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RAGBRAI XLI Countdown – July 21-27, 2013

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Recapping the RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-Ride

Here are some comments from the weeklong riders that join us on the RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-Ride

Route Inspection Ride: Day 7 – Coralville to Davenport

The day’s ride is about 64 miles and roughly 2,400 feet of climb. This is one of the flatter finishing days, but a bit longer than most of the ...

Route Inspection Ride: Day 6 – Grinnell to Coralville

The day’s ride is about 75 miles and about 2,800 feet of climb. The day is pretty flat, but has a few nice hills towards the end of the ...

Route Inspection Ride: Day 4 – Boone to Altoona

The day’s ride is about 56 miles and a mere 1,250 feet of climb. The day felt really flat compared to the rides earlier in the week. The ...

Route Inspection Ride: Day 3 – Carroll to Boone

The day’s ride is roughly 71 miles and about 1,800 feet of climb. That is about 40% of the climb we experienced the day before. We were very ...

Route Inspection Ride: Day 2 – Atlantic to Carroll

The day’s ride is about 66 miles and just under 5,000 feet of climb. We were fortunate that the winds were favorable for us, but the temperatures rose to ...

Route Inspection Ride: Day 1 – Glenwood to Atlantic

Seven riders gathered this morning at this summer’s starting site at Glenwood’s High School to start the annual RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-Ride. This 454-mile fact finding mission will take ...

RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-Ride Team Ready to Roll

The Route Inspection Pre-Ride Team arrived in Glenwood this afternoon preparing for their seven-day journey across the state 50 days in advance of the event.

Route Inspection Pre-Ride Set for June 5-11

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 ...

Looking Back at the Route Inspection Pre-Ride

What a great week of riding during the pre-ride. While nothing can compare to riding with 10,000 of your closest friends in July, here are some thoughts from the ...

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We have been busy adding new vendors to the RAGBRAI XLI Expo roster! From bike gear to mementos to cycling related non profits, there is something here for pretty much ...
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If you have committed to riding RAGBRAI this year, it all starts with Tip #1, the RIGHT stuff. And when I say stuff, I mean bicycle.
It is with great sadness to report that the Dream Team lost one of their former members in a tragic house fire this week. Nyakouth Choul, 17, was found ...
Where are people coming from to ride RAGBRAI? What types of bikes are they riding? How many Iowans? Average age of riders? Lots of information about ...
As the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa looms in the near distance, two notions and a question scurry about in my mind. The question, of ...
Several people have asked for Coach Ertl's Training Plan in an excel file, so here it is
I had a frightening thought as I looked out the window this past weekend and saw 3 inches of snow on the ground. RAGBRAI begins in two and a ...
High Country Shipping in cooperation with RAGBRAI is pleased to offer GEAR Forward! Ship your camping gear and luggage to RAGBRAI and have it waiting for you at the start of ...
Looking for the RAGBRAI XLI Overnight Towns web sites? What bands will be playing that night? Facebook pages? Twitter links? All that information is a click ...

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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.