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					1	2 * Tour de Cure MinnesotaTour de Cure Minnesota Benefits American Diabetes Association. Fundraising/pledges required. Start/End Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis. Offers riders a choice of 7 mile River Ride, 27 mile Scenic Sampler, 45 mile Ultimate Urban Tour, 62 mile Wild West Ride (100 km metric century) or this year’s new addition, the 100 mile Urban Century Ride. Fully supported. * Tour De PepinTour De Pepin From Lake City, MN. Routes of 32, 50, or 72 miles along the Great River Road and the shores of Lake Pepin. Registration includes opening reception and a paddleboat ride. * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities. * Tour of Lakes (Brainerd)Tour of Lakes (Brainerd) Time: 6:00 am Start and end at Crosslake Community Center (14126 Dagget Pine Road, Crosslake, MN 56442). 35 and 68 mile routes with 2 and 3 rest stops. Pre-registration required, no on-site sign up permitted. * Northeast Ride (Minneapolis)Northeast Ride (Minneapolis) Time: 10:00 am 12-mile, family-friendly ride benefitting the Northeast CDC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit created to serve the Northeast Minneapolis area. The CDC works to promote the economic development of Northeast Minneapolis in a manner that furthers the interests of residents and businesses. Starts at the Northeast Minneapolis Armory, 1025 Broadway Street NE, Minneapolis, MN.
3 * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities.	4 * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities.	5 * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities.	6 * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities.	7 * MN Fixed Gear ClassicMN Fixed Gear Classic The MN Fixed Gear Classic pits professional and elite amateur track cyclists in fast-paced sprint and grueling endurance events. Multiple events, all at NSC Velodrome in Blaine. * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities. * Bike to Work DayBike to Work Day Event celebration locations: Rice Park, downtown St. Paul Central Library, downtown Minneapolis Anoka County Highway Department REI in Bloomington * Thursday Night LightsThursday Night Lights Time: 7:00 pm Thursday night track racing at the NSC Velodrome in Blaine. $2 for adults, kids free. * #bikeschool on Twitter#bikeschool on Twitter Time: 8:00 pm #bikeschool is a live chat on Twitter every Thursday night at 8PM Central Time. We talk about bikes and have fun… a lot of fun.	8 * MN Fixed Gear ClassicMN Fixed Gear Classic The MN Fixed Gear Classic pits professional and elite amateur track cyclists in fast-paced sprint and grueling endurance events. Multiple events, all at NSC Velodrome in Blaine. * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities.	9 * MN Fixed Gear ClassicMN Fixed Gear Classic The MN Fixed Gear Classic pits professional and elite amateur track cyclists in fast-paced sprint and grueling endurance events. Multiple events, all at NSC Velodrome in Blaine. * MS150 - Twin Cities to DuluthMS150 - Twin Cities to Duluth $300 donation minimum. 2 day ride supports the MS Society. Starts at Proctor High School on Saturday morning, overnights at Grand Casino Hinckley and finishes at Century College in White Bear Lake Sunday. * Carmel Roll RideCarmel Roll Ride Routes of 24, 30 or 46 miles, can do more than one route. Ride will start in Albany MN at City Hall (400 Railroad Ave, Albany, MN). Uses the Lake Wobegon Trail. * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities. * Greenway GlowGreenway Glow Time: 6:00 pm An illuminated night-time bike ride and the Midtown Greenway Coalition’s biggest fundraising event of the year. Starts at the 10th Avenue entrance ramp to the Midtown Greenway and ends at Intermedia Arts (2822 Lyndale Avenue South) $25 to register until May 25/$30 after; raise $75 or more in pledges. Registration begins at 6 PM, ride begins at 9 PM.
10 * MS150 - Twin Cities to DuluthMS150 - Twin Cities to Duluth $300 donation minimum. 2 day ride supports the MS Society. Starts at Proctor High School on Saturday morning, overnights at Grand Casino Hinckley and finishes at Century College in White Bear Lake Sunday. * Bike/Walk WeekBike/Walk Week Organizers of the annual Twin Cities Bike Walk Week are asking for your pledge to replace at least one car trip with biking or walking during this year’s Bike Walk Week. Various events and activities. * Open Streets MinneapolisOpen Streets Minneapolis Closure of Lyndale Avenue South from 22nd Street to 42nd Street for bicycling, walking and community festival.	11	12 * St. Paul Bicycle CoalitionSt. Paul Bicycle Coalition Time: 12:03 pm Meets second Tuesday of each month to discuss advocacy for cyclists in St. Paul, Minnesota	13 * Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix Multi-day pro/am stage race. Times vary by race/location/date. WEDNESDAY: ST. PAUL THURSDAY: CANNON FALLS FRIDAY: MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY: MENOMONIE SUNDAY: STILLWATER	14 * Bike Edina Task ForceBike Edina Task Force Meets at Edina City Hall in the Mayor's Conference Room on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. * Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix Multi-day pro/am stage race. Times vary by race/location/date. WEDNESDAY: ST. PAUL THURSDAY: CANNON FALLS FRIDAY: MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY: MENOMONIE SUNDAY: STILLWATER * Thursday Night LightsThursday Night Lights Time: 7:00 pm Thursday night track racing at the NSC Velodrome in Blaine. $2 for adults, kids free. * #bikeschool on Twitter#bikeschool on Twitter Time: 8:00 pm #bikeschool is a live chat on Twitter every Thursday night at 8PM Central Time. We talk about bikes and have fun… a lot of fun.	15 * Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix Multi-day pro/am stage race. Times vary by race/location/date. WEDNESDAY: ST. PAUL THURSDAY: CANNON FALLS FRIDAY: MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY: MENOMONIE SUNDAY: STILLWATER	16 * Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix Multi-day pro/am stage race. Times vary by race/location/date. WEDNESDAY: ST. PAUL THURSDAY: CANNON FALLS FRIDAY: MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY: MENOMONIE SUNDAY: STILLWATER * NVGP Gran FondoNVGP Gran Fondo Time: 7:30 am Event fee benefits Children’s Lighthouse of Minnesota. From the Italian for 'big ride," two rides will be offered as a challenge for fit cyclists of all ages. While these rides are not a race, they will take in the roads that the pros will tackle later in the day. Both Gran Fondo rides depart Menomonie at 7:30 am on Race Day before returning in time for the thrilling finishing circuits of the pro races. 85 Mile Gran Fondo – Follows the same route the professional men will conquer later in the day. This difficult route includes over 3000’ of climbing. 65 Mile Gran Fondo – Follows the same route the professional women race through later in the day. This route shares the opening 50 miles of the 85 mile route, then takes a “short-cut”, before returning to Menomonie. Location: UW-Stout Lot 4 Address: Corner of 13th Ave and S. Broadway Ave, Menomonie, WI 54751 * NVGP Spectator RideNVGP Spectator Ride Time: 11:00 am Event fee benefits Children’s Lighthouse of Minnesota. Three rides will be available for families and recreational riders. These rides bring you out to viewing points along the pro road course and return you to Menomonie for the exhilarating finishing circuits. Spectator rides depart Menomonie at 11:00 am on Race Day. 8-Mile Family Ride – Follow the Red Cedar Trail from Menomonie four miles to Irvington and back. Arrive ahead of the pros in Irvington and watch them fly by before enjoying your return spin. The Trail is a Rails-to-Trails project that follows an abandoned rail bed along the Red Cedar River Valley. The purchase of a $4 trail pass will be required on the day of the event. 15-Mile Spectator Ride – Ride ahead of the pros to Calvary Hill. Enjoy the panorama of the Red Cedar River Valley and then cheer on the pros as they climb Calvary Hill. Enjoy the 7 ½ mile return ride to Menomonie. 32–Mile Spectator Ride – Ride with the 15-mile riders and enjoy the stop at Calvary Hill. When the pros pass, take a short-cut to Star Hill, arguably the toughest climb in Dunn County. Watch the effort and the speed of the pros on this 17% grade that is sure to provide some fireworks. Catch the pros one more time on County Road P. Then enjoy the return ride to Menomonie, an enjoyable rolling 15 miles. Location: UW-Stout Lot 4 Address: Corner of 13th Ave and S. Broadway Ave, Menomonie, WI 54751
17 * Nature Valley Grand PrixNature Valley Grand Prix Multi-day pro/am stage race. Times vary by race/location/date. WEDNESDAY: ST. PAUL THURSDAY: CANNON FALLS FRIDAY: MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY: MENOMONIE SUNDAY: STILLWATER * AttaBoy RideAttaBoy Ride AttaBoy Ride is a one-day bike ride starting and ending at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington, MN, with multiple routes, that raises money and awareness for men's cancers. The approximate routes will be a 5-10 mile, family fun route, a 20 mile route, 40 mile route and a metric century route (62 miles). The Ride benefits Open Arms of Minnesota and The Angel Foundation.	18	19	20	21 * Minneapolis Police AuctionMinneapolis Police Auction Time: 6:00 pm Buy used bikes from the Minneapolis Police Department. Viewing begins at 4:00 pm. Auctions begin promptly at 6:00 pm. All auctions are held at: Minneapolis Police Warehouse, 6024 Harriet Ave. S., Minneapolis * Thursday Night LightsThursday Night Lights Time: 7:00 pm Thursday night track racing at the NSC Velodrome in Blaine. $2 for adults, kids free. * #bikeschool on Twitter#bikeschool on Twitter Time: 8:00 pm #bikeschool is a live chat on Twitter every Thursday night at 8PM Central Time. We talk about bikes and have fun… a lot of fun.	22	23 * 1st City on the Mississippi1st City on the Mississippi Possible ride lengths: 17, 26 46, 54, 63, 68, 71, 75, 84, 92 miles. Sponsored by Bemidji Rock Sober. Registration includes rest stops and a t-shirt. * Try the Track DayTry the Track Day Time: 1:00 pm At NSC Velodrome, Blaine. Open time for the general public to experience riding the velodrome from 1-3PM. Cost is $15 which includes the use of a rental track bike. Riders' own shoes and pedals can be installed on rental bikes. Those with their own bikes will need approval of director before using them on the velodrome.
24	25	26	27	28 * Thursday Night LightsThursday Night Lights Time: 7:00 pm Thursday night track racing at the NSC Velodrome in Blaine. $2 for adults, kids free. * #bikeschool on Twitter#bikeschool on Twitter Time: 8:00 pm #bikeschool is a live chat on Twitter every Thursday night at 8PM Central Time. We talk about bikes and have fun… a lot of fun.	29	30

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	Bicycle Education
	Bicycle Event
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	Open Streets
	Public Meeting
	Swap Meet

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