Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
This 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.
Read MoreSaturday, we will return to Cannon Falls, with a stop downtown at Hi-Quality Bakery. We will follow the route clockwise and, due to construction on CR 46, we will take CR 42 and Hwy 55 to get to CR 85 and head south toward Cannon Falls. The ride will still be about 56 miles long.
Read MoreUpdate Saturday: You can go back to bed. Today's ride is cancelled, due to rain and thunderstorms in the area. By the time they clear out it will be too hot to ride. I have plans Sunday, so I won't be able to lead a ride then. It will be quite hot this weekend, so stay hydrated.
Read MoreSaturday, we will leave Rosemount at 08:00 and follow a 70-mile course, which is based on the Revenna Trail route that we did a couple of weeks ago, and it includes a couple of roads that we haven't been on for a few years. We are going clockwise, so even the same roads will feel like new ones. The Prairie Island route will take us through Hastings and out Revenna Trail and beyond to near the Prairie Island power plant, where there's a 2.75-mile, 383 foot climb at the half-way point and then we return to Rosemount with a tail wind. If you need to make shorter, there are a couple of good turnaround points. If it rains Saturday morning, we will do the same ride Sunday at the same time.
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 MoreThis weekend, we have two club rides for you to join. Saturday, we will do our normal ride from Rosemount, and on Monday Gary Johnson will be leading a ride from Wayzata to Water Town.
Read MoreSaturday, Don Dilla will lead a ride to Northfield. He's planning to do the route counterclockwise, and the ride will start at 08:00. There will likely be a stop at Blue Monday in Northfield.
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.
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 MoreIt looks like it will be a great day for a ride again Saturday. This week's ride will leave Starbucks at 09:00 and follow the Northfield route clockwise for 56 miles. We usually stop at Blue Monday, in downtown Northfield, for a pastry and coffee. If you need a shorter route, you can take one of a couple shortcuts, like staying on CR 66 west to Farmington, rather than turning south at CR 79 (Blaine Avenue). Another shortcut would be to turn west at CR 86 (280th St). I'm giving you a couple of options here, because I won't be able to lead the ride. Someone familiar with the route will have to step up an lead the group.
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