Minnesota Bike Trails

If you’re looking for a weekend getaway that doesn’t require a complicated itinerary or hours behind the wheel, Albert Lea makes a pretty convincing case for itself.

We pretended we had never been, and let the city introduce itself all over again. As it turned out, we had missed a few things along the way.

Lakeville’s 150-mile trail system connects nearly everything in town, making it easy to spend an entire day outside without loading the bikes onto a car rack.

The Trails Team snuck across the border to Iowa and found a community that loves cyclists!

Jack and Anita Herold’s journey as cycling product entrepreneurs began with a simple sketch.
The Sauk Rapids couple is developing a patented adjustable-width bicycle seat that had its genesis as a napkin drawing.

Road, trail, gravel, you name it. Take a look at our list of 2026 must-do bike rides and mark your calendars!

Fall had rolled across southwestern Minnesota, and we found ourselves chasing color in Lyon County.

Otter Tail County in western Minnesota holds a special kind of charm in the fall.

We came for the bike trails and small-town charm, and found it in Minnesota’s Ottertail County.

It’s not every day you get asked to judge a wiener dog beauty pageant—but that’s exactly how our latest trip began.