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Counting Crows Announce Opening Bands for RAGBRAI’s 40th Celebration in Cedar Rapids

The Counting Crows summer tour is being billed as the “Outlaw Roadshow”. The tour will pull into downtown Cedar Rapids on Thursday, July 26th as part of RAGBRAI’s 40th Celebration. Hot new bands We Are Augustines, Kasey Anderson and The Honkies, and Field Report are scheduled to open the main stage.

RIDE RIGHT Safety Tip #5: The Legal RIGHT

Veteran RAGBRAI riders understand the roads used by RAGBRAI are not closed to other vehicles. You will occasionally see bikes, cars, and even large trucks on the route in either direction of travel. Often new riders think they have both sides of the road for their use and that simply is untrue. You have to follow the rules of the road on RAGBRAI for your own safety.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Wishing all of the Moms a very Happy Mother's Day. Enjoy your special day!

Refunds and Selling or Transferring Wristbands

Wristbands will become nonrefundable as of a request date of May 15. If you are a member of a group, we suggest that you first notify your group contact if requesting a refund. The contact may have someone on a waiting list and can coordinate the transfer of your wristband. A $25 processing fee per [...]

Jefferson to Host Inaugural “Iowa Bicycle Festival” on May 26

So when’s the last time you decorated up your bicycle with crepe paper streamers and rode it in a parade? And you RAGBRAI teams, what better way could there be to make sure your bus is ready for the big trip this summer than by putting it in a parade and letting the public “tour” it at the end of this month? Want to watch a graffiti artist paint a team bus, or even help him? The first-ever “Iowa Bicycle Festival” will let you do all those things in the west central Iowa town of Jefferson on Saturday, May 26.

Classic RAGBRAI Cycling Caps Return

RAGBRAI classic cycling cap made by Pace.

RIDE RIGHT Safety Tip #4: The RIGHT Riding

The most fun on RAGBRAI comes from the people. You can ride across Iowa whenever you want, but only during one week, can you ride with 10,000 friends. Keep in mind that 30% of the riders are new and have never ridden in a crowd this large before. There are a few key tips to avoid crashes, like do the RIGHT riding.

RAGBRAI Lottery

If you registered as a week-long rider by April 1 and your waiver and payment were processed, you are included in the lottery.  There are three ways to find out if you were accepted for the ride. You will receive an email with your wristband number. You can log-on to the registration site with your [...]