The Solstice Gravel Grinder is in its ninth year as a premier grassroots Nebraska gravel grinder that starts and ends in Beatrice NE on June 21st, 2025. This ride will journey through the communities of Pickrell, Adams, Sterling, Vesta, Crab Orchard, Filley, Holmesville, and Beatrice. The riders will again journey through some of the most beautiful back roads and gravel north and east of Beatrice. The terrain mixes steep hills, rollers, and minimum maintenance roads. The 100 mile Solstice Hundy field will be limited to 175 riders. We will also be offering a couple of shorter route options. A 66+ mile gravel grinder, called Solar Fiddy, and it will be limited to 175 riders total. And we will be offering a shorter 37ish mile route called the Kindler for those that want to experience gravel for the first time. It will follow some of the same roads as the other routes, and also mix in a bit of the Chief Standing Bear Trail. It will be limited to 100 riders.
Get signed up at https://www.bikereg.com/solsticegravel Registration opens on December 21st (the Winter Solstice)

 Our goals are to provide a quality event for everyone at a great value. We love to give back to the biking community. We tend to donate almost everything we make off of this event to various youth groups, and to the maintenance of the trail systems in Southeast Nebraska. A few years we provided a bike repair station for the Barneston Trailhead of the Chief Standing Bear Trail. And we also donate our funds to Pink Gravel, NICA youth cycling, and the youth baseball fields in Beatrice.