Donna,
Thanks for the encouragement. I've bought a lot of gear from TE, and I thought I'd give the chat room a try.
I'm gonna try out the group ride tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

I went to one of my husband's races today and tried to ask some of the women there about rides. Unfortunately they were all pro or Cat 1 and 2 so they couldn't help me too much.

Suzy