Join the Great Plains Trails Network (GPTN) as they celebrate May is National Bike Month with their annual Tour de Lincoln bicycle rides.
This will be the 18th year that GPTN is sponsoring the Thursday evening bicycle rides designed to take participants to different quadrants of Lincoln on Lincoln’s award-winning trails system. All rides start and end at the Jayne Snyder Trails Center at 228 North 21 Street (21st & Q Streets) Union Plaza Park.
Bike rides are scheduled each Thursday in May at 6:00 pm as follows:
May 4 – Southwest Tour de Lincoln – 14 miles
May 11 – Northwest Tour de Lincoln – 12 miles
May 18 – Southeast Tour de Lincoln – 15 miles
May 25 – Northeast Tour de Lincoln – 16 miles
Members of GPTN’s Board of Directors will lead each ride, provide mechanical support and make sure there are no riders left behind. Refreshments will be available before the start. The rides vary from 12 to 16 miles each, and are designed to acquaint bicyclists with different trails, conditions and features. People of all ages and families are invited to participate.
There are no registration fees, but participants are required to wear helmets for this and all GPTN sponsored cycling events. There will also be drawings for refreshments from The Hub Café (next to the Jayne Snyder Trails Center). Lots of positive comments have been made by riders on how much they enjoyed past rides. Many have never ventured out on trails that are not near their residence, so they welcome the opportunity to see where a new trail leads them.
“We feature different trails whenever possible, during Tour de Lincoln rides,” said event chairperson Mary Torell. “The most important thing is to expose bike riders to all quadrants of the city and allow them to discover Lincoln’s great trails system. Our network of 134 miles of trails gives people an opportunity to see portions of the city and trails other than where they may live.” “We encourage families, couples and individuals to hop on their bikes, get out and explore the trails and have fun”!
More information on the rides, route maps (including Spanish), and safety guidelines are available at GPTN.org. Weather cancellations will be announced on Facebook and on our web site.
Below is a map of the trails to be explored.
