Summer 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.

Saturday’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.

Saturday’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.

Our 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.

Finally, 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.

This week, we are headed east to Revenna Trail and Hastings. It’s been a while since we’ve ridden that direction, and we haven’t ridden this 53-mile route counterclockwise this year, so that will be a nice change. There’s a chance of some light rain Saturday morning, and we’ll ride at 08:00 as long as it’s dry. If we have a rain delay, I’ll update this message with the new start time.