[QUOTE=ajkloss42]For the Minneapolis crowd, could you describe your route in more detail. I always go Northeast to Southwest, and your ride must have been Northwest to Southeast, which I never have much success with (I don't do it enough to make route selections wisely). QUOTE]

Yes, I live in a northwest suburb so I'm coming from the northwest. It's all back roads from New Hope, through Crystal and Robynnsdale where I pick up the Theodore Wirth Parkway trail, to the Bassett Creek Trail to the Cedar Lake trail, to the Kennelworth Trail to the Midtown Greenway trail. From there it's three blocks to my office, sixteen miles total. That's my Thursday route, I also go to three other offices (North Minneapolis, Blaine and Brooklyn Park) during the week on different days. It's been great, I love all my routes and I have many variations to them. Of course I've been doing it for over 23 years so I should know my way around.