hnschipper

hnschipper replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 3 days, 15 hours ago

Yeah, I have attended in the past but won’t on a Friday night when I would have to use vacation time to make the drive to Des Moines.

hnschipper replied to the topic The "Other" Ride in the forum Miscellaneous 4 weeks, 1 day ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if it were one and done, especially with the director moving to Arizona to be the director of another large cycling event. Things have been retry quiet on their Facebook page too. No news about next year’s ride. Several have asked, but have gotten no response.

hnschipper replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 1 month, 1 week ago

In the past, it has always been the last Saturday of January.

hnschipper replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 3 months, 1 week ago

Sergeant Bluff is up near Sioux City. It is not southwest.

hnschipper replied to the topic 2021 merchandise in the forum Miscellaneous 3 months, 1 week ago

It’s there now.

hnschipper replied to the topic Porta Potty person may have my Lazer helmet in the forum Lost and Found 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Have you contacted Back Pocket to see if they know the name of the porta potty company? That’s where I would start.

hnschipper replied to the topic Route changes in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 4 months, 1 week ago

The overnight towns changed so that affected pass through towns.

hnschipper replied to the topic Support vehicle pass available in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 4 months, 1 week ago

Wow, that’s quite an upcharge

hnschipper replied to the topic Can We Get A Map Like This For all Overnights? in the forum Miscellaneous 4 months, 2 weeks ago

All the overnight town maps are on RAGBRAI’s website.

hnschipper replied to the topic before my first mile… in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 4 months, 2 weeks ago

I agree with the other posters. It is not your team captain’s responsibility to make sure you have read through everything. That is 100% on you. It’s very clear in the RAG RAI materials that there is an actual wristband and the wristband is sent to the team captain. If you did not read that when you registered, that is not your team captain’s fault.

hnschipper replied to the topic Aurelia Drive Through Town in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 4 months, 2 weeks ago

I grew up in Aurelia and I am excited to see this!!!

I know Aurelia has a great bakery that will be open for RAGBRAI.

hnschipper replied to the topic route maps with distances between pass through towns in the forum Miscellaneous 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Those maps at the Expo are print outs of the maps that RAGBRAI had always provided on the past (and are not available yet, so who knows if we will get them.) If RAGBRAI doesn’t make them available, I doubt the hospital association will have them available (unless they decide to create their own and not use the maps provided by RAGBRAI as they h…[Read more]

hnschipper replied to the topic Roadkill in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 4 months, 3 weeks ago

An armadillo. I live in the Kansas City area and they really aren’t common here. Only armadillo I’ve ever seen here is a dead one.

hnschipper replied to the topic When are the packets being mailed? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 1 week ago

The info is here on RAGBRAI’s website, in the general information section: all packets will be mailed by July 1. It’s only June 24.

hnschipper replied to the topic When are the packets being mailed? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 1 week ago

They just started sending them out last week. There are over 10,000 registered riders. That’s a lot of packets to send. This is normal timing. We usually don’t get our packets until late June.

hnschipper replied to the topic RV/Vehicle Pass Needed – purchase at Expo? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 1 week ago

You are the only person I have ever seen post about buying a vehicle pass at the Expo. If it is something you can do, it is a well-kept secret.

hnschipper replied to the topic Desperately Seeking RV/Vehicle Pass in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 1 week ago

I have never heard of or seen vehicle passes being sold at the Expo. If that is a thing now, it’s new.

hnschipper replied to the topic Wristband Mailing Schedule? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 2 weeks ago

In the podcast about day 7 of the pre-ride, Andrea Parrott mentioned that RAGBRAI staff at the offices were stuffing packets last week, so I imagine they’ll go out in the near future.

hnschipper replied to the topic Access to power ? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 2 weeks ago

If you are staying in the main campgrounds, I wouldn’t count on any access to power. Some charters do provide charging stations.

hnschipper replied to the topic 2021 Gravel Day Route: Actual Gravel or Beach Sand (like 2018)? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 5 months, 3 weeks ago

I’ll add to that they only talk about the first half of the gravel route because they did not ride the second half on the pre-ride. They skipped the second half for Mr. Pork Chop (who was on the regular route.)

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