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Last night, Minnesota saw some yellow-green skies and golfball-sized hail. Spring has in fact sprung.
This brings up the important safety question of what to do when the sky lets loose and you’re on your bicycle. Generally speaking, if you know there’s tornado warnings, you shouldn’t be wandering on out to go for a nice ride. That’s [...]
Spring is here, and thus the season of Minnesota bicycle event rides begins. The traditional season-opener, the Minnesota Ironman, is coming up May 1, slightly later than usual this year due to the lateness of Easter. Thus, it’s an ideal time to review how not to be a jerk when riding at an event.
While there are [...]
The Minnesota Ironman Bicycle Ride – a 45-year spring tradition in Minnesota – is starting a new tradition this year by adding a Gran Fondo (the Minnesota Gran Fondo) to their already solid event.
The Ironman is a typical one-day event ride with the mild twist of offering a metric century and a century route early in [...]
The revolving door of ownership at Selma’s in Afton continues.
Selma’s has traditionally been a popular stop in Afton for cyclists and motorcyclists, ith a large garden and large ice cream portions. For a biker, regardless of which direction their journey will take them, the coffee, cocoa and cones are a fine bit of fuel for the [...]
The St. Paul Grand Round is probably one of the best-known and best-mapped routes in St. Paul. Pieces of it show up in many routes through St. Paul, including several in the maps area of Ride Boldly!
As such, it’s always nice to see new rest stop opportunities open up along the route. Yesterday, near Raymond and [...]
Riding in rural areas is scenic and interesting. Be prepared, and be open-minded. [...]
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