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Tips and tricks for your first time at Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour

Hello, folks! After a four-year hiatus, Emee and myself are returning to the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour next week. I've been on the Tour four times (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018) whereas Emee has only been once before. We've had so much fun in the past and can't wait to do it again! The… Continue reading Tips and tricks for your first time at Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour

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A return to Lake Pepin for 2022

My Robin Hood path racer, from the 2018 Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour I’ve been intrigued by the annual Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour from the first time I heard about it way back in 2005. After years of pining, I went to my first one in 2014. It was a lot of fun, and the next two years… Continue reading A return to Lake Pepin for 2022

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Not the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour: Our ride, 17 May 2020

Due to the current pandemic, the Lake Pepin Three Speed Ride scheduled for the past weekend did not happen. But Jon, the (shirt-tail) organizer, told people that they should do their own Three Speed Ride over the weekend. It could be around Lake Pepin or wherever people lived. It could be one day, it could… Continue reading Not the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour: Our ride, 17 May 2020

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A “Do-it-Yourself” Lake Pepin Adventure This Weekend!

The Stone Wall in Old Frontenac. From the 2018 Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour Hello, friends of Three Speeds. For obvious reasons the annual Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour is not happening this year. This beautiful loop around a natural lake on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Minnesota would have occurred this coming weekend… Continue reading A “Do-it-Yourself” Lake Pepin Adventure This Weekend!

Other three-speed typed events · SOTS Blog · Three Speed Adventure April

Not going to Pepin this year.

Hello friends of three speeds. I made some noises about wanting to head out to Minnesota (and Wisconsin) in May for the annual Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. But it looks like that isn't going to happen, at least not in 2019. No, it's not because I'm over the event, or over three speeds. It's… Continue reading Not going to Pepin this year.

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An early May report: Wrapping up Adventure April, planning for June fun, and getting ready for Pepin.

Hello friends of Three Speeds! It's literally hours before Emee and myself hop on Amtrak's Empire Builder and head east to St. Paul for the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. Fun! There's a few items of housekeeping I want to get out of the way before I go: Three Speed Adventure April: Thank you everyone… Continue reading An early May report: Wrapping up Adventure April, planning for June fun, and getting ready for Pepin.