Cascade Training Series

My two biking buddies and I are using the Cascade Training Series to prepare for the RAGBRAI. So far, I've been on three of its rides.  The first was a 26-miler, and the most recent a 43-miler. We ride all over Puget Sound, mostly on roads where I've never been, and we learn to cycle as a group.  All you have to do to go on these rides is to join the Cascade Bicycle Club.  The Cascade Bicycle Club promotes biking in the Seattle area, provides biking classes, sells helmets at $10 each, and has free daily rides (year-round!).   To check out the Training Series schedule, visit

http://www.biketoworkday.com/EandR/Ride_CTS_schedule.cfm

We'll be going through Quimby, Iowa, on the first day of RAGBRAI.  According to the Cherokee Area Development website, Quimby was originally named Wendell, but the locals thought that the name sounded too Republican, so they came up with Quimby instead.  And Quimby has a quilt shop--I might just have to stop by!