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PREPARING FOR A A triathlon is a race that includes swimming, biking and running. Training for a triathlon needs to include conditioning in all three areas, however training sessions for a triathlete are not exactly like those done by swimmers, cyclists or runners individually. Swim Those who are new to competitive swimming should take lessons to develop a smooth, efficient stroke. With efficiency will come speed. Triathletes also must also get comfortable swimming in open water–so that means choppy water, without underwater markers for navigation. Practice swimming in open water as often as possible and practice staying on course. “Sighting” the course buoys is necessary to stay on track and preventing swimming farther than you need. Always swim safely and that means with a buddy. Bike This is the longest leg of the race so time in the saddle is very important. To improve cycling skills you will want to be comfortable on you seat in an efficient, aerodynamic position. It is highly recommended to get a professional bike fitting. On your bike practice pushing a moderate gear and hold a cadence of about 90 revolutions per minute (rpm). This will save your running legs! Run This is the most common discipline for injury, so always listen to your body and focus on the quality, not quantity, when it comes to your training runs. Hill running will help build running speed and prevent injuries. Make sure, if you are not already conditioned to run the distance, train for the distance before introducing speed training into your program. Bricks “Bricks” are workouts that practice transitions between two of the disciplines. Bike-to-run bricks are especially important because your legs can feel as though they’ve turned to concrete blocks when you get off your bike and try to run. Schedule at least one bike-to-run brick each week while training. This will help you get your body used to making the transition. Recovery Allow your body enough recovery time before each event. Training will make you slow, tired and more prone to injury without a recovery period. Have one day of complete rest per week to give your body a chance to recover. Every three to four weeks, cut your overall training intensity and volume in half. This “Recovery week” gives your mind and body a chance to rest and absorb all of the hard training you’ve done over the past month.
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Event Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MN Maps Start on Page . . . . . . 6 TC Shops & Mountain Biking . . 32 TC Tourism Centers . . . . . . . . . 40 Greater MN Destinations . . . . . 40 Ride Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Rules of the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Buying a Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Discover How Good You Feel . 68 BikeMN & LCI Educators . . . . . 73 National and State Resources . 76 Twin City Resources & Clubs . 76 Bike That Know No Borders . . 84 Drive Your Bike . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Comments – editor@HaveFunbiking.com Produced by Russ Lowthian and the HaveFunBiking.com staff. A special thanks to Pete May for his graphic design, layout and map making abilities; Pat SmithWelles for her centerfold illustration; Tyler Lowthian for compiling all the events listings in the guide and at HaveFunBiking; the editing support of Marcy Kelash; Michael Fredricks, working with the Twin City bike shops; all the Map Partners for their final edits; Kimberli Johnson, our e-database manager; the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BikeMN) and USA Triathlon - Midwest for their support; and all the advertisers who made this annual publication possible. Please stop by their places of business and let them know you saw their ad in the Bike/Hike Guide. Cover: Being involved in a triathlon is a great way to expand your bicycling opportunities. Photos by Russ Lowthian
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APRIL April 7 Fight for Air Climb
MAY May 4 Cinco de Mayo Triathlon
April 14 Sylvan’s Island
May 4 Chain of Lakes Triathlon
Des Moines, IA Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lung.org/pledge Moline, IL http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA Mtb-Ride http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/ group/IORCA/
April 18 Minneapolis Peace Ride
Meet at Uptown Transit Station, Mpls Rec . . . . . . . . . . JamieMPLS@gmail.com
Alexandria, MN . . . . . www.pickleevents.com/events/colt/
May 4 Pilgrims Run, Bike, Canoe Relay Race Maple Grove, MN
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April 20-21 MN HS Cycling League
May 5 Buck Hill Birch Bump
April 27, Tour de Red Wing
May 5 QuadruPedal Spring Century
April 27 Feed the Need
May 5 Camp Ingawanis
Leader Summit, OBP, Bloomington, MN None-Ride . . . . . . www.minnesotamtb.org Red Wing MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . www.redwingrotary.org
SW, Highland WI Rec . . . . . . . . . www.panthercycling.com/
April 27 Tinman Triathlon
Morris, MN Du-Tri . www.morris.umn.edu/recreation/ tinman/index.html
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April 27 Row, Ride, Run Triathlon
Winona, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.smumn.edu/ undergraduate-home/about-smu/campusministry/row-ride-run
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Burnsville, MN Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . www.mnmtnseries.com Dodgeville, MN Rec http://www.ichs.net/quadrupedal.html
North Course, Waverly IA http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA/ Multi-Day . . http:// sports.groups.yahoo. com/group/IORCA/
May 11 Bike MS: Sam’s Club TC Ride
White Bear Lake Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org (See ad on page 9 for more details)
http://bikemnm.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_MNM_Landing_Page
May 11 2nd Du for Lake & Hospice
April 27 Take The Hill Triathlon
Fergus Falls, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.centrallakescycle.com/
April 28 MN Ironman Bike Ride
Campbellsport, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . www.wemseries.com
April 28 Falls Duathlon
Lake Elmo, MN Du-Tri . . http:// www.frontrunnerusa.com/ event/oakdale-spring-classic-duathlon
St Peter, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http://www.takethehilltri.org/ Stillwater, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . www.Ironmanbike.org (See ad on page 5 for more details) Cannon Falls, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
MAY May 4 Bike Ride Around Women
Longville, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . http://www.longville.com/
May 4 Siouxperman Triathlon
Sioux Center, IA Du-Tri http://www.siouxperman.com/index.php
Stillwater, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . www.trifitnesswbl.com/
May 11 12 Hr. Northern Kettles May 11 Oakdale Duathlon
May 11 Hip Breaker Bike Tour
Trempealeau, WI, Great River Road Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . www.trempealeau.net/ (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
May 18 Tour de Cure Rochester
East Silver Lake Park, Rochester Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.diabetes.org/ rochestermntourdecure
May 18 2013 Almonzo 100
Spring Valley, MN - (gravel roads) Racing www.almanzo100.blogspot.com/ Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 4
MAY May 18 Brute Triple Crown Endurance
MAY May 19 Gear West Duathlon
Memorial Park, Arcadia, WI Rec . . . . . http:// www.spreetouring.com/
May 18 Tour de Cure
Rochester, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
May 18 Blaine Triathlon
Blaine, MN Du-Tri . http:// www.blainetriathlon.com/
May 18 Minneapolis Peace Ride
Uptown Transit Station, Mpls, MN Rec . http://www.sophiapeacecenter.com/
Orono, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . http://gearwestbike.com/
May 19 Land Between the Lakes
Albert Lea, MN Du-Tri . . . . http:// www.finalstretch.com/
May 24 Burlington Road Race
Burlington, IA Rec . http://www.snakealleycriterium.com/
May 25 Arcadia’s Memorial Tour
Arcadia, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . http://www.ridebctc.com/ (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
May 18 ALS Bike Trek
May 25 Memorial Day Bike Ride
May 19 St. Croix Woolly
May 25 Apple Duathlon
May 19 Chocolate City Ride
May 25 Snake Alley Criterium
Marine on the St Croix MN Rec . . . . . . . . . www.alsbiketrekmn.com St. Croix Falls, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . www.mnmtnseries.com Burlington, WI, Mtb-Ride . . . . . paulmueller@remax.net
Northfield, MN Rec . . . . . . www.northfieldchamber.com Sartell, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.appleduathlon.com/ Mediapolis, IA Rec http://www.snakealleycriterium.com/
Regis t Now ration Open ! ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY WASHNGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS STILLWATER, MINNESOTA
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MAY May 25 Memorial Day Bike Ride
JUNE June 4 Introductory Track Class
May 25-27 Black Hills Fat Tire Festival
June 4-9 Mississippi River Ride I
Northfield, MN Rec . http://www.northfieldchamber.com/
Rapid City SD Mtb-Ride . . . www.bhfattirefestival.com
May 26 Chippewa Valley Sierra Century
Falls Creek, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . stevescoll@gmail.com
May 26 Melon City Criterium
Muscatine, IA Rec . . . . . . . www.muscatinecycling.com
May 26 Leinenkugel’s Chippewa
Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, WI Rec . . . . . . . www.chippewavalleyride.us
May 31 June 2 CAMBA Festival of the Trails Cable, WI
Bus/Bike Itasca to Big Lake, MN Multi-Day. www.havefunbiking.com/pdf/mrt.pdf (See ad on page 61 for more details)
June 7 - 8 Mountain Bike Festival Crosby/Deerwood, MN MTN Bike . . . . . www.cuyunalakes.com
June 7-9 C.H. Robinson MN MS 150 Duluth to the Twin Cities, MN Multi-day . . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org (See ad on page 9 for more details)
June 8 Caramel Roll Ride
Lake Wobegon Trail, Albany MN Rec . . . . . . www.lakewobegontrails.com
June 8 Nanoech Trek
Mtb-Ride . . http://www.cambatrails.org/
Rushford, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rintek.org,
JUNE June 1 Tour de Cure
Reforestation Camp, Suamico, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
Minneapolis, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
June 1 Tour de Pepin
Lake City, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lakecity.org
June 1 Tour of Lakes
Pequot Lakes, MN Rec . . . . . . www.paulbunyancyclists.com
June 1 New Brighton Triathlon
New Brighton, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/ event/new-bri-tri
June 2 Bluff Rider Charge
MT Kato, Mankato, MN Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/
June 2 UPAF’s Ride for the Arts
Milwaukee, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.upafride.org
June 2 10th Buffalo Triathlon
Buffalo, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . http://www.tribuff.com/
International Sports Center, Blaine, MN Rec . . . . . http://velodrome.nscsports.org/
June 8 Stump Farm 100
June 8 Liberty Triathlon
Rockford, MN Du-Tri . www.finalstretch.com/contact-us/
June 8 Tour de Cure
Clive, IA, Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
June 8 - 10 Women’s Pedal and Paddle
Western Wisconsin Multi-Day . www.mywahooadventures.com
June 9 Trinona Triathlon
Winona, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . .. www.trinona.com
June 9 Tour de Food
Mandt Park, Stoughton, WI Rec www.yaharagrocery.coop/tourdefood
June 9 Regatta Bike Ride
Worthington, MN Rec . www.worthingtonmnchamber.com/
June 9-12 Indiana June Rally
Spencer, IN Multi-day . www.triri.org/june_rally.html Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 8
JUNE June 9-15 Capital City Tour
Evanson, IL Multi-day www.pedalacrosswisconsin.com/
June 10 Manitou Triathlon
White Bear, MN Du-Tr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www. optumhealthperformance.com/
June 10 Trinona Triathlon
Six extraordinary rideS
Winona, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . http://www.trinona.com/
one deStination » a world free of MS
June 12-19 Jaunt With Jim
Arrowhead, Grand Marais, MN Rec Multi-Day . www.Jimklobuchar.com/
June 12-16 Nature Valley Grand Prix Bike racing, family fun Non-Ride Race http://www.naturevalleybicyclefestival.com/ (See ad on front inside cover)
June 14 Fight For Air Ride
Lake Geneva, WI www.fightforairride.org Rec . . . . . . . . . . www.fightforairride.org
June 15 Fairmont Triathlon
Fairmont, MN Du-Tri.. www.fairmonttriathlon.org
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June 15 Lady Slipper Nature Ride
Avon, MN Redwww.lakewobegon.com/events#LNSR
myMSbike.org 800-582-5296
June 15 Gammel Dag Fest & Bike Ride
Peterson, MN Rec . . . . . . . http://www.petersonmn.org/ (See ad on page 53 for more details)
June 15 Tour de Cure
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Oak Grove Park, Fargo, ND Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
June 15 Minds in Motion
Bicycle Tour - Onalaska, WI Rec . . . . . . . http://www.mimbiketour.org
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June 15 Horribly Hilly Hundreds
Blue Mounds, WI Rec . . . . . http://www.horriblyhilly.com/
June 15 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Excelsior, MN Du-Tri . http://www.lakeminnetonkatriathlon.com/
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JUNE June 15 Lakes to Pines Triathlon
JUNE June 21-23 Bike The Boarder
June 15 Fairmont Triathlon
June 22 Growlers Summer Challenge
Park Rapids, MN Du-Tri . . . http://www.lakestopines.com/ Fairmont, MN Du-Tri http://www.fairmonttriathlon.org/
June 16 Minds in Motion
Bicycle Tour - Onalaska, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.mimbiketour.org
June 16 Horribly Hilly Hundreds
Blue Mounds, WI Rec . . . . . http://www.horriblyhilly.com/
Mohall, ND and surrounding areas Multi-day . . . . . www.biketheborder.com
Bear Paw, White lake WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
June 22 - 23 MS - Cruise the Cornfields
Ankeny to Ames, IA and back Multi-day . . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org
June 16 Lake Minnetonka Triathlon
June 22-27 Swiss Cheese & Spotted Cows
June 16 Lakes to Pines Triathlon
June 22-29 GRABAAWR
June 16 Pedal for Project Impact
June 22-29 Ride the Fault Line
June 16: RE/MAX AttaBoy Ride
June 23 Rochesterfest Triathlon
Excelsior, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.lakeminnetonkatriathlon.com/ http://www.lakeminnetonkatriathlon.com/
Park Rapids, MN Du-Tri . . . http://www.lakestopines.com/ Willmar, MN glacial areas Rec . www.willmarshelter.com/bike-a-thon.php Farmington, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.AttaBoyRide.org (See ad on page 13 for details)
June 16 Pedal for Project Impact
Willmar, MN glacial areas Rec . www.willmarshelter.com/bike-a-thon.php
June 17 Rochesterfest Triathlon
Rochester, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
June 10-13 Indiana June Rally
Spencer, IN Multi-day . www.triri.org/june_rally.html
June 13-17 Nature Valley Grand Prix
Bike racing, family fun Non-Ride Race www.naturevalleybicyclefestival.com (See ad on front inside cover)
June 20-24 Northwoods Bike Retreat
Mineral Point, WI Multi-day . . . . . . www.scscbiketour.com Touring Wisconsin Multi-Day http://www.bikewisconsin.com/ Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee & Kentucky Multi-Day http://www.ridethefault.com/ Rochester, MN Du-Tri . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
June 23 Red Wing Classic (State Championship)
Memorial Park - Red Wing, MN Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/
June 23 Kickapoo Kicker
Viroqua, WI Rec . . . http://www.kickapookicker.com/
June 29 City of Lakes Tri Loppet
Minneapolis, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http://www.tri-loppet.com/
June 29 Single Track Attack
Hillside Park, Elk River, MN Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/
June 29 Tour de Cure
Coraville, IA Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
June 29 Average Jo Triathlon
Perham, MN Manitowish Waters, WI Du-Tri http:// www.zapevent. Multi-Day . . . . www.aroundwisbike.com http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=2134 com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=2134
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JUNE June 29 MinneMan Triathlon
Andover, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.optumhealthperformance.com/
June 29 Thunderdown in the Underdown
Tomahawk, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
June 30 Lake Waconia Triathlon
Waconia, MN Du-Tri . http://www.lakewaconiatriathlon.net/
June 30 N. Mankato Triathlon/Kid’s Mankato, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
JULY July 4 HBC Tour D‘Amico
Golden Valley, MN Rec . . . . . . . . http://www.tourdamico.org/ (See ad on page 73 for more details)
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July 4 TCBC Watermelon Ride
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JULY July 4-5 Camp Benedict Ride
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July 7 Lakes Bike Tour
Litchfield, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.watercade.com
July 4-7 Balton Fun Fest Triathlon Balaton, MN
Du-Tri . . . . . . http://www.zapevent.com/ http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=1806 listactivities.aspx?eventid=1806
July 6 Elysian Rookies Triathlon
Comm. Church; Co Rd 12 off Hwy 371 N, Walker, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . www.lakesareahabitat.org
July 13 Granite Kid’s Triathlon
St. Cloud, MN Du-Tri . . . http://www.granitemantri.com/
July 13 Twin Cities Triathlon St. Paul, MN Du-Tri . http://www. optumhealthperformance.com/
Elysian, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http://www.elysianmn.com/ triathlon.html
July 13 Timberman Triathlon
July 6 Levis/Trow 100
July 13 Graniteman Triathlon
July 7 Tour of Saints
July 14 Sunderbruch
July 7 Seven Oaks Ski Area
July 14 YMCA Titletown Bike Tour
Levis Mound, Hatfield, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . www.wemseries.com College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tourofsaints.com (A BikeMN Event, see ad on page 25) Boone, IA Mnt Bike http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/ group/IORCA/
July 8-14 Flavors of Wisconsin
Mt. Horeb, WI Multi-Day . . . . www.aroundwisbike.com
Grand Rapids, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http://www.timberman.org/ Clearwater, MN Du-Tri . . . http://www.granitemantri.com/ Davenport, IA Mtb-Ride http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/ group/IORCA/ Green Bay(Howard), WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bcff.org
July 14-19 Bike MS: TRAM
The ultimate Minnesota road trip Multi- bike . www.nationalmssociety.org (See ad on page 9 for more details)
July 9-14 MN River History Ride
July 14 -20 19th Habitat 500
July 9-15 Amish Farms & Lakes
July 18-21 Red Ribbon Ride
Bus/Bike, Ortonville to Shakopee, MN Multi-Day . . . . www.havefunbiking.com (See ad on page 69 for more details) Pardeeville, WI Multi-Day . www.pedalacrosswisconsin.com
July 13 Tour de Cure
Bike Ride Becker to Grand Rapids loop Multi-Day . . . http://www.habitat500.org Mall of America, SE MN tour loop Multi-Day . . . . . . www.redribbonride.org (See ad on page 17 for more details)
Sioux Falls, SD Rec . . . . . . . . . . . www.tour.diabetes.org/
July 20 HOPE Run
Trempealeau, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ridebctc.net (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
July 20 Split Rock Bicycle Tour
July 13 Catfish 50 Tour
July 13 Shooting Star Trail Bike
Ride City Park in Adams, MN Rec . . . http://www.shootingstartrail.org/ (See ad on page 17 for more details)
JULY July 13 Yikes! Bikes!
West Union Park, St Cloud, MN Rec . . . . . . . . www.isaacsfoundation.org Duluth, MN Rec . http://www.veloduluth.com/
July 20 1st Annual Buzz Ryan Sprint
Triathlon -Island Lake, Duluth, MN http://www.buzzryansprinttri.com/1.html Du-Tri http://www.buzzryansprinttri. com/1.html Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 16
With wildflowers and good eating enjoy riding the trail and quiet roads in and around the southern Minnesota communities of Rose Creek, Adams, Taopi and LeRoy.
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July 20 South Kettle Classic
July 21 28th Heart of the Lakes
July 20 Tri for a Cause
July 21-27 RAGBRAI
Emma Carlin, LaGrange, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . www.wemseries.com Crosby, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.triforacause.com/
July 20 5th Paul Bunyan Triathlon Bemidji, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/ event/paul-bunyan-triathlonJuly 21
July 20-22 Squirrel Fest
Cuyuna Park, Crosby, MN Mtb-Ride . . . . . . www.cuyunalakes.com
July 21 Great Hawk Chase
Lester River Park, Duluth, MN Mtb-Ride . . . . . www.mnmtbseries.com
Annandale, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . http://www.holtri.org/ Council Bluffs to Fort Madison, IA Multi-Day . . . . . . . . . . www.ragbrai.com (See ad on page 21 for more details)
July 22 Urban Bike Festival
Hallie Q Brown Center MLK Park 270 N Kent St, Saint Paul MN 5510 Rec . . . . . . . . www.urbanbikefestival.org
July 27 Chaska River City Days Triathlon - Chaska MN
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JULY July 27 Chisago Lakes Kid’s Triathlon
Chisago City, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://midwestsportsevents.com/chisagotriKids.htm
July 27 Tour de Fat
Loring Park, Mpls, MN Rec Event . . . . https://www.bikemn.org/
July 27-28 MS-Ride the Wind
Fargo, ND Multi-Day . . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org
http://bikemnm.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_MNM_Landing_Page
AUGUST Aug 3 2nd Graniteman Big Lake
Bike Lake, MN Du-Tri . http://www.granitemanbiglake.com/
Aug 3 Lake Minnewaska Triathlon
Glenwood, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http://www.zapevent.com/ http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=2023 listactivities.aspx?eventid=2023
Aug 3 4th Annual Root Beer Kid’s Triathlon
July 27 Chase the Police Triathlon
Duluth, MN Du-Tri . http://www.rootbeerkidstri.com/
July 27 Waseca Triathlon/Kid’s
Duluth, MN Du-Tri . . http://brewhousetriathlon.com/
Walker, MN Du-Tri . http://www.walkertriathlon.com/
Waseca, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
July 28 25th Best Friends
Gourmet Bike Tour St. Mary Central HS, Neenah, WI Rec . . . . . http://www.bestfriendsnm.org/
July 27-28 MS-Ride the Wind
Aug 3 27th Brewhouse Triathlon Aug 3-4 Hartford & RE/MAX Results Breast Cancer Ride Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
http://www.breastcancerride.org/site/PageServer Multi-Day . . www.breastcancerride.org
(See ad on page 13 for more details)
Aug 3-4 MS- Pedal the Plains
Sioux Falls to Madison and back Fargo, ND Multi-Day . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org http://bikemnm.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_MNM_Landing_Page Multi-Day . . . . . . . . www.myMSbike.org (See ad on page 9 for more details) (See ad on page 9 for more details)
July 28-Aug 3 Northwoods
Duluth, MN Rec . . . . . . . http://www.veloduluth.com/
AUGUST Aug 1-4 ACT 11 Wisc. Aids Ride
Ride South Central Wisconsin Multi-Day . . . . . . http://www.actride.org/
Aug 3 Tour de Tonka Smile Ride
Minnetonka HS, Minnetonka, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tourdetonka.org
Aug 3 Great River Energy Mesabi
Mesabi Trail Tour, Virginia MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mesabitrail.com (See ad on map pages 74-75 for more details)
Aug 3 WI Single Speed Championship
Beechwood, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
://bikemnm.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_MNM_Landing_Page
Aug 3-10 CANDISC of North Dakota
Sakakawea Country Tour Multi-Day . . . . . . . www.parkrec.nd.gov
Aug 4 Border Crossing
White Tail Ridge Park, Rivers Falls, WI Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/
Aug 6-10 &Wisconsin (BREW)
Mt Hueb, WI Multi-Day http://www.shuttleguytours.com/
Aug 7-11 Bluff/Root River Ride
Peterson, MN Multi-Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.havefunbiking.com/pdf/mrt.pdf (See ad on page 61 for more details)
Aug 10 Lakefront Days Triathlon
Prior Lake, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.dakotahsport.com/triathlon.html
Aug 10 Rasta Rock’n Root
Rhinelander, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
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AUGUST Aug 10 Moorehead Pioneer Park
Ida Groove, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA/
Aug 10 MN Rusty Ride
Cuyuna Park, Crosby, MN Mtb-Ride . . . . . . www.mnrustyride.com
Aug 10 Ashley Pursuit of the Arts
Arcadia, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ridebctc.net (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
Aug 10 Wisconsin Dairy Land Dare Bucolic hills of Southwest Wisconsin Rec . . . . . . . . . www.dairylanddare.com
Aug 10 10th Northwoods Triathlon Nevis, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.nevis.k12.mn.us/triathlon/index.htm
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Aug 10 Wing Kids Triathlon
Red Wing, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.wingmantri.com/kids-triathlon.php
Aug 11 Biking for Kids Tour DeVour
U of W-Parkside Kenosha, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . ..http://bikingforkids.org/
Aug 11 Green Lake Triathlon
Spicer, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.greenlaketri.com/
Aug 15 Mi Ge Zi Race/Tour
Bemidji, MN Mtb-Ride http://bemidjisunriserotary.org/
Aug 15-18 BAM
Cold Spring, Albany, Spicer, Hutchinson, MN Multi-Day . . . . . . www.bambiketour.org
Aug 16 Ride to Cure Diabetes
La Crosse, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www2.jdrf.org
Aug 17 Tour de Pines
Itasca State Park, MN Rec . . . . . . . http://ironmanbikeride.org/ (See ad on page 21 for more details)
Aug 17 Woodbury Days Bike Ride Colby Lake Park, Woodbury, MN Rec . . . . . . . . www.woodburydays.com
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AUGUST Aug 17 Gitchi-Gami Ride
Silver Bay, MN Rec . (218) 226-3720 http://www.ggta.org/
AUGUST Aug 25 Bike Apple Valley/ Rosemount
Aug 17 Tour de Prairie Lakes
Apple Valley/Rosemount, MN Rec . . . . . . . . www.cityofapplevalley.org
Aug 17 Night Owl Classic
Weaver Lake Park, MN Du-Tri http://www.maplegrovetriathlon.com/
Habitat for Humanity, Glenwood, MN Rec . . . . . . . www.habitatprairielakes.org St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis, MN Rec . . . http://www.nightowlclassic.com/
Aug 17 Young Life Triathlon Detroit Lakes, MN
Du-Tri . . . . . . http:// www .zapevent.com/ http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=1993 listactivities.aspx?eventid=1993
Aug 24 Maple Grove Triathlon
Aug 24 Kiwanis kids Triathlon Baxter, MN
Du-Tri http://www.brainerdkiwanisclub. http://www.brainerdkiwanisclub.org/public/pub_page.aspx?PageID=64762 org/public/pub_page.aspx?PageID=64762
Aug 24-25 Pitch Black Singletrack
Aug 17 George Wyth State Park
Cam Rock Co. Park, Rockdale, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
Aug 18 Biking For Babies
Area North Liberty, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA
Cedar Falls, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA Spicer, MN Rec . . . . . . . www.willmarlakesarea.com (See ad on map pages 50-51 for more details)
Aug 18 Dirt Spanker
Superior, WI Mtb-Ride . http://www.mnmtbseries.com
Aug 18 YWCA Women’s Tri
Minneapolis, MN Du-Tri . . . . . http:// www .zapevent.com/ http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx?eventid=1902 listactivities.aspx?eventid=1902
Aug 18 Top of the World Tour
Melby Park, Whitehall, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ridebctc.com (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
Aug 18 St Paul Triathlon
St. Paul, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/
Aug 18 6th Lake Marion Triathlon
Lakeville, MN Du-Tri . . http://www. http://www.mnstorm.org/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=22501&team=mssms mnstorm.org/TabGeneric.jsp?_ tabid_=22501&team=mssms
Aug 18-24 Northern Woods & Waters
North Central Wisconsin Multi-Day . . . . www.aroundwisbike.com
Aug 25 Sugarbottom Rec Area
Aug 25 Superior Man Triathlon
Duluth, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . http://superiormantri.com/
Aug 25 Minneapolis Duathlon
Minneapolis, MN Du-Tri . . . . . . . http://www.teamortho.us/
Aug 30-Sept 2 Labor Day Weekend Ride
Parks & Trails, New London, MN Multi-Day https://www.parksandtrails.org/
Aug 30-Sept 2 Bike Festival
Cameron Park, La Crosse, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . www.bicyclelacrosse.com (See ad on map pages 84-85 for more details)
Aug 31-Sept 2 Mississippi River Ride II
Bus/Bike Hastings, MN to Lacrosse, WI Multi-Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.havefunbiking.com/pdf/mrt.pdf (See ad on page 61 for more details)
Aug 31 St Croix Valley Triathlon/Kid’s Hudson, WI Du-Tri . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
SEPTEMBER Sept 1 Laddie’s Loppet Race
Maplelag, Resort, Callaway, MN Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/
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SEPTEMBER Sept 7 Taste of the Trail-Root River Houston-Rushford, MN
http://www.rootrivertrail.org/taste-of-the-trail.php Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . taste.rootrivertail.com
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota Presents
(See ad on map pages 30-31 for more details)
Sept 7 Jesse James Bike Tour
Northfield MN Rec . . http://www.jessejamesbiketour.org/
Sept 7 Tour of Cuyauna
Crosby, MN Rec . . . . . . . . http://cuyunalakestrail.org/ (See ad on map pages 54-55 for more details)
Sept. 8 Saint Paul Classic
Bike Tour Discover St. Paul, MN Rec . . . . . . . https://www.bikeclassic.org/ (A BikeMN Event, see ad on page 25)
Sept 8 MN Antique & Classic
Bike Ride Boom Island - Minneapolis. Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . bussstop@email.com
Sept 8 MN HS League Race 1
For race location see website here Mtb-Ride . http://www.mnmtbseries.com/ (See ad on page 29 for more details)
Sept 8 Sycamore Trails
Des Moines, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA
Sept. 8 Door County Century Tour Door County, WI Rec . . . . . . . www.teamintraining.org/mn
Sept 13-15 CAMBA Fat Tire Tour
www.tourofsaints.com www.bikeclassic.org www.bikeriverramble.org www.bikemn.org TOUR OF SAINTS July 7, 2013 tourofsaints.com
SAINT PAUL CLASSIC September 8, 2013 bikeclassic.org
MANKATO RIVER RAMBLE October 6, 2013 bikeriverramble.org
2012 Resorters of the Year
selected by the Congress of Minnesota Resorts.
Cable, Hayward, WI Mtb-Ride . . http://www.cambatrails.org/
Sept 14 Taste of the Trail-Root River Lanesboro-Waylon-Peterson, MN
http://www.rootrivertrail.org/taste-of-the-trail.php Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . taste.rootrivertail.com
(See ad on map pages 30-31 for more details)
Sept 14 Park Tool Duathlon
Lake Elmo, MN Du-Tri . . http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/ event/park-tool-fall-classic-duathlon Du-Tri . . . http://www.trifitnesswbl.com/ as_one-last-tri
Sept 14 Purple Ride Twin Cities Maple Grove, MN
http://www.pancan.org/purpleride/purpleride_twin_cities.html Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.purpleride.org
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SEPTEMBER Sept 14 Northern Kettles Fall Epic New Fane Trailhead, Kewauskum, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
Sept 15 One Last Triathlon Marine on the St. Croix, MN
Indianola, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA
Sept 21 Tredman Duathlon
Pine Island, MN Du-Tri . . . . http://www.finalstretch.com/
Sept 15 Minneapolis Bike Tour
Parade Field, Minneapolis, MN Rec . http://www.minneapolisbiketour.com/ (See ad on page 28 for more details)
Sept 21 MN HS League Race 2
For race location see website here Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/ (See ad on page 29 for more details)
Sept 16-20 Door County Holiday
Sturgeon Bay, WI Rec . . . www.pedalacrosswisconsin.com/
Sept 22 Iron Girl-Bloomington Bloomington, MN
Sept 21 Mora Bike Tour
Du-Tri . http://www.irongirl.com/Events/ http://www.irongirl.com/Events/Bloomington.htm#axzz1nMJ57bXe
Mora, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . www.MoraBikeTour.org
Bloomington.htm#axzz1nMJ57bXe
Sept 21 Taste of the Trail-Root River Harmony-Peterson-Preston-Fountain, MN
http://www.rootrivertrail.org/taste-of-the-trail.php Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . taste.rootrivertail.com
(See map pages 30-31 for more details)
Sept 21 Ride for the Trails
SEPTEMBER Sept 21 Banner Lakes
Willmar, MN Rec . . . . . . . http://www.willmarcer.com/
Sept 22 ‘Autumn Trek’ Bike
River Falls, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . www.rivervalleytrails.org
Sept 22 Single Track Escape
Jail Trail, St Cloud, MN Mtb-Ride . http://www.minnesotamtb.org/
Sunday, September 15 Hop on your bike and take a tour of Minneapolis! Enjoy the scenic Grand Rounds Byway System at your own pace, with no motorized traffic! All ages and abilities are welcome. Enjoy rest stops with great snacks and a party at the Finish Line with live music! register at minneapolisbiketour.com Benefitting Minneapolis Parks
PRODUCED BY
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SEPTEMBER Sept 28 Headwaters 100
Park Rapids, MN Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.itascatur.org
Sept 29 MN HS League Race 3
For race location see website here Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/ (See ad on page 29 for more details)
OCTOBER Oct 5 Apple Affair Tour
Galesville, WI Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ridebctc.net (See ad on map pages 86-87 for more details)
High School Mountain Bike Racing Starts Fall 2012
Oct 5 Carmel Apple Ride
Avon, MN Rec www.lakewobegontrails.com/events (See ad on page 49 for more details)
Oct 6 MN HS League Race 4
For race location see website here Mtb-Ride http://www.mnmtbseries.com/ (See ad on page 29 for more details)
Oct. 6 Mankato River Ramble
Discover the Mankato Area Rec . . https://www.bikeriverramble.org/ (A BikeMN Event, see ad on page 25)
SALES
Oct 6 Lake Ahquabi State Park
Park State park, Indianola, IA Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/IORCA
Trek, Raleigh & Mirraco Bikes
SERVICE
Oct 12 WEMS Championship
Thunderdown, Gleason, WI Mtb-Ride . . . . . . . http://wemseries.com/
Oct 30 - Nov 6 Israel Ride
Adventure of a Lifetime-Jerusalem Multi-Day http://www.hazon.org/bike-rides/
NOV/DECEMBER Nov 2 MN HS League Awards Party
651-777-0188 www.gatewaycycle.com Store Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm Sat 9am-5pm Sun 12 - 4pm
Expert Service On Any & All Bikes
RENTALS Bikes , Tandems Recumbents & More
For location see website here None Ride Event www.mnmtbseries.com (See ad on page 29 for more details)
December 8-14 Florida Keys Ride
Key Largo, Marathon and Key West, FL Multi-Day www.pedalacrosswisconsin.com
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http://exploreminnesota.com/index.aspx Ad sponsored by Harmony, Peterson, Preston & Rushford
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2014 March 15-16, 2014 Midwest Cycling & MultiSports Expo
Indoor/Outdoor spring kickoff event Non-Ride . . . www.HaveFunBiking.com (See ad on Inside Back Cover for more details)
5425 Excelsior Blvd. St. Louis Park . . . . . . . . . 952-929-1351 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hoigaards.com (See ad on page 33 for more details)
April 27, 2014 MN Ironman Bike Ride.
24 W. Main St. Isanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-244-1284
Stillwater, MN Rec . . . . . . . . http://ironmanbikeride.org/
TWIN CITIES BIKE STORES Access Mobility Sports
1260 S Robert St West St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . 651-457-9111 . . . . . . www.ActiveMobility Sports.com
Bike King
6489 Cahill Ave Inver Grove Heights . . . . . 651-475-7766 . . . . . . . www.ActiveMobilitySports.com
Bike Shop, The
24 W 1st St Waconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-442-1378
Boehm’s
1592 Selby Av St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-644-4990
Isanti Bike (New Store)
Jerry’s Schwinn Cyclery
4136 Coon Rapids Blvd. NW Coon Rapids . . . . . . . . . . 763-421-4270 . . . . . . . http://www.jerrysschwinn.com/
Larson’s Bicycles
205 Garfield St S Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-689-2760
Lowertown Bike Shop
253 E. 4th St. #76 Jax Bldg. St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-222-0775
Michaels Cycles
16731 Highway 13 So. Prior Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-447-2453 . . . http://www.michaelscycles-mn.com/
Midtown Bike Center
2834 10th Avenue South Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . 612-238-4447 . . . . . . . . www.freewheelbikecenter.com
Boehm’s
Minnesota Frame Builders Co-op
Cars Bike Shop
Outdoor Edge
Country Cycles
Paul’s Bicycle Repair Shop
1040 West Dakota Drive Mendota Heights . . . . . . . 651-454-2066 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.boehmscycle.com/ 2661 County Road I Moundsview . . . . . . . . . . . 763-784-6966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.carsbikeshop.com 2700 Lexington Ave. Roseville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-482-9609 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.countrycycles.com
Gateway Cycle
6028 Hwy 36 Blvd. N. Oakdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-777-0188 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gatewaycycle.com (See ad on page 29 for more details)
Grand Performance
1938 Grand Ave. St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-699-2640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gpbicycles.com (See ad on page 37 for more details)
TC BIKE SHOPS Hoigaard’s
30127 105th St Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-389-7811 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mnfbc.org/ 115 S Adams St. Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . .. 763-552-3343 . . . . . . . . . . http://outdooredgemn.com/ 120 Holmes Street Shakopee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-688-6820 . . . . http://www.paulsbicyclerepair.com/ (See ad on page 37 for more details)
Penn Cycle & Fitness
6415 Lake Rd Terrace Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-731-9458 710 W. Lake Street Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . 612-822-2228 2290 Cliff Road Eagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-882-0312 3916 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomington . . . . . . . . . . 952-888-1427 10611 Baltimore St. NE Ste. 140 Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 32
TC BIKE SHOPS Blaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 432-9430 6824 Penn Ave. South Richfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612-866-7540 10750 Cedar Bend Minnetonka . . . . . . . . . . . 952-953-5030 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://penncycle.com/ (See ad on page 33 for more details)
GREAT BIKES. SPEEDY REPAIRS. EXPERT STAFF.
Ramsey Bicycle
6825 Hwy 10 Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-323-6666 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ramseybicycles.com
Sunrise Cyclery
2901 Blaisdale Ave (New Location) Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . 612-824-6144 . . . . . . . . . www.sunrisecyclerympls.com
Tonka Cycle & Ski
16 Shady Oak Road South Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-938-8336 . . . . . . . . . . www.tonkacycleandski.com (See ad on page 37 for more details)
Sales, service, apparel, accessories, rentals & more!
Your neighborhood bike shop!
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TC BIKE SHOPS Valley Bike and Ski Shops
7707 W. 149th Street Apple Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 952-432-1666 . . . . . . . . . . www.valleybikeandski.com/ (See ad on map, pages 10-11 for more details)
Wyganowski Frames
Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-389-7811 . . . . . . . . www.wyganowskiframes.com/
TWIN CITY MOUNTAIN BIKING OPTIONS
See more at http://www.morcmtb.org/
Your Bike Shop in Hopkins
Afton Alps Ski Area
www.tonkacycleandski.com
Buck Hill
Paul’s Bicycle Shop
Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-800-328-1328 Battle Creek (MORC-Maintained) Saint Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-266-6400 Burnsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-435-7174
Camp Manitou
Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-295-2700 Carver Lake Park (MORC-Maintained) Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-714-3588
120 Holmes Street Downtown, Shakopee
Chaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-694-7650
www.paulsbicyclerepair.com
952-688-6820
MN Valley Rec Area
Elm Creek Park Reserve
(MORC-Maintained) Osseo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-694-7894
Buy Bikes, Fix Bikes, Get Bike Stuff Family Owned – Great Service
Fort Snelling State Park
Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-7252389
Hillside Mountain Bike Park
Elk River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-635-1150
Lake Elmo Park Reserve
Lake Elmo . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-430-8370
Lake Rebecca Park Reserve
Rockford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-694-7860
Lebanon Hills Regional Park
(MORC-Maintained) Eagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-554-6530
Louisville Swamp
Chaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-492-6400
MN Valley Rec Area
Chaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-694-7650
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TC MTB BIKE Minnesota River Bottom Trail
TC TOURISM Inver Grove Heights
Murphy Hanrehan Park Reserve
Lakeville CVB
(MORC-Maintained) Bloomington . . . . . . . . . . 952-563-8878 (MORC-Maintained) Savage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-694-7777
Salem Hills (Harmon Park)
Inver Grove Heights (MORC-Maintained)
Terrace Oaks
Burnsville (MORC-Maintained)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.525.3845 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitlakeville.org (See map on pages 14-15 for details)
Meet Minneapolis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-676-Mpls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.minneapolis.org
Theodore Wirth Park
Minneapolis Northwest CVB
Welch Village, Welch
Monticello Chamber
(MORC-Maintained) Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . 612-230-6400 Welch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612-230-6400
MINNESOTA RACING National Sports Velodrome www.nscsports.org/sports/cycling/index.htm Blaine, MN . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-785-5614 (See ad on page 9 for details)
TWIN CITY METRO TOURISM BUREAU’S Apple Valley CVB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-301-9435 . . . . . . . . www.applevalleychamber.com
Big Lake Chamber
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-263-7800 . . . . . . . . . . . www.biglakechamber.com
Bloomington CVB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-346-4289 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bloomingtonmn.org
Burnsville CVB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-566-7722 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mplsnw.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-295-2700 . . . . . . . . . . . . http://monticellocci.com/
Roseville Visitors Association
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-633-3002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitroseville.com
Shakopee CVB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-445-1660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.shakopee.org
Stillwater & Oak Park Heights CVB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-351-1717 . . . . . . . . . . www.discoverstillwater.com
St. Paul Convention & Visitors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-627-6101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitsaintpaul.com
Twin Cities Gateway
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-488-5145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tcgateway.com (See map on pages 6-7 for details)
Waconia Chamber of Commerce
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952-393-5812 . . . . . . . . . . www.destinationwaconia.org
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SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA Northfield
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-324-2620 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.eaganmn.com
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763-441-3110 . . . . . . . . . . . www.elkriverchamber.org
Hastings Tourism Bureau
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-437-6775 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hastingsmn.com (See map on pages 18-19 for details)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651-451-2266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitigh.com
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-658-2548 . . . . . . . . . . www.northfieldchamber.com 321 Division St. Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-786-9191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fittobetrid.com/
Mike’s Bicycle Shop
416 Grastvedt Ln. Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-645-9452
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SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA Bike Club
. . . . . . . . . . www.northfieldbikeclub.org Riding Options • Mill Trail • Quite County Roads
Red Wing
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-498-3444 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.redwing.org
Wheelhouse Cycles
1932 Old West Main St Red Wing . . . . . . . . . . . 1-651-388-1082 . . . . . . . . . www.wheelhousecycles.com/ Riding Options • Cannon Valley • Goodhue Pioneer Trail • Memorial Trail (MTB) . . 651-388-6734
Lake City
Visitors Center . . . . . . 1-651- 345-4123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.lakecitymn.org
Todeff’s Bike Shop
36410 Highway 61, Blvd Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-651-345-4385 Riding Options • Scenic Bluff Roads
Wabasha
Visitors Center . . . . . . 1-800- 565-4158 . . . . . . . . . . .http://www.wabashamn.org/
River Rider Cycle & Specialty
257 Main Street W Wabasha . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-396-3420 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.riverridercycle.com
ABC Quick Check - before each ride A - Air your tires so they don’t go flat; B - Check your brakes so it is easy to stop; C - Crank, Chain and Cassette, are in line and lubed for a smooth ride.
TWO-WHEEL ADVENTURES ORDER A MINNESOTA BIKING GUIDE AT EXPLOREMINNESOTA.COM
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IMBA developed the “Rules of the Trail” to promote responsible and courteous conduct on shared-use trails. Keep in mind that conventions for yielding and passing may vary in different locations, or with traffic conditions. 1. Ride Open Trails: Respect trail and road closures — ask a land manager for clarification if you are uncertain about the status of a trail. Do not trespass on private land. Obtain permits or other authorization as required. Be aware that bicycles are not permitted in areas protected as state or federal Wilderness.
2. Leave No Trace: Be sensitive to the dirt beneath you. Wet and muddy trails are more vulnerable to damage than dry ones. When the trail is soft, consider other riding options. This also means staying on existing trails and not creating new ones. Don't cut switchbacks. Be sure to pack out at least as much as you pack in. 3. Control Your Bicycle: Inattention for even a moment could put yourself and others at risk. Obey all bicycle speed regulations and recommendations, and ride within your limits.
4. Yield Appropriately: Do your utmost to let your
fellow trail users know you're coming — a friendly greeting or bell ring are good methods. Try to anticipate other trail users as you ride around corners. Bicyclists should yield to other non-motorized trail users, unless the trail is clearly signed for bike-only travel. Bicyclists traveling downhill should yield to ones headed uphill, unless the trail is clearly signed for one-way or downhill-only traffic. In general, strive to make each pass a safe and courteous one.
5. Never Scare Animals: Animals are easily startled by an unannounced approach, a sudden movement or a loud noise. Give animals enough room and time to adjust to you. When passing horses, use special care and follow directions from the horseback riders (ask if uncertain). Running cattle and disturbing wildlife are serious offenses.
6. Plan Ahead: Know your equipment, your ability and the area in which you are riding and prepare accordingly. Strive to be self-sufficient: keep your equipment in good repair and carry necessary supplies for changes in weather or other conditions. Always wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear. Search here for a www.IMBA.com Club to join and have fun!
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Photo by Chris Chavie
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SOUTH MINNESOTA Martin’s Cycle & Fitness
1137 S Broadway Ave Albert Lea . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-377-3704 . . . . www.martinscyclingandfitness.com
Poole Bike Shop
402 Main Ct Albert Lea . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-373-8595 Riding Options • Blazing Star State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Myre Big Island State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 379-3403
Faribault
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-658-2354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.faribaultmn.org (See map on pages 22-23 for details)
Milltown Cycles
311 Central Avenue Faribault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-331-263 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.milltowncycles.com Riding Options • Sakatah State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
130 miles
of paved trail. Fergus Falls to St. Joseph CentralLakesTrail.com LakeWobegonTrail.com
Elysian
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-507-4040 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mnlakesregion.com Riding Options • Center of the Sakatah State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Minnesota Lake
Local Information . . . . 1- 507-462-3420 www.minnesotalake.com/Attractions.htm
Lon’s Cycle Repair
215 Higbie Ave E Minnesota Lake . . . . . . 1-507-462-3926 Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Grandma’s Trail, Wells (MTB)
Mankato
Visitors Center . . . . . . . . 1-800.657.4733 . . . . . . . . www.visitgreatermankato.com (See map on pages 38-39 for more details)
Broken Spoke
19026 Rapidan Ave Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-278-4320
Flying Penguin Outdoor Sports
604 N Victory Dr Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-345-4754 . . . . . . . www.flyingpenguinonline.com/
anesbor
lanesboro.com 800-944-2670
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Rochester
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-634-8277 . . . . . . . . . www.VisitRochesterMN.com
Bicycle Sport
1400 5th PI NW Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-281-5007 . . . . . . . . . . . www.bicyclesportsinc.com
Erik’s Bike Shop
3851 Marketplace Dr. NW Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-292-0024 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.eriksbikeshop.com/
Rochester Cycling & Fitness
1211 7th St NW Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-289-7410 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cycling-fitness.com
Honest Bike Shop
44 4th St SE Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-288-8888 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.honestbikeshop.com Riding Options • Miles of Mapped City Trails • Douglas Trail
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA St. Charles
Visitors Info . . . . . . . . 1-507- 932-3020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.stcharlesmn.org
Whitewater Bike & Sports
257 W 6th St St. Charles . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-932-8885 Riding Options • Scenic Road Routes • Steeplechase, Meseppa (MTB)
Winona
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-657-4972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitwinona.com (See map on pages 26-27 for details)
Adventure Cycle & Ski
178 Center Street Winona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-452-4228 .advcycle@hbci.comwww.advcycle.com/
Kolter Bicycle and Fitness Inc
Winona . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-452-5665 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kolterbicycle.com/
Brone’s Bike Shop
112 1/2 Main St Fountain City, WI . . . . . 1-608-687-8601 . . . . . . . . . . . www.bronesbikeshop.com/ Riding Options • Mapped Road Routes • Holzinger Lodge Trail (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-507-457-8258 • Dorer State Forest-Bronk Unit (MTB) • Dorer State Forest-Snake Creek Unit (MTB)
La Crescent
Tourist Info Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.lacrescentmn.com/
SE MN Root River Trail Towns
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Home of Niagara Cave More • Antiques & Shopping • Amish Tours • Dining & Lodging • Largest Wood Carving • 60 miles of Bike Trail Museum in the US
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Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-268-4923 Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . 800-247-6466
. . . . . . . . . . . www.exploreharmony.com (See ad on page 52 for more details) Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-896-4668 . . . . . http://www.houston.govoffice.com/ Lanesboro/Whalan . . 800-944-2670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lanesboro.com (See ad on page 49 for more details) Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-875-2222 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.petersonmn.org (See ad on page 53 for more details) Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-845-2100 . . . . . . . . . . www.prestonmntourism.com (See ad on page 53 for more details) www.HaveFunBiking.com - Page 52
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
Rushford/Rushford Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-864-3338
. . . . . . . . . . . www.rushfordchamber.com (See ad on page 53 for more details) Little River General Store (outfitter/shop) 105 Coffee St., Lanesboro 507-467-2943 Riding Options • Root River Trail • Harmony Trails
Spring Valley
Tourist Info Center . . . . . . 507-346-1718 . http://www.springvalley.govoffice.com/
Preston,Minnesota
• Root River State Trail • Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail • 60 Miles of Paved Trails to Enjoy!
www.prestonmntourism.com
SOUTH MINNESOTA LeRoy
City Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-324-5707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitleroy.com Riding Options • Lake Louise State Park • Shooting Star Trail
Austin
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-444-5713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.austincvb.com
Rydjor Bike Shop
219 N. Main Street Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-433-7571 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rydjor.com Riding Options • Shooting Star Trail • Scenic Road Touring
Albert Lea
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-345-8414 . . . . . . . . . . . www.albertleatourism.org/ (See map on pages 34-35 for more details)
www.rushfordchamber.com
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SOUTH MN Nicollet Bike Shop (new location)
607 North Riverfront Drive Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507- 388-9390 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.nicolletbike.com
Scheels
1850 Adams St #6 Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-386-7767 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.scheelssports.com
The Spoke
1860 Adams St Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-625-2453 Riding Options • Sakatah State Trail • Red Jacket Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Mount Kato (MTB) . . . 1-800-668-5286 • Seven Mile Creek (MTB) . 1-507-931-1760
Fairmont
Pipestone
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-507-825-3633 . . . . . . . . www.pipestoneminnesota.com Riding Options • Casey Jones State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Marshall
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-507- 537-1865 . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitmarshallmn.com (See map on pages 42-43 for more details)
The Bike Shop
219 W. Main Street Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-532-3633 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.thebikeshop.bz/ Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Camden State Park (MTB)
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-657-3280 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fairmontcvb.com
WESTCENTRAL MN Hutchinson
505 Lake Ave Fairmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-238-1092 Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads
Outdoor Motion
Bicycle Shoppe
Redwood Falls
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-657-7070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.redwoodfalls.org
Blue Earth
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-507-526-2916 . . . . . . . www.chamber.blue-earth.mn.us
New Ulm
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-463-9856 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.newulm.com Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads
Jackson
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-507-847-3867 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.jacksonmn.com Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads
Luverne
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-283-4061 . . . . . . . . . . . www.luvernechamber.com Riding Options • Bluemound State Park Trails • Scenic Touring Roads
SOUTH MN
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-572-6689 . . . . . . . . . www.explorehutchinson.com 141 Main Street S Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-587-2453 . . . . . . . www.outdoormotionbikes.com/ Riding Options • Luce Line Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Willmar
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-845-8747 . . . . . . . . . . . www.seeyouinwillmar.com (See map on pages 50-51 for more details)
Green Lake BMX
221 South St Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-796-4434 . . . www.markconley.com/greenlakebmx
Rick’s Schwinn & Sport Center
320 3rd St SW Willmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-235-0202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://rickscycling.com/
Spicer Bike & Sport
178 Progress Way Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-796-6334 . . . . . . . . . . www.spicerbike-sports.com Riding Options • Glacial Ridge Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
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WEST CENTRAL MN Prairie Waters Area
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-866-5432 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.prairiewaters.com (See map on pages 46-47 for more details)
Appleton
Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320-289-1527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.appletonmn.com
Benson
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-320-843-3618 . . . . . . . . www.bensonareachamber.com
Granite Falls
Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-564-4039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.granitefalls.com/
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2115 W. Division St. St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-257-0111 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.eriksbikeshop.com/
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WESTCENTRAL MN Fitzharris Ski and Bike
105 7th Ave S St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-251-2844 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fitzharrismn.com
Granite City Cycle and Sports
Maps • Guides • Features
47 3rd St NE Waite Park . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-251-7540 . . . . . . . . . . . www.granitecitycycle.com/
Revolution Cycle and Ski
160 29th Ave S St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-251-2453 . . . . . . www.revolutioncycleandski.com
Rods Bike Shop
28 Lincoln St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-259-1964
Scheels
40 N Waite Ave (CR Mall) St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-252-9494 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.scheelssports.com Riding Options • Jail Trail (MTB) • Quarry Park (MTB) . . . 1-320-255-6172 • Lake Wobegon Trail ©Michael Juvrud photo
St. Joseph to Sauk Centre
. . . www.great-trails.com/wobegon.shtml
Bicycle Service Center
419 Alex Moore St Sauk Centre . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-352-5432 . . . . . . . . . . www.mybikefixedright.com/
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Minnesota Bike Rides
Catching a Memory Mississippi River I June 4 -9, 2013. A five-day (bus/bike) opportunity
Minnesota River History Tour July 9 - 14, 2013. Another five-day (bus/bike) opportunity
The Bluff Country/Root River Ride August 8 -11, 2013. A four-day (biking) opportunity.
Mississippi Ride II August 31 -September 2, 2013. A three-day (bus/bike) opportunity.
Details found at: www.havefunbiking.com
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Buying A Bicycle at a Big Box Store, on the Internet, or a Bike Shop? No matter how you purchase a new bicycle, all bikes arrive boxed and have to be assembled and tuned before they are ready to ride. Normally at a discount store the bikes on display are assembled by a person who has little or no knowledge of the mechanics of a bicycle. What happens many times, basic adjustments are overlooked and the lifecycle of your purchase decreases. This is due to bearings sometimes not seated properly at the factory or crank and wheel alignment that need to be fine tuned are ignored. Still, the most inexpensive bike can give you enjoyable service if adjusted properly and maintained. Then, purchasing a bike over the web may be another way to shave the cost of that bike you want to purchase. Except here, shipping charges are usually an added cost and you are on your own for assembly and adjustments. At a bicycle store you will find a wide selection of bicycles to fit your riding style and comfort level with adjustments made by the bike shop’s knowledgeable staff. So, before buying, compare your options by visiting your neighborhood bike dealer. Here are five reasons to stop in to a shop in your community before purchasing a bike in a box: Knowledgeable Advice From People Who Know Bikes. Each bicycle shop has trained staff who know the bikes you are interested in. Because of their product knowledge they can give you valuable advice. Finding The Proper Frame Size Will Give You The Right Fit. Bicycles come in many sizes to help fit riders of all ages and sizes. To assure that the investment you are planning on making gives you years of comfort and enjoyment, a bike dealer will go beyond the wheel size to recommend the right fit for your individual needs. Test Rides Are Always Available at a Bicycle Store. The best way to know if a bike is for you, is to try it! Just ask for a test ride before you buy. A Good Selection of Models To Fit Your Cycling Needs. Most bicycle stores carry several brands offering models for: juvenile riders including BMX use; comfort/cross-train styles for recreational riding; electric assist, special needs options; many selections for the juvenile rider; and a wide selection for mountain biking, racing, road/tour riding, triathlons and more. A Free Bike Tune-up With Your Purchase. Once you have purchase a bike at a shop they will offer you a complimentary tune-up and do final check so the bike lasts a long time.
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WESTCENTRAL MN Wheelwright Bike Repair
11 1st Ave E Long Prairie . . . . . . . . . . -320-732-1053 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.awwbs.com/
Osakis
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-866-784-8941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitosakis.com
WESTCENTRAL MN
Riding Options • Many City Trails - http:// www. vfmmetrocog.org/index. http:// www.vfmmetrocog.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=11&Itemid=3 php?option=com_docman&task=doc_ download&gid=11&Itemid=3 • Scenic Touring Roads
Alexandria
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA Little Falls
The Bike & Fitness Company
West Side Recreation
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1- 800-245-2539 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.alexandriamn.org/ 805 1st Ave E Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-762-8493 . . . . . . . . . . www.bikeandfitnessco.com/
Jake’s Bikes
611 3rd Ave E Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-219-7433 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.jakesbikes.com Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Central Lakes State Trail
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-325-5916
12512 Hwy 27 Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-632-6547 . . . . . . . . . www.westsiderecreation.com Riding Options • New section of the Soo Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Mille Lacs Area
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-350-2692 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.millelacs.com Riding Options • Soo Trail Fergus Falls • Scenic Touring Roads Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1- 800-726-8959 • Milaca City Trails (MTB) http://www. . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitfergusfalls.com http://www.cityofmilaca. cityofmilaca.org/vertical/sites/%7B75E1 org/vertical/sites/%7B75E1DAA5-A8DB-4EFB-942F-F1E65534FC03%7D/uploads/%7BC0D3CA61-B501-4493-A4B9-0EB8998F1E90%7D.PDF DAA5-A8DB-4EFB-942F-F1E65534 Craig’s Bicycle Repair FC03%7D/uploads/%7BC0D3CA61-B501806 S Union Ave 4493-A4B9-0EB8998F1E90%7D.PDF Fergus Falls . . . . . . . . . 1-218-739-2754
Fergus Bike & Fitness
2010 State Hwy 210 E Fergus Falls . . . . . . . . . 1-218-739-5651 Riding Options • Central Lakes State Trail
Fargo/Moorhead
Visitors Center . . . . . . . . 1-800.235.7654 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fargomoorhead.org
Great Northern Bicycle Co.
425 N Broadway Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-701-280-1796 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://gncycles.com/
FM Community Bike Shop
209 NP Ave Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-701-478-4021 . . . . . . . . . . . www.fmbikeworkshop.org/
Scheels
505 Center Ave. Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218.233.2751 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.scheelssports.com
Atkin
Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . www.aitkin.com/ Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Savana Portage State Park 1-218-426-3271 (MTB)
Cuyuna Lakes Area
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Crosby/Ironton/]Deerwood/Bay Lake Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-546-8131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cuyunalakes.com . . . . . . . . . . . www.CuyunalakesTrail.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.CuyunaMed.org Country Inn . . . . . . . . 1-218-534-3110 . . . . . . . . www.countryinndeerwood.com Deerwood Motel . . . . . 1-218-534-3163 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.deerwoodmotel.com DQ - Crosby . . . . . . . . 1-218- 546-6124 www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/store-details/1329/ Ruttgers Resort . . . . . 1-218-678-2885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ruttgers.com
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NORTHWEST MN Cycle Path & Paddle
3rd Ave. SW, Crosby . . 1-218-545-4545 . . . . . . . . . . . www.cyclepathpaddle.com Riding Options • Cuyuna Lakes State Trail • Cuyuna Recreational Trail Area (IMBA Ride Center) • Scenic Touring Roads
Brainerd
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-450-2838 . . . . . . . www.explorebrainerdlakes.com (See map on pages 58-59 for details)
Easy Riders Bicycle & Sports
415 Washington St Brainerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-295-5516 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.easyridersbikes.com
Fast Bike
1419 Rosewood St Brainerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-829-0115
Trail Blazer Bikes
24 Washington Street Brainerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-829-8542 . . . . . . . . . www.trailblazerbikesmn.com Riding Options • Paul Bunyan State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • French Rapids Ski Area (MTB) • Pillsbury State Forest (MTB) 1-218-833-8710 • Spider Lake Trail (MTB)
Grand Rapids
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-355-9740 . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitgrandrapids.com
Itasca Trail Sports
316 NE 4th St Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . 1-218-326-171 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.itascatrailsports.com Riding Options • Mesabi Trail • City Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Chippewa National Forest (MTB) Deer River . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-335-8600 • Sugar Hills (MTB) • Taconite State Trail (MTB)
Walker (Leech Lake Area)
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1- 800-833-1118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.leech-lake.com
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Riding Options • Hanson Lake Loop (MTB) • Gadbolt Lake Loop (MTB) • Heartland State Trail • Paul Bunyan State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Park Rapids
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-247-0054 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.parkrapids.com (See map on pages 66-67 for more details)
Northern Cycle
501 1st St E Park Rapids . . . . . . . . . 1-218-732-5971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.northerncycles.net/
Itasca Trail Sports
Rentals Itasca State Park . . . . . . 1-218-266-2150 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.itascatrailsports.com Riding Options • Heartland State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Detroit Lakes
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-542-3992 Riding Options • City Trails • Scenic Touring Roads • Maplelag, Callaway (MTB)
Bemidji
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-877-250-5959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitbemidji.com (See map on pages 70-71 for more details)
Home Place Bike & Ski Shop
524 Paul Bunyan Dr Bemidji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-751-3456
Adventure Sports
119 Circle Pines Drive NW Bemidji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-556-0470 Riding Options • Paul Bunyan State Trail • Lake Bemidji State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 218-755-3843 • Movil Maze Trail (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 218-759-0164 • North Country National Scenic Trail • Cass Lake (MTB)
Thief River Falls
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-827-1629 . . . . . . . . . . www.visitthiefriverfalls.com
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NORTHWEST MN
Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Lake Bronson State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-754-2200 • Hayes Lake State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 218-425-7504
Crookston/Grand Forks
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-809-5997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitcrookston.com Visitors Center . . . . . . 1- 800-866-4566 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitgrandforks.com
Radi’s Sports
510 Hwy 75 S Crookston . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-281-7172 Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA Hinckley
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-952-4282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hinckleymn.com Riding Options • Willard Munger State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Saint Croix State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-320-384-6591
Moose Lake Area
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-635-3680 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mooselake-mn.com
T&M Athletics
3001 County Road 43 Willow River . . . . . . . . . 1-800-292-3045 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tandmathletics.com Riding Options • Willard Munger State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Cloquet
Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-879-1551 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cloquet.com Riding Options • Jay Cooke State Park (MTB) 1-218-384-4610 • Scenic Touring Roads
Iron Trail
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-777-8497 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ironrange.org (See map on pages 74-75 for details)
Bikes on Howard
407 E Howard St Hibbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-262-0899 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bikesonhoward.net/
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Physical Activity We all need to be active. People who participate in any amount of physical activity will benefit. Stay active throughout the day by walking or bicycling for errands and using the stairs. Taking short activity breaks is a great way to do it. Getting a variety of physical activities are important. • Two or more days a week you should schedule moderate or high-intensity muscle strengthening activities that involve all major muscle groups. • Get a minimum of 2 1/2 hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, or 75 minutes a week, at least 10 minutes at a time, of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity. Active kids are healthy kids. Make sure children are physically active for a minimum of 60 minutes each day.
Avoiding Injury When Bicycling
• Ride on the roadway, rather than on sidewalks. • Follow the same rules of the road as when you are driving a car. • Wear a helmet every time you ride. • Make yourself visible, day and night.
Healthy Eating
• Eat a variety of vitamin-packed foods, especially whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low-fat or fat-free milk or foods high in calcium, leaner meats and other proteins. • Reduce your risk of cancer and other chronic diseases by eating as many fruits and vegetables as you want. It is the best way for your body to get the nutrients it needs. • Drink less pop and other sweet drinks — a can of pop has the same amount of sugar as a six-inch Snickers candy bar. • Limit saturated and trans fats, salt, added sugars and alcohol. • Eat moderately at meals and limit excessive caloric intake. • Limit the portion size of low-nutrient foods. Each portion should be no bigger than your fist. • Pay attention to how much you are eating. Grazing is a common reason people overeat. • Eat within two hours of waking up so your body’s metabolism will increase slightly throughout the day and help you burn calories. For more information, visit: www.health.state.mn.us/mnpan
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NORTHEAST MN Mesabi Recreation
NORTHEAST MN
720 9th St N Virgina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-749-6719 . . . . . . . . . . www.mesabirecreation.com (See ad on map on pages 74-75 for details)
Northern Lights Rental Shop
6331 Wynne Creek Dr Biwabik . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-865-3002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.giantsridge.com Riding Options • Mesabi Trail www.mesabitrail.com • Scenic Touring Roads • Big Aspen (MTB)) • Giants Ridge (MTB) Biwabic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-800-688-7669 • McCarthy Beach State Park (MTB) • Side Lake . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-254-7979
Riding Options • Scenic Touring Roads • Arrowhead State Trail (MTB) • Scenic State Park (MTB) Bigfork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-743-3362
Duluth
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-438-5884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitduluth.com
Boreal Bicycle Shop
631 E 8th St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-722-9291
Continental Ski & Bike
1305 East 1st St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-728-4466 . . . . . . . www.continentalskiandbike.com
Duluth Running
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-325-576 6 . . . . . . . . . . www.internationalfallsmn.us
1026 E. Superior St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-728-1148 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.duluthrunning.com/
345 3rd St International Falls . . . . 1-218-283-6121
1619 E 6tah St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-724-3600
International Falls The Sports Shop
Earth Bike
Lakeside Video
4511 E Superior St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-525-7363
Minnesota Bike Rides
Catching a Memory Mississippi River I
June 4 -9, 2013. A five-day (bus/bike) opportunity
Minnesota River History Tour
July 9 - 14, 2013. Another five-day (bus/bike) opportunity
The Bluff Country/Root River Ride August 8 -11, 2013 A four-day (biking) opportunity.
Mississippi Ride II
August 31 -September 2, 2013 A three-day (bus/bike) opportunity.
Details found at: www.havefunbiking.com
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NORTHEAST MN Ski Hut
1032 E 4th St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-724-8525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.theskihut.com/
Stewart’s Wheel Goods
1502 East Superior Street Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-724-5101
Trail Fitters
600 E. Superior St. Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-722-6776 . . . . . http://www.trailfittersduluth.com/
Twin Ports Cyclery
2914 West Third St Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-624-4008 . . . . . . . . . . www.twinportscyclery.com/ Riding Options • www.bikeduluth.com/ • Mapped City Routes and Trails • Boulder Lake Management Area (MTB) • Hartley Trails (MTB) • Piedmont Trail (MTB) • Spirit Mountain Ski Area (MTB) 1-800-642-6377 Riding Options •Willard Munger State Trail
NORTHEAST MN Two Harbors
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-777-7384 www.twoharbors.com/chamber/visitors.htm Riding Options • Gitchi Gami State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Gooseberry Falls State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 218-834-3855 • North Shore State Trail (MTB) • Split Rock State Park (MTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-755-3843
Silver Bay
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-218-226-4870 . . . . . . . www.heartofthenorthshore.com/ Riding Options • Gitchi Gami State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads
Visit Cook County
. . . . . . http://www.visitcookcounty.com/
Lutsen/Tofte
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-616-6784 . . . . . . . . . www.americasnorthcoast.org/
Lutsen Mountains Shop
Lutsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-663-7281
MINNESOTA LCI’S (LEAGUE OF AMERICAN CYCLIST, INSTRUCTORS)
Jeff Milbauer - Apple Valley Nancy Welsh - Apple Valley Steve Sanders - Arden Hills Natalie Gille - Bemidji Muriel Gilman - Bemidji Donna Palivec - Bemidji Diane Pittman - Bemidji Alan Downs - Burnsville Scott Hoostal - Burnsville Patricia Soldner - Burnsville Nick Lepak - Duluth Michael Huber - Eagan Kirk Johnson - Edina Joseph Mahunik - Fergus Falls David Sanderson - Fergus Falls Jerry Hiniker - Grand marais Mark Spinler - Grand Marais Scott Larson - Inver Grove Heights Josh Andrea - Little Falls Jeremy Doroff - Little Falls Ben Bahn - Loretto Dorian Grilley - Mahtomedi Danielle Alinea - Mankato Lee Ganske - Mankato
Richard Keir - Mankato Patrick Kelly - Mankato Cody Bartz - McIntosh Dan Breva - Minneapolis Jose Castellanos - Minneapolis Betsy Christensen - Minneapolis Roy Hallanger - Minneapolis Lauren Haun - Minneapolis Hokan - Minneapolis Marcelo Lena - Minneapolis CJ Lindor - Minneapolis Dan MacLaughlin - Minneapolis Andrew Magill - Minneapolis Sheldon Mains - Minneapolis Nick Mason - Minneapolis David Peterson - Minneapolis Joseph Reinemann - Minneapolis Jamez Smith - Minneapolis Claire Stoscheck - Minneapolis Micah Thompson - Minneapolis Mackenzie Turner - Minneapolis Alicia Cameron - Minnetonka Eric Willms - Mountain Iron Charles Quigg - Rochester Peter Breyfogle - Shoreview
Kurt Franke - Saint Cloud Gretta Alquist - Saint Paul Lisa Austin - Saint Paul Steve Clark - Saint Paul Matthew Cole - Saint Paul Amber Dallman - Saint Paul Mary Derks - Saint Paul Tracy Farr - Saint Paul John Hardy - Saint Paul Nathaniel Hart-Andersen Saint Paul Ed Lehr - Saint Paul Erik Peterson - Saint Paul Loren Stark - Saint Paul Paul Teske - Saint Paul Nicole Waxmonsky - St Paul Mike Beadles - St Louis Park John Mark Lucas - St Paul Matthew Dyrdahl - St. Paul Emma Pachuta - St. Paul Jacob Quarstad - St. Paul Judy Jones - Staples Bob Hamann - Staples
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NORTHEAST MN Sawtooth Outfitters
7213 W Highway 61 Tofte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-663-7643 Riding Options • Gitchi Gami State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Cascade Lodge (MTB) . 1-800-322-9543 • Lutsen Mountain (MTB) 1-218-663-7281 • Northwest Passage (MTB) Superior National Forest, Tofte • Pancore Lake Loop (MTB) Superior National Forest, Tofte • Sugarbush Trail (MTB) 1-888-616-6784
Grand Marais
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-922-5000 . . . . . . . . http://www.grandmarais.com/
Superior North Outdoor Center
13 S. Broadway Ave Grand Marais . . . . . . . . . . 218-387-2186 . . . . . . . www.superiornorthoutdoor.com Riding Options • Gitchi Gami State Trail • Scenic Touring Roads • Devils Track Loop (TB) 1-218-387-1750 • Eliason Tower (MTB) • Pincushion Mountain (MTB)
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Tour D'Amico July 4, 2013 New Location • New Routes Same Great Food!
BICYCLE ALLIANCE OF MINNESOTA
BikeMN - logo P.O. Box 65766 St. Paul, MN 55165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.BikeMN.org
Staff
Dorian Grilley, Exec. Dir 651-387-2445 . . . . dorian@bikemn.org Nick Mason, Edu./Tech. Program Mgr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nick@bikemn.org Natalie Gille, N-Region BFC Program Mgr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . natalie@bikemn.org Patty Soldner, Admin./Mktg./Events Mgr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . patty@bikemn.org
www.tourdamico.org/ Golden Valley Commons Shopping Center with a D' Amico's picnic. For more information or to register online go to: www.TourDAMICO.com
Hiawatha Bicycle Club
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Richard Arey, Ride Director Mankato/Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arey@visi.com Kim Gorman, Volunteer Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kim@bikemn.org BikeMN teaches kids and adults to ride bikes safely in Minnesota. They have a growing number of League of American Cyclist Instructors (LCI’s) throughout the state working to make a difference in their communities. Join BikeMN’s LCI team see page 72.
NATIONAL RESOURCES Alliance for Biking and Walking
. . . . www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/
Adventure Cycling
1-800-755-2453 www.adventurecycling.org
Bikes Belong Coalition
1-303-449-4893 . . www.bikesbelong.org
Complete Streets
. . . . . . . . . . www.completethestreets.org
International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA)
1-303-545-9011 . . . . . . . www.imba.com
League of American Bicyclists
1-202-822-1333 . . . www.bikeleague.org
National Center for Bicycling &Walking
1-202-463-6622 . . . . . www.bikewalk.org
National Bicycle Tour Directors Association
507-467-3321 . http://www.bicycletournetwork.com
Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center
. . . . . . . . . . www.mncompletestreets.org
Minnesota Cycling Federation (Racing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mcf.net
Minnesota Department of Health
. . . . . . . . . . . . www.dot.state.mn.us/bike
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . www.dnr.state.mn.us/biking/index.html
Minnesota Department of Transportation
. . . . . . . . . . . . www.dot.state.mn.us/bike . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sharetheroadmn.org
Minnesota High School Cycling League
. . . www.minnesotamtb.org/morcmtb.org (See ad on page 29 for more details) Minnesota Mountain Bike (MORC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.morcmtb.org
Minnesota Non-motorized Transportation Advisory Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mnsbac.org
Parks & Trail Council of Minnesota
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.parksandtrails.org
TWIN CITY METRO RESOURCES Bike Friendly Apple Valley
. . . . . . . . . . . www.ci.apple-valley.mn.us
Bicycling in Minneapolis
. . . . www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles
1-919-962-2203 . www.bicyclinginfo.org
Bike Edina
1-202-331-9696 http://www.railstotrails.org
Bike Walk Twin Cities
1-866-610-SRTS www.saferoutesinfo.org
Metro Transit
1-719-597-9090 . http://www.usatriathlon.org
Midtown Greenways Coalition
Rails to Trails
Safe Routes To School USA Triathlon
STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOURCES Explore Minnesota Tourism
. . . . . . . . . . www.exploreminnesota.com (See ad on page 41 for more details)
MN RESOURCES Minnesota Complete Streets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bikeedina.org . . . . . . . . . . www.bikewalktwincities.org . . . www.metrotransit.org/bike/index.asp . . . . . . . . . . www.midtowngreenway.org
Three Rivers’ Parks
. . . . . . . www.threeriversparkdistrict.org (See ad on page 65 - map on page 36) Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tlcminnesota.org Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 76
TC RESOURCES USA Triathlon - Midwest
. www.usatriathlon.org/regions/midwest/contents.aspx (See page 2 for more details)
MINNESOTA BIKE CLUBS & RACE TEAMS Active Sports Club
Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . www.rasc-mn.org or call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-288-3103
Alexandria Bike & Ski Club
. . www.bikeandfitnessco.com/events.htm
Bemidji Bike Club
Bemidji contact@thebikeguybemidji.com (See map on page 70-71 for more details}
Birchwood Bike Racing Team
Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.birchwoodbiketeam.com/
Boreal Bike Club
Bloomington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Buffalo Bike Club
Buffalo . . . . . . www.buffalobikeclub.org
BIKE CLUBS/RACE TEAMS Cannon Valley Velo Club
Northfield https://sites.google.com/site/cannonvalleyveloclub/ sites.google.com/site/cannonvalleyveloclub/
Central Minnesota Bike Club
Bowlus . . . . . . http://cmnbikeclub.com/
Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew Crosby . . . . . http://cuyunalakesmtb.com (See map on page 54-55 for more details)
Cycle Mesabi
Hibbing http://www.cyclemesabi.com/a/j/ (See map on page 74-75 for more details
Cyclists of the Gitchee Gumee Shores
West Duluth. . . . http://www.coggs.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-715-398-0588
Duluth Road Cycle Club
Duluth . . . . . . . . www.duluthracing.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-1724-8525
Erik’s Bike Club
Ride Tuesday Nights at 6 p.m. Twin Cities . . . www.eriksbikeshop.com
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BIKE CLUBS/RACE TEAMS Excel Cycle Club
BIKE CLUBS/RACE TEAMS Midwest Women’s Cycling
Fairmont Bike Club
Minneapolis Bicycle Racing Club
Faribault Flyers
Minnesota Cycling Team
Excelsior http://www.race360.com/clubs/ Twin Cities http://www.race360.com/clubs/profile.asp?cid=32948 profile.asp?cid=32948 . . . . . . http://www.mwcmr.blogspot.com/ Fairmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-238-1094
Twin Cities . http://www.flandersbros.com/
Faribault . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-334-4021 Twin Cities http://www.mncyclingteam.org/MCT/Welcome.html (See map on page 22-23 for more details www.mncyclingteam.org/MCT/Welcome.html
Flat City Cycle Club
Twin Cities . . . . . http://www.flatcity.org/
Gopher Wheelmen
Twin Cities . . www.gopherwheelmen.org
GrandStay Cycling Team
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://twitter.com/#!/GSHotelsCycling
Great Plains Cycling Club
Fargo/Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gpcycling.org/joomla/
Heartland Bike Club
Park Rapids . . . . . . . . . 1-218-652-3936, Ride Tue. & Thur. Northern Cycle Shop (See map on page 66-67 for more details
Hiawatha Bicycling Club (HBC)
Twin Cities . . http://www.hiawathabike.org/ (See ad on page 79 for more details)
Itasca Tour Club
Park Rapids . http://www.itascasports.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-266-2150
Itascatur Club
Park Rapids . . . . . . . . www.itascatur.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-237-1961
Lakes Area Cycle Club
Perham . . http://www.lakesareabikeclub.com/
Lake Superior Cycle Club
Duluth . . . . . . Tone@duluthracing.com
. . www.minnesotamtb.org/morcmtb.org (See ad on page 29 for more details)
Minnesota Human Powered Assoc. Twin Cities . . . . http://www.mnhpva.org/
Minnesota Junior Cycling
Twin Cities . . . . . http://www.mnjrc.com/
Minnesota Randonneurs
Twin Cities based . . http://www.minnesotarandonneurs.org/
Minnesota Triathlon Club
Twin Cities based . . . . . http://www.tcmultisportsclub.com/
Minnesota Wheelman
Twin Cities based . . . . . . . . . http://www.thewheelmen.org/
Minnesota Junior Cycle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mnjrc.com/
Minnesota Wheelman
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.thewheelmen.org
National Sports Center-Velo Club
Blaine . . . http://velodrome.nscsports.org (See map on page 6-7 for more details)
Nordic Ski Club of Central Minnesota
Major Taylor Bicycling Club
St Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320-656-9165 . . . . . . www.nordicskiclubcentralmn.org
Mid-Minnesota Cycling Club
Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-645-9452 . . . . . . . . . . www.northfieldbikeclub.org
Midwest Sport Council
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.north-stars.org (See ad on page 57 for more details)
Twin Cities . . . http://www.majortaylorminnesota.org St. Cloud . . http://midmncyclingclub.blogspot.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.midwestfun.org
Minnesota HS Cycling League
Northfield Bike Club
North Star Ski Touring Club
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BIKE CLUBS/RACE TEAMS Paul Bunyan Cyclists Brainerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-833-8122 . . . . . . . . . . www.paulbunyancyclist.com (See map on page 58-59 for more details
Peace Coffee Racing
Forest Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.peacecoffeeracing.com/index.html
Penn Cycle Rides
Twin Cities www.penncycle.com/page.cfm?pageID=26 (See ad on page 33 for more details)
Ramsey Cycling Club
Ramsey http://www.ramseybicycles.com/
Ride & Glide Ski and Bike Club
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http://www.hiawathabike.org/ http://www.hiawathabike.org/ Visit our website for ride schedule http://www.hiawathabike.org/ & Tour d'Amico http://www.hiawathabike.org/ details. http://www.hiawathabike.org/ http://www.hiawathabike.org/ www.HiawathaBike.org LET'S RIDE TOGETHER!
Twin Cities . . http://www.rideandglide.bizland.com/
Traverski Ski & Sports Club
Rochester . http://rasc.multisportsystems.com/
Twin Cities Bicycle Club (TCBC)
Rochester Active Sports Club Rosemount Cycling Club
Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . 1-507-421-9984 . www.groups.yahoo.com/group/traverski
Rosemount www.rosemountcycling.com/
Twin Cities . . . http://www.biketcbc.org/ (See ad on page 77 for more details))
Milaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Twin Cities . . . . . . . www.tc-tandems.org
Rum River Cycling Club Sierra Club - Minnesota
North Star Chapter . . . . . . . . www.minnesota.sierraclub.org
Silver Cycling
Twin Cities Tandem Club Twin Cities Spokes
Twin Cities. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twin-CitiesSpoke-of-the-IC3/176191155748570
Lakeville, MN http://www.silvercycling.org/ (See map on page 14-15 for more details)
Twin Cities Unicycle Club
Twin Cities . . . . . . www.sitzmarkmn.org
Twin Cities . . . . . . . . http://www.ullr.org/
Sitzmark Ski & Social
Sports Hut Bicycle Racing Team
Twin Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. Ben/St. John Cycling Club
Collegeville http://www.clubs.csbsju.edu/cyclingclub/
St. Olaf Cycling Club
Northfield . . . . . . http://www.stolaf.edu/
St. Paul Bicycle Racing Team
St Paul based . . . . http://www.spbrc.org/
Superior Cycling Club
Grand Marais http://www.superiorcycling.org/
Team Ski Hut - Monday night rides
Twin Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tcuc.org
Ullr Ski, Bike & Social Club
U of Minnesota Cycling Club
Twin Cities . . . . . . . http://www.umct.org
Velo - Rochester
Rochester http://www.velorochester.com
Velo-Duluth Cycle Club
Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-624-4008
Venture Expeditions
Burnsville . http://www.ventureexpeditions.org
Winona Area Mountain Bikers
Winona . . . . . . . . . . greg@advcycle.com (See map on page 26-27 for more details
Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-218-724-8525
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BIKES THAT KNOW Enjoying the many miles of great occasionally it is fun to join our friend WISCONSIN
Throughout Wisconsin find many scenic country roads to travel around.
Bayfield County
Local Information . . . . 1- 715-373-6125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bayfieldcounty.org
Cable
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-533-7454 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cable4fun.com Riding Options • CAMBA Trails (MTB)
Polk County
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-222-7655 . . . . . . . . . www.polkcountytourism.com Riding Options • Gandy Dancer Trail
Rice Lake
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-523-6318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rice-lake.com
Chippewa County
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-866-723-0331 . . . . . . . . . . . www.chippewacounty.com (See ad on page 81 for more details) Riding Options • Old Abe Trail
Menomonie
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-715-235-9087 . . . . . . . . . www.menomoniechamber.org (See map on pages 82-83 for details) Riding Options • Red Cedar Trail
Trempealeau County
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-927-5339 . . . . . . . . . www.trempealeaucounty.com (See map on pages 86-87 for details) Riding Options • Great River Trail
La Cross
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-658-9424 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.explorelacrosse.com (See map on pages 84-85 for details) Riding Options • La Crosse River Trail & Great River
WISCONSIN Sparta/Elroy
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-800-354-2453 . . . . . . . . . . . www.www.bikesparta.com Riding Options • Sparta/Elroy Trail
Wausau/Central Wisconsin
Visitors Center . . . . . . . 1-888-948-4748 . . . . . . . . . . www.www.visitwausau.com Riding Options • Many City Trails • Nine Mile Forest
IOWA
Home to RAGBRAI you will find many scenic country road and friendly villages to ride to and see the sights. (See ad on page 21 for more details)
Prairie Du Chein
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-732-1673 . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.prairieduchien.org/
Waukon
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563-568-4110 . . . . . . . . . . www.waukon.org/index.htm
Cresco
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563-457-3434 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.crescochamber.com/
Mason City
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641-423-5624 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.masoncityia.com/ Riding Options • City Trails
Clear Lake
Local info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-285-5338 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.clearlakeiowa.com/
Forest City
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-585-2092 ................................. www.visitforestci
Spirit Lake
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712-336-4978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. www.slmainsail.com Find many scenic roads and trails to explore. Bike/Hike Guide 2013 - Page 80
NO BORDERS roads and trails here in Minnesota, and neighbors around the upper Midwest. Sioux Falls
IOWA
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-333-2072 . . . . . . . www.visitsiouxfalls.com/visitor Riding Options • City Trails
Experience the Old Abe State Trail
Brookings
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605-692-2708 . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cityofbrookings.org Riding Options • City Trails
Watertown
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605-886-4730 . . . . . . . . . . www.visitwatertownsd.com Riding Options • City Trails
Chippewa County, WI 1-866-723-0335 | www.chippewacounty.com
Aberdeen
Local Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-645-3851 . . . . . . . . . . . www.visitaberdeensd.com/
NORTH DAKOTA
Find many scenic roads and trails to explore.
Grafton
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701-352-0781 . . . . . . . . . . . www.graftonchamber.com/ Riding Options • City Trails
Valley City
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . 701-845-1891 . . . . www.valleycitynd.com/tourism.php
Bismark-Mandan
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-767-3555 www.bisparks.org/ParksAndTrails/map.asp
Devils Lake
Local Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-233-8048 . . . . . . . www.tourism.devilslakend.com/
STATE BICYCLE ADVOCATES Bike Federation of Wisconsin
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Iowa Bike Coalition
. . . . . . . . www.iowabicyclecoalition.org
Oak Park Inn—Whitehall & Historic Hopkins House Bed and Breakfast Centrally located in over 400 miles of the best road riding in the Midwest-Trempealeau County Bike Loop System
10% Discount to Cyclists 9 guest rooms Continental Breakfast
Quaint & Quiet Knowledgeable Staff Map & Que Sheets 17 Loops Travel Green Certified
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Drive Your Bike
Minnesota has dozens of League Cycling Instructors (LCI) who teach classes across the state. From short lunch sessions to the nine hour Traffic Skills 101, the core message is the same. Drive your bike. Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles. FOLLOW THE LAW Your safety and the image of bicyclists depend on you. You have the same rights and duties as drivers. Obey traffic signals and stop signs, ride with traffic; use the rightmost lane that serves your destination. BE PREDICTABLE Make your intentions clear to motorists and other road users. Ride in a straight line and don’t swerve between parked cars. Signal turns, and check behind you well before turning or changing lanes. BE VISIBLE Ride where drivers can see you; wear Photo courtesy of John Hardy bright clothing. Use a front white light, red rear light and reflectors at night or when visibility is poor. Make eye contact with drivers. Don’t ride on sidewalks. THINK AHEAD Anticipate what drivers, pedestrians, and other bicyclists will do next. Watch for turning vehicles and ride outside the door zone of parked cars. Look out for debris, potholes, and utility covers. Cross railroad tracks at right angles. RIDE READY Check: tires for sufficient air, brakes are working, chain runs smoothly, and quick release wheel levers are closed. Carry repair and emergency supplies. Always wear a helmet.
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