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Bingo Bike repair: Roberts rear wheel was getting pretty wobbly, he had 3 broken spokes. In St. Cloud we got the spokes replaced, but the rim had a lot of cracks. Bliss called a bike shop in Blaine, on our route, to see if they could get a rim ordered in by Wednesday as we would be passing through. We got there right as they opened at 10 am. Spencer had the rim waiting and was able to switch everything out in about 40 minutes. They shared a parking lot with a DQ, so of course we had to stop...

Total Miles to date: 1,875 Weekly miles: 289 Route Overview: We left St. Cloud on bike paths to Clearwater, then Mn 75, 38, and 12 to Dayton. We took county highways through Anoka to Hugo and Scandia, then the horrible US 8 into St, Croix.Goodbye Mn. We rode the Gandy Dancer trail to Centuria, then Co I and side streets to North Lake. After Cumberland we took Co B to Haugen, then several Co roads to Summit Lake Campground. We changed our route a little and took Wi 70 all the way to Park...

Total Miles to date: 1,586 Weekly miles: 328 Route Overview: We took ND-46, and US-283 into Jamestown. Then paved side roads to Valley City where we picked up I-94 (freeway!!) to Tower City. Continued on I-94 to the Wheatland exit, where we took paved side roads and old Co-10 into Fargo, then meandered to Moorhead Mn. Then old Co-52 to Barnesville, Mn-108 to Pelican Rapids, and Co-3 (Otter Tail road) into Fergus Falls. Picked up the Central Lakes bike path, took that and the Wobegon Lake...