Lancaster Composite MTB Team

2024 Season - Preview Party
2024-03-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Cycle Works, 720 N 27th St, Lincoln, NE, 68503, United States
Hang with teammates and meet new friends. Enjoy light snacks and beverages as well as discounts on bikes and other merchandise. Giveaways and information for students, parents, and coaches will be available. Student Registration opens April 1st for all students.

Year End Team Awards Dinner
2023-11-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Gere Library, 2400 S 56th St, Lincoln, NE, 68506, United States
We’re gathering in the meeting room at Gere Library near 56th and South streets for Ice Cream social and team recognitions to celebrate a successful season! See you there!

CANCELED! NICL Race Weekend #4 — Branched Oak Braaap!
2023-10-28
Due to the cold temperatures and wintry mix forecasted for this weekend, the league has canceled our final makeup race at Branched Oak Lake. We’re still planning on having a great time at Van Dorn Park for our last practice of the season. Feel free to bring snacks to share. We will also have our End of Season Team Party on November 5th at Gere Library. Please RSVP to the end of season evite if you haven’t already.

Practice
2023-10-26 17:30 - 19:30 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
Join your team for one last practice session at Van Dorn Park starting at 5:30 p.m. Fun games with mini pumpkins and witches broomsticks. Complete a Trick of hill repeats and go home with stroopwaffle and hot cocoa Treats. It’s all in a good good night’s work. Bring front and rear lights for night riding until 7:30.

NICL Race Weekend #3 — Maskenthine Monster Mash
2023-10-21 - 2023-10-22 | Maskenthine Recreation Area, 56455 839 Rd, Stanton, NE, 68779, United States
Maskenthine SRA, Stanton, NE
Get more information and volunteeer here!

Thursday Practice
2023-10-19 17:30 - 19:30, 2023-10-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Star City BMX, 101 Charleston St, Lincoln, NE, United States
Star City BMX to Roper Park

POSTPONED DUE TO MUD!!! NICL Race Weekend #3 — Branched Oak Braaap!
2023-10-14 - 2023-10-15 | Branched Oak Lake Area 7, Branched Oak Lake Area 7, Raymond, NE, United States
Stay tuned to league social media and team email for details

NICL Race Weekend Rain #1 (or destination)
2023-10-07 - 2023-10-08 | Platte River State Park Mountain Bike Trails, 35706 Mahoney Rd, Louisville, NE, 68037, United States
Platte River SP or Maskenthine SRA

Thursday Practice
2023-10-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Pioneers Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
We will begin and end at the sledding hill parking lot in Pioneers Park. See you there!
Location: ///grid.bank.dressed

Canceled — Hot Laps Wednesday
2023-10-04 18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday Hot Laps has been canceled for October due to excessive rain Tuesday night.

NICL Race Weekend #2 — Triumph at Tranquility
2023-09-30 - 2023-10-01 | Tranquility Park, 12550 W Maple Rd, Omaha, NE, 68164, United States
Tranquility Park, Omaha, NE
Get more information and volunteeer here!

Thursday Practice
2023-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Densmore Park, 6701 S 14th St, Lincoln, NE, United States
Densmore Park to Wilderness Park
Ride Plans

Gold: (8 mile loop)
Silver and Black: (12.5 mile loop)

Thursday Practice
2023-09-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Mahoney Park, 3880 Fremont St, Lincoln, NE, 68507, United States
Gravel Night: Mahoney Park to Murdock Trail
Ride Plans

Gold: (10 mile loop)
Silver: (14 mile loop)
Black: (18 mile loop)

NICL Race Weekend #1 — Black Elk Boogie Woogie
2023-09-09 - 2023-09-10 | Black Elk – Neihardt Park, Blair, NE, 68008, United States
Information on the race series can be found here.
Note there is a document for volunteering (sign up early for the best spots).
Here’s the race flier: Black Elk Race Flier
Note information in the flier regarding regarding parking and pitzone locations. While we are in the same park as last season, the locations are different from last year.

Parking location 1: ///skippers.scavengers.ridges
Parking location 2: ///trials.attract.dosed
Entrance to Pit Zone: ///fall.device.biter
If you are planning to stay around Blair after the Saturday pre-ride, there will be a group meal and a bike capture-the-flag game. We’ll invite multiple teams to join us for the game.
If kids aren’t into racing, please encourage them to come anyway and ride. We’ll be cheering for them, and it truly is a wonderful community building weekend. It’s great to get experience riding in different settings, especially with friends and an encouraging team.

Thursday Practice
2023-09-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
On the first Thursday of each month, we depart from Van Dorn Park and ride to Pioneers Park. There are numerous opportunities there to work on skills and endurance without any single track. These are fun ride nights that always return to Van Dorn Park at or just after dark.
Ride Plans

All groups: (6 mile loop +)

Hot Laps Wednesday — MODIFIED
2023-09-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
Practice will end at 8 pm tonight. Due to the poor air quality today (from smoke up North), we will pivot our activities this evening at Van Dorn Park, and shorten our time. Instead of riding hot laps, we plan on painting our gnomes and bike maintenance. Please bring bikes and things needed for fixing flats, and multi-tools too if you have them.
We understand if kids won’t be able to make it, especially those affected by the air quality.
What3Words location: ///study.escape.logic

Thursday Practice
2023-08-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Seacrest Park, 1000 S 70th St, Lincoln, NE, 68506, United States
Meet in the southeast corner of the Lincoln East Parking lot. Coach Erik will lead the team through a number of stations to help dial in race starts, attacking hills, quick shifting and braking. Maybe a game of Bike soccer to close it out.
What3Words address: ///phones.expert.horn

Hot Laps Wednesday
2023-08-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
LCMTB coaches will be on hand for a little Hot Laps at Van Dorn Park. This is specifically for students that need a chance to build up endurance. We will have lap plans for our Gold – Silver – Black ride groups. NICL races range from 30-90 minutes depending on your category. Most practices are broken up into skills, riding, games. Hot Laps Wednesday are just laps and ride groups going out together, resting together, doing the next set together, etc for about an hour and a half. We’ll get a really good sense of pacing and see how that progresses over the season.

Volunteer at Gravel Worlds Bike Wash!!
2023-08-26 - 2023-08-27 | Fallbrook, Lincoln, NE, United States
The biggest fundraiser for us last year was a bike wash station at Gravel Worlds in Lincoln. More than 1,500 riders will cycle through the county’s gravel roads this year. At the end, our team will be there with cleaning solution and brushes to send their bikes home clean. We will need students and parents to volunteer for 2-4 hours shifts. All volunteers that sign up here (scroll right unil you see “Bike Wash (Lancaster Composite Members) get a free meal, tshirt, and more. Audrey Saksena will be assisting with student leadership of this event. Please come lend your support. Funds raised are greatly appreciated to support needs during our race weekends.

Thursday Practice - CANCELED
2023-08-24 18:30 - 20:30
Due to scorching temperatures and to recover from this past weekend, we are taking a break this week. Stay cool!

NICL Time Trial — Swanson Sampler
2023-08-19 - 2023-08-20 | Swanson Park, 3110 Cornhusker Rd, Bellevue, NE, United States
Swanson Park, Bellevue, NE
Get more information and volunteeer here!

Thursday Practice (Team Photo)
2023-08-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Jayne Snyder Trail Center, 228 N 21st St, Lincoln, NE, 68503
Let’s get a team photo at the Jayne Snyder Trails Center in Lincoln! We need every student possible for this photo. During photos parent leaders will share information and answer questions as we prepare for race season. Please wear LCMTB jerseys as we’ll take a team photo and a family photo. Our friend Matt Pearson will take professional looking images throughout the night for our team. We then walk and ride over to 402 Creamery in the Telegraph District for ice cream before riding paved trails to Star City BMX to finish the night. Students will be picked up at the BMX track at 8:30.

Thursday Practice — Platte River State Park
2023-08-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Platte River State Park Mountain Bike Trails, 35706 Mahoney Rd, Louisville, NE, 68037, United States
Coaches and athletes from four teams will ride together at Platte River State Park. This great opportunity is provided to build trail skills, riding endurance and positive relationships with athletes from other teams before the 2023 NICL race season gets underway. PRSP is a large public space with many THOR-maintained trails for many skill levels. This practice will be on the west side of the park and is designed to build familiarity with the easier trails for new riders as well as link multiple west-side trails that allow more experienced riders to build endurance and increase flow. The Trailforks map below can be used for reference where trails are located.

View map at TrailForks
View Practice Plan
Ride Plan
Two ride plans have been prepared for tonight. Our Gold group will have three pods of 6–10 riders and 3–4 coaches. Our Silver group will have four pods with 9 riders and 3–4 coaches. Tonight we will depart in three ride groups based on coach recommendations. These ride groups are just for tonight and will be updated next week. A ride leader and sweep are provided for each group. Stay with your ride group for the entire ride.

Thursday Practice — Capture the Flag
2023-08-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
On the first Thursday of each month, we depart from Van Dorn Park and ride to Pioneers Park. There are numerous opportunities there to work on skills and endurance without any single track. These are fun ride nights that always return to Van Dorn Park at or just after dark.
This week, be ready to ride at 6:30 when we group and pedal out to Pioneers Park. After looping the Elk and waving at the Buffalo, riders will return to Hooligan Hill for a game of capture the flag.
Ride Plans

All Groups: (6 mile loop)

Hot Laps Wednesday
2023-08-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Van Dorn Park, Lincoln, NE, United States
On the first Wednesday of each month, LCMTB coaches will be on hand for a little Hot Laps at Van Dorn Park. This is a new feature this season specifically for students that need a chance to build up endurance close to the City. We will have lap plans for our Gold – Silver – Black ride groups. NICL races range from 30-90 minutes depending on your category. Most practices are broken up into skills, riding, games. Hot Laps Wednesday will be just laps and ride groups will go out together, rest together, do the next set together, etc for about an hour and a half. We’ll get a really good sense of pacing and see how that progresses over the season.

Tellinghuisen Time Trial - ADJUSTED
2023-07-29 17:00 - 20:00 | Branched Oak Lake Area 7, Branched Oak Lake Area 7, Raymond, NE, United States
Hello! We are proceeding with our plan by making some minor adjustments. Thank you to Coach Evrett and teammate Nettie for doing our trail reconnaissance following this morning storms. Give them a high five tonight. We will delay the start for one hours and follow the schedule below:
Riders Ready! Meet your teammates at Branched Oak Lake for the second annual Tellinghuisen Time Trial*. This event is built around the need to get new athletes comfortable riding closer to race pace using all the skills they have learned so far. Returning athletes can gauge how much progress they have made since last season.
Schedule

5:00 p.m.: Set up and Eat
6:15 p.m.: Preride Groups
7:15 p.m.: Staged Time Trial

Parking: Please find a spot along the east side of the road to park. This will keep our eating and our staging area free of conflicts. Drop items off at the trailhead and then proceed ahead to park north or south of the trailhead area.

Eating: We will have tents and tables set up in the grass north of the trailhead tonight. This will work well for our potluck food. Please enjoy the meal in your lawn chairs with other teammates. I’ll put on my bug spray. I suggest you do the same away from the meal area. As we get closer to 6:00 PM, I’ll be grabbing your attention to go over some instructions for the event.

Toilets and Water: The map below shows where some areas are that have toilets and water fill stations if you need.
*The event is named after Seth Tellinghuisien (Alumni 2021). Seth’s teamwork, positive character example, and his competitive spirit exemplified the best of what NICA has to offer for student athletes.

Thursday Practice - CANCELED
2023-07-27 19:00 - 20:30
Practice is cancelled tomorrow (Thursday) due to the forecast for conditions like today (at 7 pm it was 96 degrees with a heat index of 116).
We’ll have a girls hangout tomorrow instead (women coaches are also invited) at coach Yun’s place (separate email coming) from 7-8:30 pm. No bikes needed.

Sorry nothing planned for the boys tomorrow. Please use the time to fill out the goal setting form previously mentioned.

Thursday Practice
2023-07-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Densmore Park, 6701 S 14th St, Lincoln, NE, United States
Short course and skills in Densmore Park, then Black, Silver and Gold 1 to Wilderness Park while Gold 2 works on skills at Densmore Park.
Ride Plans

Gold: (8 mile loop)
Silver and Black: (12.5 mile loop)
