Only Two Months Until RAGBRAI!
Just two months until RAGBRAI!
Monday, May 21, 2012
John Karras rolled down memory lane in his article "Thoughts from Grampa RAGBRAI". Most of the article centered on the iconic Clarence Pickard and his amazing feat. John recalled the "clunky" green and white ladies bike that Pickard purchased just two weeks before the ride.
Friday, May 18, 2012
What a beautiful day in Iowa! We hope you take advantage of this great day and get out and ride. The more training miles you get for RAGBRAI, the more you'll enjoy that last week in July!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Updates from John Karras, RAGBRAI Co-Founder... With RAGBRAI XL (that’s 40, to you non-Roman-numeraly hip dudes) looming ever closer, an unwanted fact keeps bonking around in the back of my mind: That fact is that I am one year younger than Clarence Pickard was in 1973, when Donald Kaul and I launched this general silliness.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Wishing all of the Moms a very Happy Mother's Day. Enjoy your special day!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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 [...]
Friday, May 4, 2012
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.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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