Help Us Honor Our Next Community Champion!

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We encourage you to submit nominees to the award committee for our Community Champion award, a meaningful opportunity to celebrate someone who has made a significant impact and demonstrated outstanding service and commitment within our cycling community. The committee has established specific criteria, and they will carefully review all submissions, choose the most deserving winner, and present the award at our upcoming annual Winter Gathering; if you know an individual who exemplifies these qualities and deserves acknowledgment, please contact our awards team with your suggestions.

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Ride Saturday, April 2

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It may not look like it outside now, but we will do another outdoor ride Saturday. It will be windy from the northwest Saturday afternoon, so I’ve shortened our normal Bloomington loop a few miles and we’ll do that loop clockwise. The ride will leave Starbucks in Rosemount at 1:00 pm. During the ride, it should be about 47 degrees with mostly sunny skies and WNW winds at 10 to 14 mph.

Our kit order has arrived. You may pick up your order before or after our rides.

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2020 Rider Satisfaction Survey Results

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This year, 27 people completed our 2020 Rider Satisfaction Survey, which was open throughout September and October. (There are 42 paid members and 120 addresses on our mailing list.) We collected feedback via a short, nine-question survey. The survey, over the last three years, has been largely the same, with minor changes to questions 5 (ride speed), 6 (preferred routes) and 7 (cycling kit).

The first four questions were basic satisfaction inquiries. All participants reported that our group rides meet their needs, 96% of participants said they were satisfied or very satisfied with our club, and 96% said we have very-high-quality or high-quality rides. Safety of our rides was rated as above average or excellent by 92% of participants. None of these responses are surprising, because you’d probably riding elsewhere if we weren’t meeting these basic needs.

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Riding During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve only had one group ride outdoors this season. Hopefully, you and your family have been healthy and the pandemic hasn’t stopped you from getting on a bike to exercise. As things start to open up again, our risk of infecting COVID-19 may also be declining, as new cases in Minnesota very recently have been lower than they have been since April 22. Hopefully the downward trend continues and the recent George Floyd / BLM protests do not cause a new spike in infections. We won’t be able to return to the old “normal,” but we can manage our risk and do what we feel comfortable doing.

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Grand Performance 2020 Discounts for Club Members

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Our club shop and sponsor, Grand Performance, is offering special club discounts on several product lines. Sale items include several models and builds of Wilier Triestina bicycles, HED and Zipp wheels, SRAM components for road and MTB, helmets and Sidi shoes, Speedplay pedals, Continental and Pirelli tires and tubes, and more.

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