Cascade Advanced Training Series @ Magnuson (CATS-m) Brisk
KEEPING RIDERS SAFE
- Advance registration required for all participants. If you decide not to ride, please click Cancel My Registration below to open space for others. (How to cancel)
- Attendance at the pre-ride safety briefing is required to participate in the ride.
- If you have tested positive for COVID or have been exposed to someone with COVID, follow the quarantine and isolation guidelines. In general, if you have COVID or are displaying COVID symptoms, or if you are sick with the flu or a cold, you should not participate in group rides.
- Carry a face covering in case a business or public transit requires their use.
- Please, no spitting or “snot-rockets” while participating.
- A CPSC certified helmet is required to be worn to participate.
If you are new, please read our newcomer information.
Come ride with us on Cascade Advanced Training Series at Magnuson (CATS-m)! We are here to help you get ready for Seattle to Portland (STP), Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD), Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party (RSVP) and any other long distance ride events you put your mind to while enjoying scenery and company.
CATS-m is held every Saturday from April to August from Magnuson Park. We will increase mileage and total accumulative elevation gain every week with one weekend of shorter "rest" ride before each big event listed above. The mileage will increase from 40 miles to 130 miles. Although CATS-m is a series, everyone is welcome to join at anytime of the season. Each route has stops every 15-20 miles for restrooms and water refilling and includes one longer food stop. However, each rider needs to carry his/her own food and snacks.
Every rider is expected to sustain and complete the route at the advertised pace without pacelining/drafting. If you are slower or faster than what we offer, it will be self-guided. Please bring a cue sheet and/or upload the route information (the link will be provided 1-2 weeks prior to the ride date) onto your GPS device before the ride start. Every rider is also expected to be able to fix a flat and other minor mechanicals.
In addition to steady rain, any other hazardous conditions will cancel a ride. If a ride is cancelled due to weather and hazardous conditions, it will be posted here in the comment section 2 hours prior to the start time and ride leaders will not be waiting at the start.
Note: Restrooms are at the start. 9am is roll out time. Please come at least 15 min before the start time to sign a waiver and listen to the safety and route briefing.
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Bike Everywhere Month
May is Bike Everywhere Month and there are a bunch of teams being formed by Cascade Club members in the "Cascade Bicycle Club" league. Participation is free. I have created a team called, appropriately enough, CATS!
We have room for 6 more folks to join our team. If you have not done this before, it is very simple. All you have to do is log your miles/trips and the online software keeps a running tally. And it is very motivating!
Here are the rules for the Bike Everywhere Challenge in May: (all your outdoor bicycling miles/trips count)
http://www.luum.com/cha…/…/bike-everywhere-challenge/details
1) First join challenge:
http://www.luum.com/challenges/120/bike-everywhere-challenge
2) Then select 'Organization": Cascade Bicycle Club
3) After you "join", go back to main page to select "Team" and "League":
http://www.luum.com/challenges/120/bike-everywhere-challenge
- Select "My Org" tab
4) From there, you can either join a team or create a team. The password for our team is CATSM.
Cue sheet!
http://files.meetup.com/3386582/CATS05_Holmes_Point__Jewel_Road.pdf
PHOTOS
Here's a link to the photo album on meetup of the shots I took yesterday. Fun riding with all of you!
http://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=26935074