CyclingCyclone
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CyclingCyclone replied to the topic 1st year for RAGBRAI patch in the forum Miscellaneous 3 months, 3 weeks ago
I remember in my early days of riding RAGBRAI in the early 80’s, I saw a few people with RAGBRAI 2 patches on saddle bags, etc, and if I remember correctly, there was a poster for sale that had the first 40 RAGBRAI patches on it.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Guinness World Records how to count all the riders in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 8 months, 4 weeks ago
They could use timing chips.
Everyone who registers gets a chip they attach to their bike, and anyone that joins the ride could possibly pick one up before the ride starts.
Have the timing station half way or 3/4 of the way into the day.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic 2023 Overnight Towns in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 10 months, 1 week ago
@Randall Murphy, I grew up in Ames, and graduated from Iowa State as well. At age 13, RAGBRAI 11 was my first of 38 RAGBRAI’s, and I can remember a lot about those first few I rode on. Once I got into my late teens, and early 20’s, a lot of those RAGBRAI’s are a little fuzzy for some reason…
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic 2023 Overnight Towns in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 10 months, 2 weeks ago
In Ames we’ve stayed at the Cross Country course off Mortensen road in ’08 +’18. Back in 1983, we were at the football stadium. Lots of parking there.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Registered! in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 1 year ago
Back in 1983 for my first RAGBRAI, the Register charged a fee for the first time. If I remember right, it was only $7.50, and people lost their minds. Registered, and ready for #39.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Past route maps in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 2 months ago
I’ve always wished RAGBRAI would have past route info accessible on their page. That is why I was always a fan of GeoBike.
A few months ago, I found a FB page for a guy named “Matty McTech”, and he had a video of a site where you can go to view old websites. It’s called Wayback Machine, https://archive.org/web/.
There I found the old GeoBike…[Read more]
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic G.O.A.T.? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 1 year, 4 months ago
It was truly a great week. We couldn’t have had it much better.
This was my 38th RAGBRAI, and IMO, I’m ranking this #2 of all my rides.
1996 was a similar route, we had weather that mimicked last week, but I pick RAGBRAI 24 just because of the 150 mile loop we did.
If it wasn’t for that loop, last week would be tops for sure IMO.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Ham's riding RAGBRAI in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
When I first started riding RAGBRAI in ’83 there was a group of HAM radio operators that would set up in camp each night, and you could send a message for free- I believe it was morse code. They did this for a few years.
I was a minor riding by myself or with friends, and this was the way we’d let our parent’s know we were okay.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic RAGBRAI 2022 Outlook? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 1 year, 6 months ago
To quote that iconic movie, “If you build it, people will come”. It’s RAGBRAI.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic GARMIN routes in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 1 year, 6 months ago
I was on Strava this morning, and noticed people had uploaded the first day of the route survey.
Strava allows users to upload others rides so you could do that as well. I’m sure there wouldn’t be a huge variation from the survey route inspection to the real thing.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Century Days in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 1 year, 8 months ago
RAGBRAI XI in 1983 was my first RAGBRAI. I was 13 at the time, and I rode with my friend, and his dad who rode the year before was our chaperone.
I remember that century day quite well. The night before during the storm in Grundy Center, my friend, and his dad decided they’d had enough, and asked me if I wanted to quit too, and head back to A…[Read more]
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 10 months ago
Decorah is long overdue for an overnight IMO. Just a really beautiful part of the state.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic All The Rainy Days of Recent Years in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 10 months ago
Not really recent, but back in 2000 out of Ankeny, that morning it was raining so hard my friend paraphrased what Forrest Gump said about rain. it was literally raining sideways that morning.
A few years later in Chariton the morning of the century day we had a pretty strong storm with hail that came down right before sun up. Once it passed and…[Read more]
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Guess the Route 2022 in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 11 months ago
With today being the 175th birthday of Iowa, I wonder if we’ll see a page out of the 1996 RAGBRAI 24 playbook, and give us another birthday loop. That day from Lake Mills to Charles City was a memorable 150 mile day. The weather was beyond perfect. The strong head winds on the back side of the loop back to Lake Mills gave us a great tailwind into…[Read more]
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 2 years, 3 months ago
I wonder if Storm Lake, and Maqoketa will be back in play for overnights in 2022 since they opted out this past year.
People talk about logistics of Okoboji as an overnight a few years ago. It was a logistical nightmare, but I’d like to go back to the Amanas again. That was a great overnight.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic GPX Files? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 2 years, 4 months ago
If you have a Strava account, you can go, and look at the route by those who did the pre-ride ride or whatever they call it last month, and create the same route to your account, then upload it to your gps computer.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Sleeping Gear in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 2 years, 5 months ago
With it being Iowa in July, you’d be amazed at how cool, and clammy the middle of the night can get.
I’ve slept on the tent floor, used closed-cell pads, and air mattresses. A few years ago, on this forum, someone raved about their Go-Kot. I checked them out, ordered one, and have been really happy with the product. It’s lightweight, sets up in…[Read more]
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic Updated Site! in the forum Miscellaneous 2 years, 9 months ago
I like the new look to the site. The old one was looking “dated” if you will so a refresh is nice.
I’ve mentioned it before on the forum, but having links with maps, miles, ect of past RAGBRAI’s would be nice. GeoBike was great but I understand correctly that was a 3rd party.
CyclingCyclone replied to the topic "Clean" RAGBRAI 2021? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 2 years, 10 months ago
Completely agree about bandits. I remember a few years ago, on the forum, people who claimed to be bandits were complaining that they weren’t allowed to get a century loop patch….
