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TONIGHT: Celebrate bicycle travel with Willie Weir

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 by

Come to Your Senses:
A Celebration of Bicycle Travel with Willie Weir

TONIGHT! Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.
REI Seattle, 222 Yale Ave. N

Cascade members: $5
General public: $7
Advance tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets

Writer, performer, bicycle advocate and adventure cyclist Willie Weir has been entertaining Seattle crowds for more than a decade. His latest presentation will leave you inspired to see, hear, taste, smell and feel the world from the seat of a bicycle.

Tickets will be available online until 5 p.m. today. After that, you’ll need to buy yours at the door. But be sure to get there early — Willie’s popular presentations routinely sell out.

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What does it take to go the distance?

Thursday, January 5th, 2012 by

Imagine riding the STP. Three times in a row. With four times as many hills. During the same two-day time frame.

Sound crazy? Well, they just might be.

Mick Walsh climbing the Yarnell Grade during the 2010 Race Across the West.

Chris Ragsdale and his support team at the finish of the 2011 Paris-Brest-Paris

Mark Thomas with some randonneuring mates during the 2007 Paris-Brest-Paris.

Brian Ecker on the podium at the 2010 Furnace Creek 508.

This pantheon of four local “ultra-distance” cyclists includes some of the strongest in North America. They’ll be at REI on Tuesday to share insight into what it takes to ride far, pedal fast and finish strong.

Come to make STP look like a walk in the park. Come to get your training tips from the masters. Or come to find out what they eat for breakfast.

(I’m guessing oatmeal. Lots of it.)

Hope to see you there!

CASCADE PRESENTATION SERIES
Going the Distance: Insights from Pacific Northwest Cyclists

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m.
REI Seattle, 222 Yale Ave. N
FREE!

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Return of the Metal Cowboy: A Guide to Falling Down in Public

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 by
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m.
REI Seattle, 222 Yale Ave. N
Advance tickets are available at: Brown Paper Tickets
Cascade members: $5
General public: $7

Back for another year of hilarious, endearing, and insightful storytelling, Joe Kurmakasie, aka the Metal Cowboy, will be making an appearance at REI for one night only to regale and delight with stories from his new book, A Guide to Falling Down in Public: Finding Balance On and Off the Bicycle.

Joe’s stories will celebrate beautiful wrecks on five continents, the extraordinary people met along the way, and all the awe-inspiring, sweat-soaked miles ridden in between. If you’ve seen him before, you know how entertaining a night with the cowboy can be. If not, you’re in for a treat. This will be the Metal Cowboy’s only scheduled appearance for Cascade Bicycle Club over the next 12 months, so don’t miss it!

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An Evening with Tyler Farrar

Friday, November 18th, 2011 by

Wednesday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m.
Theater 47 at Magnuson Park
7120 62nd Ave NE, Seattle
General public: $14 (Cascade members get $2 discount)
Advance tickets are available at  Brown Paper Tickets

Two years ago, Washington native Tyler Farrar spoke to a packed house about his career and experiences as a member of Garmin-Cervélo‘s professional men’s team. At the time, he had just completed his first year on the grand circuit tour.

Since then, Tyler has won stages in the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, and Tour de France. He’s overcome crashes and personal tragedy and continues to prove himself as one of our country’s most talented racers.

Now widely considered the greatest sprinter to come out of the USA, Tyler is competing against the world’s fastest cyclists and riding at the very top of his game.

This special event will feature a 75-minute talk by Tyler, hosted by PT Eric Moen, and followed by a question and autograph session. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet one of cycling’s greats!

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Riding with Reindeer: A Bicycle Odyssey through Finland, Lapland and Arctic Norway

Monday, November 7th, 2011 by

Cascade Presentation Series “Season Kick-off”

REI Seattle, 222 Yale Ave. N
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.
Free!

Finding yourself leery of wildlife after watching this video? Come out tonight to hear about the kinder, gentler reindeer who relieve Seattle author Robert Goldstein’s solitude as he pedals across sparsely populated Lapland and slowly makes his way through the Arctic.

Robert’s presentation will intersperse comical insights into the mind of a solitary traveler with rich cultural and historical anecdotes of passing through forests littered with rotted fortifications, rusted tanks and mass graves—the detritus of Finland’s desperate defense against a massive Soviet invasion in the winter of 1939.

Robert’s first book, “The Gentleman From Finland, Adventures on the Trans-Siberian Express”, received the Benjamin Franklin Award for best travel memoir in 2006. For a sneak peak of his bicycle journey, check out his travel blog.

100 person max capacity for this free event, so be sure to arrive early!

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