Originally Posted by ericgu

Poprad,

I ride in a group ride that might be what you're looking for. We ride 16-18 on the flats, ride 20-35 miles, and do a lot of hills (1000' - 2000'). We often get in a few miles of pacelines on the trip back to the starting point.

Leaves at 6:30PM Tue/Thu from Lot K at Marymoor park (near the tennis courts on the west side of the park). It's a cascade bicycling club ride named "Eastside tours". More details here:

http://www.cascade.org/EandR/Activit...?eventID=10640

I might also be up for a climb up zoo hill (aka cougar mountain) - I haven't been up yet this year - assuming my rib is healed up enough. Not sure which lake you are talking about riding around - Lake Washington is about 55 miles around. It's an okay ride but you spend a lot of time on a MUT, which means you need to deal with other riders, walkers, skateres, etc., and it's not terribly exciting. You can also ride around Lake Sammamish, which is about 25 miles.