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Declined by LunaEclipse 2 months ago. Last edited by Statr 34 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: This draft fails the notability guideline for events, as a large amount of the sources used here are from local news outlets/TV stations. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 14:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

The Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) is an annual road-cycling tour across the US state of Nebraska, held about the second week of June every year. The ride was sponsored by Northwest Rotary and the Omaha Pedalers Bicycle Club^[1] for many years and is now organized by a dedicated entity, BRAN Inc. The ride is organized and staffed by volunteers. Proceeds from the ride are used to fund scholarships for students from the host communities to attend college in Nebraska^[2].

The ride is limited to 600 participants because, as one of the BRAN directors remarked, "600 people is about as many as can camp on a school football field".

There was no bike ride in 2020 nor 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.

BRAN Routes
Ride	Year	Miles	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
BRAN 1	1981	490	Fremont	David City	Grand Island	Kearney	North Platte	Lake McConaghy	Bridgeport	Gering
BRAN 2	1982	470	Ogallala	Imperial	McCook	Alma	Hastings	Wilber	Syracuse	Bellevue
BRAN 3	1983	511	Sidney	Ogallala	Gothenburg	Holdredge	Superior	Wilber	Syracuse	Papillion
BRAN 4	1984	470	Ft. Robinson	Gordon	Valentine	Ainsworth	O'Neill	Norfolk	Tekamah	Dodge Park
BRAN 5	1985	545	Mitchell	Bridgeport	Ogallala	Cozad	Loup City	Central City	North Bend	NP Dodge Park
BRAN 6 Piece of Cake	1986	480	Benkelman	McCook	Lexington	Minden	Geneva	Milford	Ashland	NP Dodge Park
BRAN 7 Off the Beaten Path	1987	475	Alliance	Hyannis	Halsey	Ord	Neligh	Wayne	Tekamah	Ft Omaha
BRAN 8	1988	484	Ft Robinson	Gordon	Valentine	Ainsworth	O'Neill	Pierce	Oakland	Ft. Omaha
BRAN 9 A Southern Exposure	1989	442	Imperial	McCook	Holdredge	Red Cloud	Fairbury	Humboldt	Syracuse	Chalco Hills
BRAN 10 Diamond	1990	455	Sidney	Ogallala	Gothenburg	Broken Bow	St Paul	York	Wahoo	Chalco Hills
BRAN 11 North Coast Cruise	1991	501	Alliance	Gordon	Valentine	Butte	Crofton	Wayne	Fremont	Chalco Hills
BRAN 12 Southern Breeze	1992	442	Benkelman	Cambridge	Franklin	Hebron	Wilber	Pawnee City	Syracuse	Chalco Hills
BRAN 13 High Plains Drifter	1993	448	Arapahoe	Callaway	Burwell	Bassett	Plainview	Beemer	Blair	Chalco Hills
BRAN 14 Rock and Roll	1994	484	Bayard	Chappell	Sutherland	Arnold	Ord	Dannebrog	David City	Chalco Hills
BRAN 15 High Rollers Tour	1995	516	Crawford	Rushville	Valentine	Bassett	Creighton	Ponco	Tekamah	Chalco Hills
BRAN 16 Down Under Tour	1996	519	Grant	Curtis	Minden	Geneva	Wymore	Falls City	Nebraska City	Chalco Hills
BRAN 17 Brantrak	1997	492	Hemmingford	Hyannis	Thedford	Callaway	Loup City	Geneoa	Cedar Bluffs	Chalco Hills
BRAN 18 Barnstormers Tour	1998	492	Gering	Oshkosh	Paxton	Arnold	Revenna	Sutton	Hickman	SAC Museum
BRAN 19 The Udder Way	1999	482	Arapahoe	Gothenburg	Sargent	O'Neill	Bloomfield	Clarkson	Wahoo	Chalco Hills
BRAN 20 Y2EZ	2000	452	Imperial	McCook	Beaver City	Red Cloud	Fairbury	Pawnee City	Syracuse	Chalco Hills
BRAN 21 A Bike Odyssey	2001	507	Harrison	Rushville	Valentine	Ainsworth	Burwell	Albion	David City	Omaha
BRAN 22 Safari	2002	510	Paxton	Curtis	Callaway	Ord	Battle Creek	Wakefield	Blair	Wildlife Safari Park
BRAN 23 Viking Voyage	2003	455	Valentine	Mullen	Dunning	Sargent	Spalding	Central City	Seward	Ashland
BRAN 24 Lewis & Clark Discovery Tour	2004	410	Cody	Springview	Butte	Verdigree	Crofton	South Sioux City	Oakland	Ft. Calhoun
BRAN 25 Silver Lining Tour	2005	525	Kimball	Bridgeport	Arthur	Arnold	Loup City	Aurora	Brainard	Waterloo
BRAN 26 Was Ist Loess	2006	?	Broken Bow	Eustice	Maywood	Cambridge	Minden	Geneva	Tecumseh	Springfield
BRAN 27 to Hill and Back ^[3]	2007	449	Gordon	Hyannis	Tryon	Merna	Ord	Fullerton	Brainard	Waterloo
BRAN 28 Tour of Excellence	2008	455	Callaway	Dunning	Ainsworth	Butte	Creighton	Petersburg	Shelby	Yutan
BRAN 30 Space Cowboy^[4]	2010	?	Harrison	Alliance	Hyannis	Thedford	Burwell	Albion	David City	SAC
BRAN 31 Easy Riders	2011	441	Brady	Callaway	Burwell	Bassett	O'Neill	Battle Creek	Oakland	Waterloo
BRAN 32 End of the World	2012	455	Minatare	Oshkosh	Arthur	Stapleton	Sargent	St. Paul	Shelby	Yutan
BRAN 33 Historic Highway Tour ^[5]	2013	?	Kimball	Chappell	Paxton	Gothenburg	Kearney	Aurora	Brainard	SAC Museum
BRAN 34 ^[6] ^[7]	2014	476	Rushville	Cody	Springview	Atikinson	Verdigree	Laurel	Lyons	Waterloo
BRAN 35 ^[8]^[9]	2015	410	Wauneta	Cambridge	Eustis	Axtell	Clay Center	Wilber	Syracuse	Conestoga
BRAN 36 Open Spaces Prairie Wind^[10]	2016	470	Grant	North Platte	Broken Bow	Loup City	Central City	Humphrey	David City	Wahoo
BRAN 37 Five Nations Five States^[11]	2017	?	Falls City	Auburn	Weeping Water	North Bend	Wayne	Wakefield	Winnebago	Tekamah
BRAN 38 A Southern State of Mind ^[12]	2018	?	Ogallala	Imperial	McCook	Alma	Red Cloud	Fairbury	Seward	Ashland
BRAN 39 A Tale of Two Trails^[13]	2019	?	Chadron	Gordon	Cody	Ainsworth	Atkinson	Neligh	Clarkson	Fremont
BRAN 40 Nebraska Best by Bicycle^[14]^[15]^[16]	2022	424	Alliance	Hyannis	Thedford	Callaway	Ord	St. Edward	Shelby	Wahoo
BRAN 41 Nebraska's Greatest Show on Two Wheels^[17]^[18]	2023	?	Benkelman	Cambridge	Minden	Red Cloud	Hebron	Wilbur	Seward	Ashland
BRAN 42 Rolling Across The Heartland^[19]	2024	?	Valentine	Bassett	Burwell	Burwell	Petersburg	Stromsburg	Wahoo	Louisville
BRAN 43 Journey to the Center of Nebraska	2025	?	Oshkosh	Sutherland	Gothenburg	Broken Bow	St. Paul	Central City	David City	Fremont

References

^ Kelsey Stewart (2018-10-17). "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska under new organizers for 2019 ride". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ Sydney Edwards (2018-06-05). "Bicyclists ride across Nebraska while raising money for scholarships". KPTM. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "to Hill and Back Bran 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17.
^ "T-176 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes and counting". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12.
^ Katy Healey (2013-06-01). "BRAN becomes family tradition with 'magical' surprises". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ Paige Yowell (2014-06-14). "Weeklong Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska comes to a finish". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ Courtney Johnson. "Bran 2014". PrecisionTandems.com. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Julie Harris (2015-06-16). "Omaha woman hooked on bike touring after Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ Courtney Johnson. "Bran 2015". PrecisionTandems.com. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Maggie O'Brien (2016-06-13). "Hundreds battle heat and wind in 470-mile Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Wyobraska Tandem". Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Sydney Edwards (2018-06-05). "Bicyclists ride across Nebraska while raising money for scholarships". KPTM. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska set for June 2-8". KOLN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska event back for it's 40th year". KMTV. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Shaun Friedrichsen (2022-06-08). "BRAN Kicks off in Alliance". Alliance_Times-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Lee Lazure Spreads the Message to Bring Cyclists Together". Omaha Magazine. 2022-04-28. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Route announced for 2023 Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". KLKN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Kelsey Stewart (2023-02-03). "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska sets route for 41st year". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska announces summer route". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

External links

[1] Kelsey Stewart (2018-10-17). "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska under new organizers for 2019 ride". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[2] Sydney Edwards (2018-06-05). "Bicyclists ride across Nebraska while raising money for scholarships". KPTM. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[3] "to Hill and Back Bran 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17.

[4] "T-176 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes and counting". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12.

[5] Katy Healey (2013-06-01). "BRAN becomes family tradition with 'magical' surprises". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[6] Paige Yowell (2014-06-14). "Weeklong Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska comes to a finish". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[7] Courtney Johnson. "Bran 2014". PrecisionTandems.com. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[8] Julie Harris (2015-06-16). "Omaha woman hooked on bike touring after Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[9] Courtney Johnson. "Bran 2015". PrecisionTandems.com. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[10] Maggie O'Brien (2016-06-13). "Hundreds battle heat and wind in 470-mile Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[11] "Wyobraska Tandem". Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[12] Sydney Edwards (2018-06-05). "Bicyclists ride across Nebraska while raising money for scholarships". KPTM. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[13] "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska set for June 2-8". KOLN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[14] "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska event back for it's 40th year". KMTV. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[15] Shaun Friedrichsen (2022-06-08). "BRAN Kicks off in Alliance". Alliance_Times-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[16] "Lee Lazure Spreads the Message to Bring Cyclists Together". Omaha Magazine. 2022-04-28. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[17] "Route announced for 2023 Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska". KLKN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[18] Kelsey Stewart (2023-02-03). "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska sets route for 41st year". Omaha_World-Herald. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[19] "Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska announces summer route". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

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