I've already posted some of my rides/pictures from the first part of February. This is Part II with some more rides/pictures that I did by myself and with some organized rides with the Twin Cities Bicycling Club (TCBC).
Below are some images of my bike ride on Tuesday, 02-20-18, after another winter storm the day before. I needed to check on the road conditions for an organized ride for the TCBC Wednesday morning. I initially started out riding my Mt. Bike for about 6 miles, then decided that it was possible to ride my Seven Evergreen SL with 38mm tires without much problem. Today I rode a little over 26 miles total.
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This morning, Wednesday, 02-21-18, Catherine and Paul came to ride my, "Post Winter Storm Ride" from Champlin, MN. This was a 59 mile ride that took us to the NW of Champlin. The roads were in very good shape after the snow fall from just a couple days earlier. Today I didn't take many pictures, but took three short videos.
Here is Catherine on my "Post Winter Storm Ride". She stopped to take her windbreaker off, so Paul and I rode on, but then we stopped to wait for her.
While riding on a some different gravel roads that were new to me we passed by a farm house that had two unleashed dogs. Both Paul and I made it past them on the very icy road, but Catherine stopped to safely get past them without being knocked off her bike.
After Catherine got past the dogs they came back out. Catherine put the dogs in their place...
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On Thursday, 02-22-18, I did another 17 mile ride by myself. I didn't take any outside pictures, but when I got back home I took a picture of the windbreaker I was wearing.
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On Friday, 02-23-18, Catherine wanted to try out her new Nokian/Suomi Extreme tires that she bought for her Mt. Bike... although she would like to get a Fat Bike.
We tried riding in Elm Creek Park, but things didn't go as planned although she got to walk her dog. After biking and walking in the park, we rode around the park on the paved roads on our Mt. Bikes for a total of almost 12 miles. She liked her new tires, but she still would rather have a Fat Bike...
On Saturday, 02-24-18, I had three riders, Catherine, Paul and Scott, show up for my TCBC ride that I called "Between the Snow Falls". I scheduled the ride at sunrise to give us time to finish the ride before the snow began to fall. The temperature was zero degrees although my Garmin read -2 F. It certainly didn't warm up very much for the first couple hours, but it was still a good day for a bike ride. There was going to be a east wind so the ride was planned with that in mind. We took our break at the Bridge Street Coffee Box which was as I recall at about mile 32. The ride ended up being 52 miles and we got back a couple hours before the snow really started coming down.
02-24-18 at the Coon Rapids Dam
02-24-18...the Coon Rapids Dam with me in the picture.
02-24-18, Scott sent me this picture. Sure can't see much of the Dam. Riding across it was very icy.
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Catherine (above) tells us how cold it is...if you have sensitive ears, don't play the video just move along....
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02-24-18. I decided to show Scott the stone structure built by Taddeus Giddings in the early 1900's.
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On Monday, 02-26-18, I was back checking out the road conditions after receiving around 7 to 8 inches of snow after Saturdays ride into Sunday. There were a few places where the wind had blown the snow across the road, but for the amount of snow we got the roads were in good shape. The average temperature on my 21 mile ride was 34 degrees F. I got back before the real melting took place, so the roads should be in better shape for my ride tomorrow.
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On Tuesday, 02-27-18, I went out for a short 17 mile bike ride and rode some of the same roads as the day before. I wanted to see how the road conditions had changed for the better after the 7 to 8 inches of snow that fell a couple days earlier. I have a TCBC ride schedule for the next morning so I was going to determine my route after today's ride.
02-27-18, I took a picture the day before in the same spot showing the snow completely over the road in this area, but today it was all clear.
Today, 02-28-18, I led my TCBC Mild Weather Wednesday ride from Champlin, MN. The ride began at 08:00 am with the temperatures in the low 20's making for very icy road and trail conditions early on. Catherine and Paul showed up to ride. We all rode with studded tires. Today's ride ended up being 62 miles.
Below are a couple videos of Catherine and Paul riding a couple different gravel roads up area St. Francis area.
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