Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
For Saturday’s ride, we will be starting at 08:00, as usual, and heading west to Prior Lake, then we’ll head up to Eagan and return to Rosemount. This is a new route, although we’ve ridden most of it in the other direction many times. We’ll have great weather with sunny skies, temps from 64 to 71 degrees, and NW winds at 7 mph.
Read MoreThis week, we will be able to ride on the road outside. Starting at 1:00 PM, we will leave Rosemount and ride west to Prior Lake. We’ll skip the jog in downtown Prior Lake and stop at Cleary Lake Regional Park instead. This is a 45 or 55-mile route that we haven’t ridden since July 2019. We can choose the length at around mile 40. It will feel like 40 degrees, with partly sunny skies, temps from 45 to 47 degrees, and west winds at 15 mph.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride will be to Cleary Lake Regional Park near Prior Lake. We’ll combine two versions of our Prior Lake route to make a new 60-mile loop. For the first part of the ride, we’ll leave Starbucks at 08:00 and ride to Prior Lake, following our Prior Lake route, and then we’ll follow our Prior Lake alternate route to Cleary Lake and back to Rosemount. The weather will be nice with temps from 57 to 73 degrees, sun, and light winds from the west.
Read MoreIt’s a busy weekend and we have three opportunities for you.
Saturday at 08:00, there’s a meetup on Zwift. We’ll ride the “Dust in the Wind” route in Watopia and talk via Discord during the ride. I’ve invited the club members who follow me and rode together in the game last winter. Follow me on Zwift to get invited to my meetups.
Saturday 10:00 to 16:30 is Free Bikes 4 Kidz annual bike-collection day and they are looking for volunteers to help out with unloading and categorizing bikes. Their volunteer coordinator told me that “any shift, any amount of time would be so helpful.” Their Collection Day signup form has shifts that start at 10:00, 11:00 and 12:30. Breakfast bagels and pizza lunch will be available and you’ll get a FB4K t-shirt. This year, their warehouse is in the south metro at the Southtown Shopping Center in Bloomington at I-494 and Penn Ave. Sign up now.
Sunday at 8:30, we’ll do a group ride from Startbuck’s in Rosemount to somewhere west (Prior Lake or Skakopee). I’ll change up the route to keep it fresh for this late-season ride.
Read MoreI want to show you a new route that I’ve been noodling and scouting for a while. The route is about 58 miles long and crosses the Minnesota River at two different places, so there’s some climbing but it’s worth it for the scenery as we ride to Prior Lake via Bloomington. I’ve ridden most of this route in various pieces and I think you’ll like it. The stop at Edelweiss in Prior Lake will be about 38 miles into the ride, so a little farther out than usual.
We should have great weather again Saturday with light winds from the north and temps from 59 to 66 degrees. We’ll leave Rosemount at 08:00, as usual.
Read MoreThis week's beautiful weather continues Saturday, so join us for a ride to Prior Lake. We'll leave Rosemount at 08:00 and ride to Edelweiss Bakery. This is a flat 45 or 55-mile route that has both suburban and country roads for you to stretch your legs. The temps will be 71 to 80 degrees with sunny skies and light winds from the west.
Read MoreSaturday, we’ll leave Rosemount at 08:00 and ride to Prior Lake, stopping at Edelweiss Bakery, before returning to Starbucks. We will ride the 55-mile route counter clockwise. The river bottoms are probably still under water, and the recent rain isn’t helping, so we’ll follow the alternate route, unless someone can confirm that Blackdog Road is open. The weather forecast is looking good for Saturday, with moderate winds from the west, and temps from 60 to 70 degrees.
Read MoreThe weather Saturday is looking superb with moderate winds from the southwest, so we’ll leave Starbucks at 08:00 and ride to Prior Lake. Due to flooding around the Minnesota River, we’ll follow a route that combines the Orchard Lake and Prior Lake routes, like we did last July. In Prior Lake, we’ll stop at Edelweiss Bakery. The full route is 55 miles, and you can shorten it by 10 miles by going north via Hwy 3 from Farmington.
Read MoreThis week, we will be riding the Cannon Falls route clockwise. We will leave Starbucks at 08:00, which will be our normal summertime start time. In Cannon Falls, we'll stop at Hi-Quality Bakery for some pastries and a pit stop. The 56-mile route should take us three hours to complete.
Read MoreSaturday, we will ride clockwise from Starbucks to Prior Lake and back for about 48 miles. We'll start at 08:15 sharp, so we should finish about 11:30.
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