RAGBRAI

They will be coming from all over the world on every type of bike in the world to ride RAGBRAI again this year!

When the ride started back in 1973, it witnessed mainly riders from Iowa and our border states.  That began to change as the ride grew and gained popularity.  Today, just over a third of all riders call Iowa home.  The participants of RAGBRAI XXXIX come from each of our nation’s 50 states and Washington, DC.

RAGBRAI XXXIX will also host riders from 13 foreign countries this summer.  The foreign countries are Albania, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

Here are some other interesting statistics about who will be riding RAGBRAI:

Top Ten States for RAGBRAI:

1. Iowa – 37.9%
2. Illinois – 10.5%
3. Minnesota – 5.5%
4. Colorado – 4.2%
5. Wisconsin – 3.6%
6. Texas – 3.6%
7. California – 3.5%
8. Missouri – 3.2%
9. Nebraska – 3.1%
10. Arizona – 1.7%
11. Florida – 1.6% *
12. Washington – 1.2% *

* Since the Big Ten has 12 teams, we added a few more!

RAGBRAI riders use a variety of bike types:

1. Road Bike – 82.6%
2. Hybrid – 9.4%
3. Tandem – 2.5%
4. Mountain Bike – 2.1%
5. Recumbent – 1.8%
6. Other – 0.7%                             
7. Trike –  0.6%                                         
8. Tandem-Recumbent – 0.3%

The age breakdown of this year’s participants is as follows:

Under 19           6.2%                
20-24                4.5%                
25-29                7.0%                  
30-34                6.8%                 
35-39                6.8%               
40-44                9.8%              
45-49                13.0%              
50-54                15.5%              
55-59                13.5%              
60-64                9.5%                
65-69                4.6%                
70-74                2.0%                
75-79                0.6%                
Over 80             0.2%                

The average age of this year’s RAGBRAI participants is 45.5 years.

68.3% of the participants are male and 31.7% are female.

The average age of males is 49.2, while the average age of females is 37.5

Wherever you are from, whatever your age or gender, or whatever you choose to be riding on… Have a great time on RAGBRAI!