Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
Saturday looks like it will be a washout, with rain all day, so we’ll ride Sunday morning, starting at 8:00. The weather Sunday looks good, with cloudy skies, a light 7-mph wind from the west, and temps from 58 to 65. Sunday’s route will be Orchard Lake counterclockwise, which is a 45-mile loop with 1545 of elevation. As usual, we’ll make a brief stop at Orchard Lake.
Read MoreOn Saturday, we are hopefully going to get some much-needed rain, so I’ve set up a Zwift ride for those of you who want to do a virtual group ride. You can chat with the group via Discord, which makes the time fly. We’ll continue to schedule Zwift rides for the club on Saturdays until next spring.
Sunday could be the last outdoor group ride of the season. It looks like it will be relatively warm in the morning and windy in the afternoon, so our Orchard Lake route counterclockwise would be a good ride for this late-season ride. It will be 42 to 47 degrees with partly cloudy skies and 7 to 12 mph winds.
Read MoreSaturday, we have another good-weather day for riding, and we’re going to get started at 10:00. This week’s route will follow our 45-mile Orchard Lake route counterclockwise. It’s been nearly a year since we’ve ridden this route. During the ride, it will start off partly cloudy and clear up by the end, we’ll have temps from 42 to 50 degrees, and south winds from 3 to 5 mph.
Read MoreIt’s going to be unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon, so we’re going to have another road ride, which will leave Rosemount at 1 PM and follow our Orchard Lake route. It will be sunny and 47 degrees with a 9 mph SW wind, although it will feel like 42 to 44 degrees. Jack and Martin will be leading the ride, because I have a hike planned with my wife and daughter.
For those of you who ride Zwift, I will continue hosting group rides Saturday mornings at 08:00 throughout the winter. So far this year, we’ve been getting groups of about a dozen riders and we use Discord to chat about cycling and other things during the ride. These rides are about 2 hours of endurance riding, like our outdoor rides, except you can stop any time you want, because you’re always at home.
Read MoreThis weekend, rain and wind is predicted for Saturday, so we’ll ride Sunday morning. Sunday’s ride will leave Rosemount at 08:00 and it will likely combine some of our Prior Lake and Orchard Lake routes and maybe some new roads, too.
Read MoreLet's take advantage of (better) weather forecast for Sunday and ride at 13:00 (1 PM) that afternoon, instead of Saturday. We will follow the Orchard Lake route counter clockwise. The full route is 45 miles, and you can shorten that by ten miles by returning to Rosemount via Hwy 3. We’ll make a pit stop at Orchard Lake, even though the rest rooms will probably be closed.
Read MoreI hope you had a chance to get out for a ride today, like I did, because it was beautiful and this weekend it will be back to abnormally-cold and windy conditions. The forecast for this Saturday is worse than last Saturday, so we’ll ride on Sunday morning. At 09:00 Sunday, we’ll follow the Orchard Lake route, which will provide some shelter from the wind and give us a good workout.
Read MoreThey are predicting our first frost of the season on Saturday morning, so let’s push the start time back an hour. I don’t mind riding in the upper 30s, but not until later in the season. The cool temps last week didn’t hurt the turnout, so I expect the same this week.
This week, we’ll leave Rosemount at 09:00 and follow our Orchard Lake route counterclockwise. So, you can do the full 45-mile route, or cut it short for 35 miles. We’ll stop at Orchard Lake Beach for a nature and food break, so bring food.
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Read MoreWe will be doing the Orchard Lake Loop Clockwise for 45 miles. Meet 8:00 at Starbucks.
Read MoreThis week, we will leave Rosemount at 08:00 and follow the Orchard Lake route counterclockwise, with a brief stop at Orchard Lake Beach. The route is 45 miles long, and you can cut it a bit shorter. As many of you know, this is a hilly ride for a stretch along Judicial Rd, so we'll group up at couple of points along the way to keep everyone together. Hopefully, rain won't be a problem this week.
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