Originally Posted by RPK79

So Saturday I drove my wife to Eagan to take a licensing test which was scheduled to take an hour. I dropped her off and pulled my bike out, rode over the the LBS and asked their opinion on where I should ride for my 1 hour adventure in a strange city. Got my ride suggestion and took off. I made it about 3 miles before my wife called and said she was done. Doh!

So, today I planned to just hit Wisconsin hwy 35 and nail all the short steep hills off the highway and rack up the feet of climbing. I was only planning to go out about 15 miles and then head back, but shortly before the category 4 climb on 35 I ran into a guy on a TT bike and we got to chatting and I ended up riding with them all the way to Red Wing (about 15 miles past my turn around point). There we split ways.

The American Queen was docked in Red Wing so I went down to take some pictures and ran into a guy riding a really cool 1987 Paramount with full campy that the C&V crowd would be drooling over. Then I found some lunch and headed back home.

Here are some pictures!

Barge below the bridge in Hastings.


View from Hwy 35 in Wisconsin.


The top of a nasty little climb. Strava says it was .3 miles at 11%.