Iron Riders Bicycle Challenge

About This Event

Join Melanin IN Motion and the Cultural Wellness Center at Historic Fort Snelling for an Iron Riders bicycle challenge. Learn about the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, an African American regiment stationed at Fort Snelling (1882-1888), and their 1,900-mile bicycle expedition from Fort Missoula to St. Louis, Missouri (1897). The bicycle tour will start and end at Historic Fort Snelling and make numerous stops in Minneapolis and St. Paul to hear stories about the early Black leaders of Minnesota, some of whom were connected with the 25th Infantry.

The bicycle ride will start adjacent to the parking lot and end with live music and a community meal in the Klas Overlook.

Come for the ride (62 mile challenge) departing at 9:00, the tour (35 miles at a conversational pace) departing at 11:00, or join us for the post-ride celebration at 3:00.

A limited number of bicycles are provided for “tour” participants by the Cultural Wellness Center if participants are unable to bring their bikes.