplain, while the longer routes climb up and down the bluffs. The Percival Fire Department will be serving pancakes, sausage and juice or coffee at the Station for $4 adults & $3 children. Detailed maps will be provided. Apples & cider will be available at numerous stops along the route. M For more information contact Ron Osovski (402) 873-7607. |
23, 32 miles (flat); 40, 54, 64 miles (hilly) |
Multi-Day Rides
Most multi-day rides are annual events, each with their own website. Many of these rides fill up well in advance; some have lotteries to select the participants from those that submit registration forms. As such, they require advance planning.
There are several annual multi-day rides held in May or June in Nebraska.
Bike MS Scenic Ride is a 2-day ride from Omaha to Lincoln and back, Saturday and Sunday July 10 - 11, 2010. Fee: $50. Participants must raise a minimum pledge of $200 by May 30. For more information vist it the Bike MS Scenic Ride web site.
BRAN (Bike Ride Across Nebraska)
is a 7-day west-to-east tour across Nebraska. For the 30th Anniversary in 2010 BRAN honors Nebraska's astronaut native son, Clayton Anderson, with the Space Cowboy Tour, June 6 - 12. Tour begins in Harrison, NE and makes its way through Alliance, Hyannis, Thedford, Burwell, Albion, David City, and finishes at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland, Clayton Anderson's home town. For more information, visit bran-inc.org.
Tour De Nebraska is a 5-day loop tour with about 200 riders run by Rich and Susan Rodenburg. The 2010 tour will be June 23 - 27 in central Nebraska, beginning and ending in Clay Center with host towns Minden, Cambridge, Alma, and Red Cloud,. The advantage to a loop tour is that you don't need to
find transportation back to the tour's starting point. For more information, visit the Tour
de Nebraska site.
NUMB tour (Nebraska United Methodist Bike Ride for Hunger) is a 4-day loop tour. The 2010 NUMB Ride starts on Saturday June 26th and ends Wednesday June 30. Cyclists will ride from Hastings to Central City, Seward, Geneva, and return to Hastings, a total of 300 miles. The 2010 NUMB ride will be June 26th to 30th.
A sampling of multiday tours in states surrounding Nebraska:
RAGBRAI The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. The 2010 ride runs from July 25 - 31. As in every year, it goes from the western border to the eastern border of Iowa and is ostensibly limited to 8500 registered riders selected via a lottery. It's really a good bit larger than that as many others tag along. It's hard for those who have never seen it to imagine that many cyclists taking over highways and small towns. The application deadline is typically around April Fool's Day (appropriate) with the lottery being held on May 1st.
Biking Across Kansas Eight amazing days of bicycling adventure across the rolling plains of Kansas. Over 450 miles, from Colorado to Missouri. The 2010 BAK ride is set for June 5-12.
Ride the Rockies The Denver Post Ride The Rockies is an annual bicycle tour that takes 2,000 cyclists on a 6-7 day ride on paved roads through Colorado's Rocky Mountains each June. The Ride The Rockies route is different each year, but always climbs a few challenging mountain passes and showcases Colorado's spectacular scenery. Daily rides can be as short as 35 miles or as long as 100 miles, but generally average 60-65 miles. Ride The Rockies registration is conducted on a lottery basis. The 2010 25th Anniversary version is scheduled for June 13-19; lottery applications will be accepted beginning Sunday February 7.
Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour August 1st-7th 2010. This August, you have the opportunity to join the fourth annual Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour. Riding a true mountain loop, starting and ending in Edwards, Colorado, the ride will travel through great Colorado mountain towns such as Estes Park, Idaho Springs, Granby, Golden and Frisco. The Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour will cross mountain summits ranging in altitude from 10,424 feet to over 14,150. It is 429 miles of challenging riding, beautiful scenery and loads of fun.