Hi,

My family (me, my wife, and 19 month old daughter) are car-lite in Denver (one car, I bike to work/daycare/errands) and visiting Minneapolis in a few weeks.

We'd love to keep the lifestyle going on vacation, but I'm having trouble finding reasonably priced e-bike rentals that include a toddler seat. The couple shops I have found are closed Sunday-Monday, which makes our Monday morning flight a bit hard to catch.

We'll be in town from Thursday 6/4 to Monday 6/8, staying in Standish, would be looking either for a full day Sunday rental (say Saturday evening to Sunday evening) or a full mid-day Thursday-Sunday evening rental, depending on cost.

Does anyone have any leads, or would be willing to loan out their own bikes for the weekend for a couple hundred bucks (and whatever reassurance/collateral you'd need, of course)?

Thanks in advance!

Open Trails to the Rails

Today, (Saturday, May 9th) the Open Trails to the Rails will be taking place along the recently completed stretch of trail renovations that follows the upcoming Green Line Extension. This thread will be used to keep track of the event as it goes on throughout the day.

General Information
The event page is located on Metro Transit's website which has specific details and a schedule. This event contains biking (guided tour), boarding a Green Line train, stoping at new stations, games, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and food + treats. Parking will be limited, so accessing the event by transit or bike is (obviously) recommended.

Schedule Summary
The event starts as early as 10am departing from downtown Hopkins (and stopping at Louisiana Avenue Station at 10:15am) before eventually reaching West Lake Street Station. There, the ribbon cutting ceremony will commence at 11am. At 12pm, a guided bike ride will leave West Lake Street Station to show off trail improvements before returning to Hopkins. There will be other events also occurring through 2pm at various locations.

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