Seattle: Planning in advance (for once!)

[KnottedYet]

Quick, take a picture! I'm planning a ride with ADVANCE NOTICE!!!!
(it may never happen again. )

Now that the STP is over, and with Danskin looming on the horizon, how 'bout we start planning that giant Seattle area TE ride?

I'm thinking sometime after Aug 20th, maybe on the Sammmamammish trail or the Burke Gilman or Lk Wash Blvd or something else that's kinda central and easy for everyone to get to. How about the wineries?

So, if y'all would like to post up some dates and some places you'd like to ride, we can get this show on the road! (or trail, or whatever)

(how about catching the Edmonds or Mukilteo ferry and riding on Kitsap or on Whidbey?)

[salsabike]

Great idea. I have a couple of dates I need to check, and then I will post some dates. We could go to the wineries, or even Red Hook Brewery for lunch, or to Ballard. How many of you ride the Sammamish River Trail from Bothell to Redmond? If you haven't, it's a major treat---unlike the B/G, it's smooth, the river is beautiful, I always see eagles and herons, have seen otters, goldfinches. We could meet somewhere in north Seattle territory on the BG; ride to Marymoor Park; ride to the brewery or to St. Michele after Marymoor. Kitsap or Whidbey would take a little more knowledge-gathering for me.

So back soon with dates...thanks, KY, for getting this started.

[climbingbiker]

Yay - advance notice!

I am definitely interested. Unfortunately, August 20 is the best date I have until mid-Sept. Now that STP is over, my climbing buddies are bugging me to get out, but I'll try to carve out some time once a date is picked.

[mimitabby]

I think i can I think i can!! i will check this weekend!

Mimi

[freshsushi]

I'd really like to go, except I had a few questions -

1) I'm not particularly fast. Scratch that, I'm not fast at all, and I'm not a hill-person. How fast do you guys think you'll be going? Probably more importantly, how far do you think this ride might be?

2) What's a TE ride?

[mimitabby]

Fresh Sushi, TE is team estrogen!

and those rides are all fairly flat.
KnottedYet and I are not real fast riders. Maybe she'll remember what speed we went last time

[freshsushi]

Oops. Obviously not the brightest crayon in the box either.

Someone mentionned August 20th, that's would be my best date as well. Count me in!

[LaBiker]

I just joined the forum and would love to join some local folks for a TE Seattle event. September 3 and 16 are my first available dates and they seem to match some others'. Right now it looks like October 15 and 22 would work, also.

LaBiker

[KnottedYet]

Anybody have problems with Sept 16th?

Speak now!


Quill - chime in!

[Quillfred]

Looks good.

Q

[mimitabby]

So now all we need is a time and a meeting place? I personally would vote
for 9am at Gasworks park; but I am only 1 voice here.
mimi

[KnottedYet]

My sorry little buns won't make it from Gasworks to the Red Hook brewery... and there must be beer!

Hey, I could make it from Gasworks to Hales Ales Brewpub! (that's what, 1 mile? 2 miles? hee hee )

[LaBiker]

September 16 at 9am works. I'll meet wherever everyone else concurs. Since I live on the Eastside, Marymoor or Bothell are convenient starting points, but I'm sure willing to drive and then ride.