Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
Saturday, we’ll be leaving Starbucks at 8:00 and heading east to Revenna Trail and Hastings. This 53-mile route doesn’t have a bakery stop, so bring extra food. We’ll stop for a food and nature break at Lock and Dam No. 2 in Hastings.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride will be to Prescott and Grey Cloud Island. Like last week’s route, this 60-mile loop has a stop early in the route at Point Douglas Park, and a few other nature-break opportunities, if needed. The route also has 1,900 feet of climbing, with about a third of it coming right in the four miles after leaving the park and another four-mile stretch from Rock Island Swing Bridge to Hwy 52.
Read MoreSummer is here and this week we’re riding from Rosemount to Hastings and Revenna Trail clockwise. As usual, the ride will start at 8:00, and we’ll stop at the Lock and Dam in Hastings for a nature break. During our ride, we should have great weather with temps from 71 to 83 degrees, partly sunny skies, and light 4-5 mph winds from the east.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride will start from Rosemount at 08:00. The route will follow our Revenna Trail route clockwise. We’ll head east to Hastings and stop briefly at Lock and Dam #2 before heading a little further east to Revenna Trail where, hopefully, we’ll be mostly sheltered from the crosswinds. The map shows three gravel sections, but don't worry, we can bypass the first one that connects Hwy 55 to the trailhead and the two longer gravel sections are asphalt.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride from Starbucks will start at 08:00, as usual, and the route will be Revenna Trail counterclockwise. It should be cool with mostly cloudy skies. The wind is expected to be light from the NE again, so you’ll have a cross headwind for most of the first half of the ride, which means you’ll want to do a counterclockwise rotation to share the work. Remember, that it’s fastest for everyone if you keep a steady pace that everyone can do without getting dropped. As the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.
Read MoreOur group ride this weekend will be Sunday morning because, for the third week in a row, rain is forecast to arrive Saturday, and this week it looks more likely that the forecast will come true. Sunday’s ride will start at 08:00 and follow our Revenna Trail route clockwise. The weather Sunday morning should be mostly cloudy with temps from 65 to 72 and an east wind at 6 mph.
Read MoreFinally, our weather has changed for the better here in Minnesota! So, this week, we’re going to be leaving Rosemount at 08:00 and riding east to Hastings and on to Revenna Trail. This 54-mile route is a little longer than our earlier rides this season, and we’ll keep everyone together so that everyone has a good time and doesn’t get dropped — at least until we get to Coates.
Read MoreThis week, the abnormally warm weather continues, and we’re going to follow our Revenna Trail route clockwise. This 54-mile route has a stop at the Lock and Dam in Hastings, and another along the route, if needed. The ride will start at 08:00. The weather forecast is partly cloudy skies with temps from 61 to 70 degrees and SE winds at 6 - 8 mph.
Read MoreThe weather looks great for a longer ride this week, so we’re going to ride to Red Wing Saturday. This 81-mile ride will start at 08:00, as usual, but we won’t finish until about 13:00. We’ll stop for a short nature break at the Lock and Dam in Hastings and again at Hanisch Bakery and Coffee Shop in Red Wing. If you need to go shorter, you may want to turn around in Hastings or follow our Revenna Trail route clockwise.
Read MoreWe will be exploring a new route to Grey Cloud Island this Saturday. Jack Conrad recently shared this 59-mile route with me, and now I’m sharing it with all of you. It’s been many years since I’ve ridden Grey Cloud Island, so it will be good to see it again. We will stop for a nature break at the beach near Prescott, unless there’s a need or preference to stop elsewhere.
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