Meet for club rides at Nannen & Harte PT 636 N. 20th Ave.   Map to Nannen's.  Minors 18 yrs of age and under must have a membership form with a parental consent signature on file with the BBC.  Click membership form to attain this consent form.                  

                                                  ~Club Rides~

BICYCLE HELMETS ARE REQUIRED

Thurs Taco Rides! It's the longest running bike ride in America and Bicycling Magazine rated this ride as one of the 10 best weekly rides in the world....and it's in our back yard!! During the summer there can be 700-1,000 cyclists on this famous ride. Ride once....you'ln be hooked! BBC members frequently group to ride this one. When we ride we meet around 5:15-5:30 pm at the Council Bluffs Wabash Trace Trail head (parking is available at the trail head) located south of Council Bluffs and south of the Highway 92 / Highway 275 intersection, near Lewis Central School. You will enjoy the 10 mile scenic and mostly shaded ride to Mineola. About 7 miles down the trail to Minneola we stop at Margaritaville for a social stop. This is a great place to meet other bikers that ride the Wabash. Then we head down a few more miles to the Minneola Steak House for the taco special. If you plan to stay out after dark...BRING A LIGHT FOR THE WAY HOME! Also- a coat and gloves during the fall, winter, and spring. Read a 2007 article and watch a video.  or read this updated 2008 article.

Come join the BBC on one of our favorite routes...

We will post organized rides in advance or as we hear of them.  Please email blairbikeclub@yahoo.com if you have a ride you would like to post on our website. 

• April 25 (2010)  --Spring Fling-- This is a 10 to 68 mile ride organized by the Great Plains Bicycling Club in Lincoln, NE.  $25 Individual, ($20 early registration) $50 family ($40 early registration).  For more info: Visit GPBC website.

• Sat May 8, 2010 10am: MS Spring Into Cycling! (1-day event) Multiple routes for all abilities from 50 & 25 mile rides to 5-mile fun ride. Full SAG support, with well-stocked rest stops and after-ride lunch at Iowa Western Community College campus. Iowa Western Community College Campus2700 College Rd. • Council Bluffs, IA. Cost $35 individual and $30 if riding w/Team NOBBY’s 1-day Team (includes lunch & tee shirt). Email Matt for more details matt_musinski@cargill.com

• May 8 (2010) --End Polio Now.  9 a.m. Family ride @ 10 a.m.  Registration 8:30 am @  Millers Landing.  Contact:  mod_usa@hotmail.com for more info.

• May 15 (2010) --Spoke & Hub Century.  The Bellevue Bike Club century is based on the idea of a wheel having a hub in the middle and spokes that branch out in various directions.  In this ride, the cyclist has the option of riding in one of 4 directions from the hub.  This allows the group of approximately 250 riders to travel in many various directions instead of one massive group all heading the sarme direction at the same time.  For more information, please visit the website at www.bellbikeclub.org. 

• May 16 (2010) --Oak Creek Valley Bike Ride.  SUNDAY THIS YEAR!!!!  Starts in Valparaiso, Nebraska...Choose from 24, 31, 39, 44, 46 or 70-mile routes of Nebraska highways, or the stretches of natural prairie on the Oak Creek Trail.  Visit their website.  Registration.

• May 23 (2010) --Tour de Cure.  10/20/50 Miles.  Springfield.  www.diabetes.org/tour.

• May 23 (2010) --Ride To Recovery.  25/50/75/100 Miles.  Meets at the Blair YMCA! 7 a.m. Registration.  Party & Food (w/live band) 2 to 4pm.  $35 or team of 4 --$125.  questions contact Lowell --lpetersen@huntel.net

• May 29 (2010) --Cowboy Trail Ride.  10/34/44 Miles.  Norfolk.  email:  rgplett@nppd.com

• June 06-12 (2010)--BRAN--  Bike Ride Across Nebraska.  Week long event in NE!  Visit their website.

• June 19 & 20 (2010)--Fox Hole 100 Bike Tour.  Lincoln.  100 Miles.  www.foxholetavern.net

• June 19-26 (2010)-- Border Raiders.  $275.  500 miles!  Lawrence, KS.  Visit their website.

• June 23-27 (2010)--Tour de Nebraska.  $225.  Sagged bicycle tour that begins and ends near Lincoln.  Visit their website.  email:  susan@tourdenebraska.com

• June 23-June 30 (2010)--NUMB Ride.  $45.  Bike Ride for Hunger. Limited to 135 riders, so register early.  Visit their website.

• June 26 (2010) Cornhusker State Games Time Trial.  25 miles Timed Course~meets in Yutan.  Visit Website for details.

• June 27- (2010) Cornhusker State Games Century Ride.  Meets in Lincoln.  Visit Website for details. 

• July 4 (2010) --Great Plains Firecracker Ride!  FREE!!!!!!  21/50 Miles.  www.greatplainsbikeclub.org

• Sat July 10 & Sun July 11, 2010: Bike MS Scenic Ride Omaha to Lincoln (2-day event). One of BBC’s favorite & we have supported this event and Team NOBBY for 6 years now! Come help us raise badly needed funds for MS and have a most awesome time doing so! Click the MS Team NOBBY link at page bottom for details and sign up fast!

• July 17 (2010)--Bike to Boyer.  $20  Family Fun Ride and 26, 46 or 66 mile routes. T-shirt & pancake breakfast also.  BBC will be participating in this local ride through Ponca & Washington County.  Check out the website for details. 

• July 18-25 (2009) --RAGBRAI--2007 Bike Ride Across Iowa.  Week long event in Iowa!  Visit their website.

• Aug. 7 2010-The Blair Bike Club Presents:  Rollin' to the River Century Ride.  NEW THIS YEAR... Prize drawings-- Teams of Four $70   Ride Starts at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $22 Individual--$18 early bird price.  Ages 65+ pay $18 anytime.  Registration begins 6:45 at Nannen & Harte Physical Therapy, 636 N 20 Ave, Blair, NE.  PANCAKE BREAKFAST (2 BLKS WEST)   Click here for map to start.   100 miles!!! ...OR 20, 36, 56, 68 -- (routes are mostly flat... the 100 has a very hilly loop.)  Click here for Ride Map... (roll to the park by the river for lunch in Decatur).  The ride starts in Blair and makes a loop through Burt County. Click here for Registration or email blairbikeclub@yahoo.com for questions.

• August 14, (2010) --Kool Aid Classic.  $22.  30-60 miles.  Hastings, NE.  Visit their website for more details.

• August 15, (2010)--Corporate Cycling Challenge.  10/25 or 42 mile routes.  7:30 Registration, Ride starts at 8. Heartland Park, 8th & Farnam.  Cost is $23, includes t-shirt (early registration $18 before 7/31).  Visit the website for more details.

• August 28(2010) --Onabike Ride. Onawa, IA.  Ride 29 or 63 miles through the Loess Hills.  Contact chamber@onawa.com or visit their website for details. 

• August 29, (2010) -- Heatstroke 100.  Century ride in Lincoln, with shorter turn around points.  Cost $25 (early registration $20), Family Rate is $50 (early registration $40) T-shirt $10 {This is last years rates, should be pretty close}.  This ride is organized by the Great Plains Bicycling Club in Lincoln, NE.  Visit their website.

• Sept ? -- MINTS Ride.  Hamburg, IA.  Three States in One Day!  76 mi, lots of hills; or 36 mi, flat.  Info: ns25kmidd@peoplepc.com

• Sept ? (2010) --Okoboji Oktoberfest Ride. 25 or 50 miles around beautiful Lake Okoboji. Arrowhead Resort, Okoboji, IA.  You get a colorful shirt, German sampler plate (this is awesome), use of athletic club, and great live music after the ride.  Cost $20 before 9/20, $25 after that.  Visit the website.

• Sept 26 (2010) --Wish Ride --Percival, IA.  Contact: Ron Osovski, Phone (402)873-7607.  The Wish Ride is a charity ride to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It is not a pledge ride, but has still earned over $80,000 since it was started in 1987. Each year almost 400 riders, ride the quiet roads of SE Iowa enjoying the bright red and yellow fall colors. Apples, cider, lemonade, and home-made cookies are provided at numerous rest stops.  63 miles of flood plain @ river bluffs. 

For more information on organized rides or club rides, please contact one of the board members and we will get back to you.