Welcome to the board yuba: this might help.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...light=spinning

You can type cadence or spinning in the search box and it'll show you all the thread that talk about spinning but Sadie got it in one!

Also, if you get a chance (and I'm reading backwards so if you already did...sry!) there's a thread under open titled "getting to know you". It'll give ya about an hour of giggles reading about us and - if you're so inclined - tell us about you!

Sorry I live in New Mexico so I can't help you much with the Yuba foothills but your upcoming ride sounds like fun! Keep posting and let us know how it goes!