Category: Cycle

Avoided buyer’s remorse, only looked. Urban Garden Arts at the Minneapolis Farmers Market.

Cycled with a friend, as I do every week when it’s dry and warm enough. We rode on a rail trail from a former train depot in Hopkins to Excelsior and back. I laughed the first time he appeared with this truck, but it’s great for transporting bikes, includ

Took time to warm up on a chilly bike ride.

On a cycle ride with friends, following the Mississippi, starting south of St. Paul: Vermillion Falls, Vermillion River, Hastings, MN. The flour mill is still operating, but no longer uses water power.

Hitched my bike to a left-leaning rack.

It’s still March, but dry and warm enough for this fair-weather cyclist to hit the trails with a friend. I love the variety of textures at this viewpoint.

Picked up my unnaturally clean bike, resplendent with new parts, from Freewheel Bike. Took it for a spin.

Wheeled my bicycle over to Freewheel for a service. So many worn parts are being replaced, it’ll practically be a new bike.

It was a perfect day to get outside, meet a friend, ride our bikes, and stand at our favorite perch to watch trains going by.

Our cycle route included several diversions to avoid construction of a light rail system. This elaborate bridge and viaduct will take the cycle trail over an existing freight track, light rail tracks, and a busy road.