Cedar Lake Trail (Mpls)

I’m in Minneapolis at the moment, and I figured I’d go for a nice bicycle ride. The great thing about this city is that there are a ton of trails and bicycle paths, many of which have no automobile traffic. I decided to ride the Cedar Lake Trail (.pdf)

Although the Trail isn’t the most scenic here, it is quite long and there are many long stretches where you can get a decent speed and rhythm. This makes it pretty popular among the more dedicated bicyclists. Next time I will check out the Kenilworth trail, which is nearby.

I’ve figured out there are two three types of bicyclists here. There are the spandex-wearing-Lance-wannabes who whiz by on their Kestrel Carbon fiber bikes and vintage 7/11 jerseys. (Hey thanks a lot, a@#hole, for nearly killing me.) There are the pleasant weekend warriors and there are the hipsters on fixies. I probably fall between the last two.

I love my bike!