2010 RAGBRAI

RAGBRAI XLI Countdown – July 21-27, 2013

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2010 Rider Cup Award: The Whiners

The Rider Cup Award is presented to the club or team that best promotes the RIDE RIGHT® philosophy before and during RAGBRAI. The Rider Cup will be presented to the ...

New RAGBRAI Forum is Coming Soon

We are excited to announce that we will be switching to a new forum in the near future. The new forum will be user friendly and better equipped to ...

The Heart of the RAGBRAI Nation: The Plover Hamball Update

I receive quite a few emails, letters and phone calls after RAGBRAI from many who were involved in the RAGBRAI experience. Some are glowingly positive, some offer constructive criticism ...

RIDE RIGHT Community of the Year Award: Clear Lake

The RIDE RIGHT Community Award is presented each year to the town that best promoted safety events and improved the safety level for riders in their community during RAGBRAI. Clear ...

Join Us for the RAGBRAI Reunion – Saturday, August 28 in Ankeny

Join us for a fun ride, food and the RIDE RIGHT meeting at the RAGBRAI Reunion, Saturday, August 28 in Ankeny, Iowa.

Don’t hang up that bike just yet!

You have just finished RAGBRAI and hopefully you had a wonderful time. The weather wasn't too bad, typical of Iowa in July. One thing is for certain. If ...

RAGBRAI Shop Site – Now Open!

The RAGBRAI Shop Site is now open. Please visit shop.ragbrai.org.

2010 RAGBRAI Reunion (Ankeny, Iowa: August 28)

RAGBRAI reunion: Ankeny, Saturday, Aug. 28

VIDEO: Stationary biker “Uncle” Louis gets his own cartoon

Remember “Uncle” Louis Hammer, the 90-year-old farmer who pedaled a stationary bike and cheered on RAGBRAI riders as they rode past his farm near Pocahontas? Of course you do. The guy’s ...

Twitter posts offer daily diary of ride

Hundreds of RAGBRAI riders used Twitter this year to post updates throughout the week. The combined effect reads like a journal of the whole week, all told in notes of ...

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We had a great week on the RAGBRAI route visiting the towns along the RAGBRAI route and inspecting the roads and traffic patterns along the way. Here are some ...
Thank you to all the dads who have joined us on RAGBRAI! Especially those of you...
Trooper Pam Brockman started with the Iowa State Patrol in 1977. She has been helping RAGBRAIers safely navigate our great state directing traffic as part of the safety education team ...
Whether you’re watching carbs, fat, sodium, etc…visit www.noodles.com/nutrition to find out the right dish for you! Here are few things we think you should know about the food and ingredients in our ...
A friend of RAGBRAIs from Independence shared this story with us: About 6 of us are cruising at 20-25 MPH down a slight highway hill heading into Quasqueton. First mistake – ...
Happy Flag Day!
If you registered before April 25, your RAGBRAI wristband package has been sent to you. Please check your package to be sure that everything is correct. Please email us at ...
Trek’s long-running Project One Custom Program allows customers to choose from a wide variety of paint schemes, colors and build kits, but only through the online portal, unless you happen to be ...
The Des Moines Register is packing up and moving its offices to Capitol Square this weekend, and so is RAGBRAI. We're excited about our new location, but it may take ...
Happy Corn on the Cob Day! In honor of Corn on the Cob Day, we wanted to share our favorite corny joke...

Latest Videos

Check out these 10 tips for a safe RAGBRAI.
Paul "Mr. Pork Chop" Bernhard of Bancroft is a legendary RAGBRAI vendor. His son, Matt, now runs the family biz and is on a quest for perfectly cut chops.
RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz unveils the full 406-mile route for July's installment of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
T.J. Juskiewicz, RAGBRAI director, talks with The Des Moines Register's Lynn Hicks and Michael Morain shortly after the announcement of overnight towns for RAGBRAI XLI.
RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz reveals the overnight towns for RAGBRAI XLI at the RAGBRAI route announcement party Saturday, Jan. 26, in Des Moines.
RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz reacts to Lance Armstrong's doping confession. Armstrong has ridden RAGBRAI several times in the ride's 40 years.
RAGBRAI 2012: Amy Clark of Midlothian, TX, drew a crab as she helped Chalk the Walk in Mt. Vernon. She was enjoying her first RAGBRAI.
RAGBRAI 2012: Laura Krouse of Rural Mt. Vernon, and her dog Lucky came out to watch the RAGBRAI riders pass by.
RAGBRAI 2012: A group of kids high-five RAGRAI riders on their way into Springville on July 27.
RAGBRAI: A look back at 40 years of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.