Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
Saturday’s ride will be to Minneapolis’ Midtown Greenway, which goes north to downtown St. Paul, west to Bde Maka Ska, and returns to Rosemount via Hwy I-494. We’ll stop at Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream Shop. Hopefully the swollen rivers won’t cause us any grief. The weather should be mostly sunny with temps from 67°F to 71°F and WNW wind at 10 to 15 mph.
Read MoreIn case you haven’t noticed, Black Dog Trail has been flooded near I-35W since Sunday. The river bottoms and many roads and trails near the Minnesota River are now under water. The national weather service says the water is expected to rise above flood stage Thursday evening to a crest of 702.5 feet early Sunday afternoon. The last time the river was that high was 1985.
Flooding and construction limit our options for a northerly ride this week, so I’ve modified our Minneapolis route to cross the Minnesota River at I-494, rather than the Mendota Bridge, which is closed for construction through June. This alternate Midtown Greenway loop includes a rest stop at Sebastian Joe’s Ice Cream Shop near Lake Harriet and a short stop at Grand Performance, our club’s bike shop. Expect more trails, stops, and therefore more time for this ride than most of our rides. The weather during the ride is expected to be cloudy with temps from 47 to 50 degrees and NNW winds at 9 mph.
Read MoreSaturday, we’ll be heading north to St. Paul and Minneapolis. We’ll follow our Minneapolis Greenway route counter clockwise. This 55-mile route has a bit of everything: climbs, straight flat roads and trails, and rivers and lakes. The heat is going to break, so we will have cooler temps of 61 to 70 degrees, with sunny skies and a moderate wind from the northwest.
Read MoreThis week, we will ride to Minneapolis and St Paul and follow the Minneapolis Greenway route clockwise. There will be some minor route changes that will make the ride nearly 60 miles. About 26 miles in, we will stop at Sebastian Joe's for a pit stop, before making our way to the Greenway and returning home via St Paul and Inver Grove Heights.
Read MoreIt's supposed to rain all day Saturday, so we will ride Sunday morning instead. We'll ride north into Minneapolis to the Greenway and stop at Sabastian Joe's. Sunday, the ride will start at 08:00 from Starbucks and we'll follow the Greenway route counter clockwise. The High Bridge is closed, so we will change the route some and cross the river at Wabasha Street.
Read MoreSaturday, we will ride into Minneapolis and St. Paul, following the 47-mile Marshall Avenue route, which we rode last fall. We'll start at 08:00 and follow the route clockwise. As always, you may join us along the route in Eagan or elsewhere. We'll make a pit stop at the gas station at Wabasha and Plato and return home with a nice tail wind.
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