Tag Archives: Road Biking Minnesota

Bike Pic Feb. 3, Root River Bluff & Valley Bike Tour

Here a group of cyclists enjoy exploring the scenic roads by bike, that circle and cross the Root River Trail, in Southeast Minnesota’s Bluff Country. Ride and explore the areas trail and roads, July 9 -11, 2016 on the Root River Bluff & Valley Bike Tour.

 

#FindYourNextAdventure

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

New bike guide is ready to review and explore

 

Winter bike fun is here in the latest e-edition of the Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide. Flip through the pages on your screen where you will find a full schedule of winter and spring bike event listings and plenty of mapped bike destinations to review and explore throughout the year.

#FindYourNextAdventure

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

Bike Pic Jan. 5, road riding Root River’s Bluff Country

Here a family of cyclists enjoy exploring the scenic roads, by bike, that circle and cross the Root River Trail, in Southeast Minnesota’s Bluff Country. Ride and explore the areas trail and roads, July 9 -11, 2016 on the Root River Bluff & Valley Bike Tour.

#FindYourNextAdventure

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

 

Bike Pic Jan. 3, dad frames her while bicycle touring

This young lady was framed in her dads arms as she rides her bike next to him while spending time in Coon Rapids, MN, a part of the Twin Cities Gateway.

#FindYourNextAdventure

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

Bike Pic Jan. 1, first ice cream smiles Friday – 2016!

Here in our first “Ice Cream Friday Bike Pic” of 2016, John Ziess from the Hiawatha Bike Club of the Twin Cities returns from the ice cream shop across the street from where the clubs rest stop is on Main Street, in Wayzata, MN.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

#FindYourNextAdventure

Bike Pic Dec. 2, bicyclists that know no boarders

Two riders cruising the Root River Trail and Bluffs, in Southeast Minnesota, training for RAGBRAI, in Iowa, the end of July.

First held in 1973, RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) is the largest bike-touring event in the world. A non-competitive bicycle ride organized by The Des Moines Register the ride goes from west to east across the state of Iowa, drawing thousands of recreational riders from across the United States and many foreign countries.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB). 

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself so.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have a great day!

#FindYourNextAdventure

Bike Pic Nov 3, exploring Minneapolis

Here are a couple of cyclists riding the bike friendly streets of Minneapolis having fun near Midtown Greenway market area on Lake Street. Click here for maps to navigate the Twin Cities.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB), hope you enjoyed the photo.

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there if you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself.

Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in one of the next photos we post.

Have fun and a great day!

Bike Pic Nov 2, multimodal transportation

These cyclists biking around Lake Pepin, on parts of the Mississippi River Trail (MRT), choose  to use another form of transportation to cross the river on the Tour De Pepin ride.

We normally associate bicycling and multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) as cyclists commuting or touring with at least two different types of transportation, normally with a second mode using an airplane, automobile, bus or train. In the photo above cyclists use a paddleboat showing another form of multimodal transportation. Picture from the Tour De Pepin Facebook page.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB), hope you enjoyed the photo.

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself.

 Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in a pic we post!

Bike Pic Nov 1, Ole & Lena biking

Just in time for the holidays this couple, while biking the roads and trails along the Root River, stopped in at Norsland Lefse, in Rushford, MN. While there they grabbed a quick selfie before going inside to sample and buy some tasty Scandinavian delicacies to take home and share with family and friends.

If you have want to explore the roads and towns along the Root River Trail, sampling Lefse and other Bluff Country delights check out the Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour, July 8-10, 2016.

Here is more information on planning a biking adventure in and around the Root River Valley.

Thanks for viewing the Bike Pic of the Day here at HaveFunBiking (HFB), hope you enjoyed the photo.

Now, rolling into our 10th year as a bicycle media, our goal is to continue to encourage more people to bike, while showcasing unforgettable places to ride. As we search and present more fun photos worth a grin, scroll through the information and stories we have posted to help you find your next adventure. Then, while out there you see us along a paved or mountain bike trail, next to the route you regularly commute on, or at an event you plan to attend with your bike, be prepared to smile. You never know where our camera’s will be and what we will post next!

Do you have a fun photo of yourself or someone you know that you would like to see us publish? If so, please send it our way and we may use it. Send your picture(s) to [email protected] with a brief caption (of each), including who is in the photo (if you know?) and where it was taken. Photo(s) should be at least 620 pixels wide for us to use them. If we use your photo, you will receive photo credit and an acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram.

As HaveFunBiking continues to encourage more people to ride, please reference our blog and the annual print and quarterly digital Bike/Hike Guide to find your next adventure. We are proud of the updated – At-a-Glance information and maps we are known for in the HFB Destination section on our website and in the guide. Now, as the Bike/Hike Guide goes into its seventh year of production, we are adding a whole new dimension of bicycle tourism information available for mobile devices where you may see some additional bike pics – maybe of yourself.

 Bookmark HaveFunBiking.com and find your next adventure – we may capture you in a pic we  post!

Bike Bluff Country roads that cross the Root River Trail

In Southeast Minnesota, want to explore the bike friendly roads that meander around the Root River trail system while enjoying the local foods, history and ‘Driftless’ scenery along the way?

The towns of the Root River Trail will host a three day bike ride that does just that, the Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour. With a route that runs on quite county roads and byways that intertwine the popular trail system, the tour starts and ends in Whalan, MN., July 7 through the 10th. Beginning with a Thursday evening packet pickup party, full of music and fun, ride participants are guaranteed a bicycling adventure to remember. Limited to the first 150 cyclist who registered, here is an overview of this three day bike route and adventure you can register for, to ride with old and new friends.

One of the many spectacular scenes while touring though the Bluff Country.

One of the many spectacular scenes while touring though the Bluff Country.

Starting out Friday morning in Whalan, with a hearty Bluff Country breakfast the tour leaves on the root River Trail visits Lanesboro, then up to Fountain for some refreshments. Now up, out of the valley the tour circles through some of this areas contoured farmlands making a stop at an historic village, then on to Preston for lunch. After visiting the National Trout Center the tour heads south to Harmony, your overnight hosts. Here before the evening fun begins take an afternoon tour of the cool Niagara Caves and the Amish culture in and around town.

Here cyclists are enjoying the many delicious delicacies available near many of the Root River trail towns.

Here cyclists are enjoying the many delicious area delicacies available near the Root River trail towns.

Saturday morning, after breakfast the ride heads east, passing through Canton, on the Amish Buggy Byway. On this stretch of the tour riders will pass though farmlands still cultivated by horses and roadside signs, near farmsteads, offering honey and other Amish produce and merchandise. At the halfway point, for lunch the tour will enter Minnesota’s first Norwegian settlement where many Selfie opportunities await you. Then it’s back on the route riding through another scenic valley before arriving in Houston your host town for evening. After checking out the National Owl Center and bike art there, tour riders will take part in a dinner party and fun evening.

Here signs explain why Fountain is the Sinkhole Capitol and the benefits these holes have on rest of Bluff Country.

Here signs explain why Fountain is the Sinkhole Capitol of the World and the benefits these holes have.

Sunday, after enjoying Houston’s hospitality the meandering Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour route visits a town, of the past, named because a settler lost is money in a creek while bathing. Now the route turns west, up Vinegar Hill making its way back west, skirting the bluffs along the Root River and then coasting into Rushford for lunch and photo opportunities while there. Then, it’s one more climb (gradual) and your coasting back down to the Root River Trail, in Peterson. Here, explore the Norwegian Museum and enjoy some desert before returning back to Whalan on the trail.

Here at the National Owl Center, in Houston, MN see all the bicycle art exhibits.

Here at the National Owl Center, in Houston, MN see all the bicycle art exhibits.

This Bluff & Valley Bicycle Tour, in Southeast Minnesota, is best suited for cyclists of intermediate ability and above. Mileage will range from 50 – 68 miles/day (century options are available upon request) on paved roads, with some riding on paved trails. The terrain in this area is rolling with some long, 8+ grade climbs. For more information and registration forms click here.

A bike fence along the Root River, at the edge of Lanesboro, MN

A bike fence along the Root River, at the edge of Lanesboro, MN