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  1. #1
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    Dec 2005
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    An older road bike is fine, but I would say you want to have a road bike for these rides - oh and please no aero bars, they are dangerous in pacelines. The rides are no drop, but you should feel comfortable riding about 25 or 30 miles. The usual route for meet the teams and the women's rides is the South Lake Washington loop. They leave from Leshi, go down to Renton, around the airport, stop for a restroom break at Gene Coulon park, back up the east side of Lake Washington, across Mercer Island and the I-90 bridge to return to Leshi.

    You definitely would not be the only person there who has never ridden in a paceline before. All of the groups will have experienced riders with them to give them pointers and answer questions.

    Oh and about the spring chicken thing - one of my stronger team mates, who can often kick my butt, competed in the WA state Senior Games this year
    Last edited by Eden; 08-23-2006 at 03:36 PM.
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  2. #2
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    Apr 2006
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    Maybe once I get my "new" Waterford and ride more I'll take a look at this again.

    It sure sounds like fun!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  3. #3
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    Dec 2004
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    If I only lived in Seattle.....I'm considering a move to the Portland, OR area though, in the next couple years or so, so who knows.

    Have fun, whoever joins in on this!
    ~BikeMomma
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein

 

 

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