Dorothy, Toto and all their friends from Oz stopped for beer this morning at the Shady Oaks Golf Course in Ackworth. The costumed cyclists were part of a group from the Tall Dog Bike Club in Ames, and they cooked up the idea during last year’s RAGBRAI. The ride, after all, takes courage, heart [...]
Council Bluffs, Ia. – The celebration began long before the first cyclist started down the seven-day ride to Burlington. Bicycles swarmed into this western Iowa town on the backs of vans and the tops of buses today, and most of them ended up smack dab in the middle of another leisure crowd – folks coming [...]
As the summer biking season in Iowa approaches and interest spurs regarding the RAGBRAI route, participants begin to think about getting in shape. Articles appear regarding conditioning, appropriate apparel, proper gear, and tuned up bikes. Bike shops throughout Iowa begin to encourage riders to get those bikes into top-notch condition. Another aspect I feel is just or maybe even more important is SAFETY.
There really is only one good way to inspect the selected roads for a bike event... get out and ride it on a bike! And that is exactly what we are going to do with a team of knowledgeable cyclists thoroughly examining every mile of the RAGBRAI route on bicycles.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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