Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
Saturday, 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 MoreAgain this week, Saturday’s ride will start at 13:00, because we’re expecting temperatures below freezing in the morning and it will take a while to warm up. During the ride, it will be sunny with a few clouds, temps from 47 to 50, and east winds at 5 mph. The ride will follow our Grey Cloud Island route clockwise, which took us about 3:40 when we rode it in July.
Read MoreFall weather is suddenly upon us, and because it will take a while to warm up, and we aren’t yet acclimated to the cold, we’ll be starting our ride Saturday at 13:00. The route will be Shakopee counterclockwise, with some changes to shorten it a little and avoid some afternoon traffic. It will be sunny with temps about 55 degrees and west winds at 12 mph.
Read MoreThis week, the abnormally warm weather continues, and we’re going to follow our Revenna Trail route clockwise. This 54-mile route has a stop at the Lock and Dam in Hastings, and another along the route, if needed. The ride will start at 08:00. The weather forecast is partly cloudy skies with temps from 61 to 70 degrees and SE winds at 6 - 8 mph.
Read MoreThis weekend’s ride will follow our Tour of Bloomington route clockwise. Fall colors are starting to appear in Bloomington, so we will have a nice, scenic ride, with a stop Hyland Lake Park Reserve. The weather forecast says it may rain Saturday morning so, if it’s wet Saturday, I’ll postpone the ride to Sunday morning. Either day, the ride will start at 08:00 from Starbucks.
Read MoreThis week’s ride will start in Rosemount, at 08:00, and we’ll follow this modified version of our Prior Lake via Black Dog Lake counterclockwise. I’ve added a small change to the route to loop around town from the north before getting to our destination in Prior Lake. This adds a couple of miles and avoids the out-and-back along 160th Street in Prior Lake. We did this extra bit in the other direction on July 24. Let me know how you like it. The weather forecast says it will be partly cloudy with temps from 45 to 60 degrees, and west winds at 6 to 9 mph.
Read MoreSaturday, we will leave Rosemount at 08:00 and ride to Cannon Falls counterclockwise. There will be a short stop at Hi-Quality Bakery and then we’ll return to the start. The weather Saturday morning will be sunny, with temps from 50 to 65, and winds SSE at 4 to 10 mph.
Read MoreSaturday at 08:00, we’re going to return to our Grey Cloud Island route, and this time we’ll be doing this 60-mile route counterclockwise. We'll stop for a nature break somewhere along the route. The weather should be very good, with temps from 66 to 76 degrees, partly cloudy skies, and the 4 - 6 mph winds will be changing from the southwest to north, so we may have a tail wind at the beginning and end of the ride.
Read MoreFor Saturday’s ride, we will be leaving at 08:00 and heading to Edina via I-35W. We’ll take a break at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. The weather forecast for the ride is mostly cloudy, with temps from 61 to 68 degrees, and NW wind at 4 to 7 mph.
We are also planning to do a ride Monday, Labor Day, from Hyland Lake Park Reserve Bloomington to Jordan counterclockwise. The weather forecast for Monday’s ride is sunny, with temps from 56 to 69 degrees, and SSW wind at 3 to 5 mph.
Read MoreFor this week’s ride, we will be heading to Northfield in a clockwise direction, starting at 08:00 from Starbucks. As usual, we’ll take a break at Brick Oven Bakery in Northfield. The weather forecast is mostly sunny skies, temps from 73 to 80 degrees, and a south wind at 9 to 11 mph.
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