Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
This weekend, we finally have a Saturday without a threat of rain (that never arrives). The route will be Cannon Falls clockwise. Hopefully, Hi-Quality has a better selection for us than our last trip there. The weather should be good with mostly sunny skies, temps from 65 to 75 degrees, and SE winds from 9 to 11 mph.
Read MoreOur 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.
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I woke up this morning to find that they've completely changed our weather forecast for today, and it's going to be partly cloudy with moderate SSW winds, so let's ride outside today at 08:00. We'll ride to Northfield again, but in the opposite direction as last week.
Read MoreWe’ll be doing a bonus ride Monday, Memorial Day, from Hyland Lake Park Preserve in Bloomington to Jordan. The ride will loosely follow this route, since some of it is underwater. We’ll start at 08:00 and head west to Shakopee before heading south to Jordan.
It should be partly cloudy with temps from 75 to 82 and a south wind from 10 to 15 mph.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride will be to Northfield, and our first trip there this season. We’ll start at 13:00 and head east to Coates before heading south to Hampton and Northfield. There will be a stop at Brick Oven Bakery before heading back via Farmington. There’s a 50% chance of rain in the morning, so we’re starting after lunch.
In the afternoon, it should be partly cloudy with temps in the upper 70s and a south wind at 16 to 20 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're going to follow our Prior Lake route clockwise. This 50-mile loop has a stop at Edelweiss Bakery. Our ride will start at 08:00 from Starbucks in Rosemount this week, and every week from now on, unless otherwise noted. The weather should be sunny with temps from about 64 to 71 degrees and wind from the south to west at 9 to 13 mph.
Read MoreFinally, 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.
Read MoreThis weekend’s ride will be Sunday morning at 08:00, because it’s supposed to rain all day Saturday and it will be warm Sunday morning. The route will be to Prior Lake via Black Dog Lake counterclockwise. It will be windy from the WSW and this route should give folks shelter from the wind through much of the first half of the ride, and a tail wind from Prior Lake. During the ride, it should be about 48 degrees with partly sunny skies and 14 to 19 mph winds. If you’re feeling strong, go to the front and pull the group at a pace that everyone can maintain.
Read MoreThe rain and snow will be leaving us today and we will have sunny skies for our ride Saturday. This week’s ride will start at 1:00 p.m. Saturday from Starbucks and head north to St. Paul’s Summit Avenue on this 45-mile route. During the ride, we should have temps in the mid 40s with light NW winds and sunny to partly-cloudy skies.
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